Ensilability of Biomass From Effloresced Flower Strips as Co-substrate in Bioenergy Production.

ABSTRACT: Flower strips are grown to an increasing degree in order to enhance the ecological value of agricultural landscapes. Depending on their profitable life span and the crop sequence, the strips' biomass must be mulched after flowering to enable repeated tillage. A promising alternative is the use of the flower strips' biomass as a co-substrate for biomethanisation - thereby contributing to the climate-friendly generation of energy. This potential bioenergy substrate occurs only seasonally and is commonly produced only in limited quantities at a farm scale. To realize the additional benefit of flower strips as energy suppliers, stock piling of the strips' biomass is required. However, information about the ensilability of flower strip biomass is still rare. We conducted a 2-year study to analy

SUBMITTER: Muller J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006225 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature