Nutrient and drought stress: implications for phenology and biomass quality in miscanthus.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The cultivation of dedicated biomass crops, including miscanthus, on marginal land provides a promising approach to the reduction of dependency on fossil fuels. However, little is known about the impact of environmental stresses often experienced on lower-grade agricultural land on cell-wall quality traits in miscanthus biomass crops. In this study, three different miscanthus genotypes were exposed to drought stress and nutrient stress, both separately and in combination, with the aim of evaluating their impact on plant growth and cell-wall properties.

Methods

Automated imaging facilities at the National Plant Phenomics Centre (NPPC-Aberystwyth) were used for dynamic phenotyping to identify plant responses to separate and combinatorial stresses. Harvested

SUBMITTER: da Costa RMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821376 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature