Our results support an ongoing assessment of switchgrass cultivars developed for large-scale planting for biofuels.
D. J. Palik, A. A. Snow, A. L. Stottlemyer, M. N. Miriti, E. A. Heaton 2016, 'Relative Performance of Non-Local Cultivars and Local, Wild Populations of Switchgrass(Panicum virgatum) in Competition Experiments', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0154444. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phanerochaete chrysosporium was grown on senesced switchgrass (2 different particlesizes) with various bulk densities.
Amanda N. Hickman, Sue E. Nokes, William S. Sympson, Mathew J. Ruwaya, Michael Montross,Barbara L. Knutson 2016, 'The Confounding Effects of Particle Size and Substrate Bulk Density on Phanerochaetechrysosporium Pretreatment of Panicum virgatum', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_3_7500_Hickman_Confounding_Effects_Particle_Size_Substrate. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Few differences were observed for switchgrass composition and reactivity between years.
Amber Hoover, Rachel Emerson, Allison Ray, Daniel Stevens, Sabrina Morgan, MarnieCortez, Robert Kallenbach, Matthew Sousek, Rodney Farris, Dayna Daubaras 2018, 'Impact of Drought on Chemical Composition and Sugar Yields From Dilute-Acid Pretreatmentand Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Miscanthus, a Tall Fescue Mixture, and Switchgrass', Frontiers in Energy Researchhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00054/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, these two factors exhibited antagonistic effects on the radicular length of switchgrass.
Yuan Liu, Quanzhen Wang, Yunwei Zhang, Jian Cui, Guo Chen, Bao Xie, Chunhui Wu, HaitaoLiu 2014, 'Synergistic and antagonistic effects of salinity and pH on germination in switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3891870?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The overall conversion efficiency of switchgrass to ethanol was 42%.
Kasivishavanathan Muthukumarappan, Archana Zambare, Vasudeo Zambare, Lew P Christopher 2011, 'POTENTIAL OF THERMOSTABLE CELLULASES IN BIOPROCESSING OF SWITCHGRASS TO ETHANOL',BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_06_2_2004_Poten_Termostable_Cellulases_Bioproc_Switchgrass/978. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Besides, melatonin showed diurnal or circadian rhythms in switchgrass similar to that in other species.
Yan-Hua Huang, Si-Jia Liu, Shan Yuan, Cong Guan, Dan-Yang Tian, Xin Cui, Yun-Wei Zhang,Fu-Yu Yang 2017, 'Overexpression of ovine AANAT and HIOMT genes in switchgrass leads to improved growthperformance and salt-tolerance', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-12566-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tillers of each switchgrass line were transplanted into pots filled with fine sand.
Guofu Hu, Yiming Liu, Xunzhong Zhang, Fengjiao Yao, Yan Huang, Erik H Ervin, BingyuZhao 2015, 'Physiological Evaluation of Alkali-Salt Tolerance of Thirty Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)Lines.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4492678?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was determined that switchgrass composition after baling was stable.
Danielle Julie Carrier, Mark R. Wilkins, Mengxing Li, Michael D. Buser, Noaa Frederick 2016, 'Switchgrass storage effects on the recovery of carbohydrates after liquid hot waterpretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis', AIMS Bioengineeringhttp://www.aimspress.com/Bioengineering/article/932/fulltext.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)