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<p>The article presented discusses the need to use plant biomass made of energy crops grown in marginal soils as an alternative energy source. Variability of biometric indicators of the plant vegetative parts (productivity elements) was experimentally established: stem quantity per area unit and stem height depending on the soil and weather conditions. Based on the five-year research, there was observed a significant influence of soil and climatic growing conditions (average daily air temperature; rainfall; soil fertility) on formation of crop energy productivity. Results showed that the variability of stem density and height; dry phytomass productivity of millet switchgrass and giant miscanthus during observed years depended on the studied factors. Correlation-regression analysis proved and characterized the influence of soil and climatic conditions during the growing season of energy crops on the yield of dry phytomass of millet switchgrass and giant miscanthus in the central part of the Ukraine forest-steppe. The impact proportion share of weather conditions and plant productivity elements on the level of energy crops yields was calculated.</p>
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The article presented discusses the need to use plant biomass made of energy crops grown in marginal soils as an alternative energy source. Variability of biometric indicators of the plant vegetative parts (productivity elements) was experimentally established: stem quantity per area unit and stem height depending on the soil and weather conditions. Based on the five-year research, there was observed a significant influence of soil and climatic growing conditions (average daily air temperature; rainfall; soil fertility) on formation of crop energy productivity. Results showed that the variability of stem density and height; dry phytomass productivity of millet switchgrass and giant miscanthus during observed years depended on the studied factors. Correlation-regression analysis proved and characterized the influence of soil and climatic conditions during the growing season of energy crops on the yield of dry phytomass of millet switchgrass and giant miscanthus in the central part of the Ukraine forest-steppe. The impact proportion share of weather conditions and plant productivity elements on the level of energy crops yields was calculated.

Formation of Crop Yields of Energy Crops Depending on the Soil and Weather Conditions

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of

Tavria State Agrotechnological University

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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The article presented discusses the need to use plant biomass made of energy crops grown in marginal soils as an alternative energy source. Variability of...

Formation of Crop Yields of Energy Crops Depending on the Soil and Weather Conditions

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 41 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2021-0007

Keywords
millet switchgrass, giant miscanthus, biometric indicators of plants, phytomass productivity

© 2021 Maroš Korenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Formation of Crop Yields of Energy Crops Depending on the Soil and Weather Conditions

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 41 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2021-0007

Keywordsmillet switchgrass, giant miscanthus, biometric indicators of plants, phytomass productivity

© 2021 Maroš Korenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
millet switchgrass, giant miscanthus, biometric indicators of plants, phytomass productivity