How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)
Miscanthus is one of the most promising perennial herbaceous industrial crops worldwide mainly due to its high resource-use efficiency and biomass yield. However, the extent of miscanthus cultivation across Europe is still lagging far behind its real potential. Major limiting factors are high initia...
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| author | Moritz von Cossel Anja Mangold Yasir Iqbal Jens Hartung Iris Lewandowski Andreas Kiesel |
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| description | Miscanthus is one of the most promising perennial herbaceous industrial crops worldwide mainly due to its high resource-use efficiency and biomass yield. However, the extent of miscanthus cultivation across Europe is still lagging far behind its real potential. Major limiting factors are high initial costs and low biomass yields in the crop establishment period, especially the first year. This study explores the possibility of establishing miscanthus under maize to generate yields from the first year of cultivation onwards. A field trial with mono-cropped maize and two miscanthus establishment procedures, ‘under maize’ (MUM) and ‘standard’ (REF), was established in southwest Germany in 2016. Annual aboveground biomass was harvested in autumn (2016–2018). In 2016 and 2017, the miscanthus dry matter yield (DMY) was significantly lower in MUM than REF. However, the accumulated DMY of miscanthus and maize was as high in MUM as in maize cultivation alone. In 2018, there was no significant difference between the miscanthus DMY of REF (7.86 ± 0.77 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup>) and MUM (6.21 ± 0.77 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup>). The accumulated DMY over the three years was 31.7 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> for MUM, of which 10.1 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> were miscanthus-based, compared to 17.7 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> for REF. These results indicate that miscanthus establishment under maize could compensate for its lack of yield in the first year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e87c01ffa2b74655ba2c519f3ecc70172022-12-21T22:28:07ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952019-05-019523710.3390/agronomy9050237agronomy9050237How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)Moritz von Cossel0Anja Mangold1Yasir Iqbal2Jens Hartung3Iris Lewandowski4Andreas Kiesel5University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyUniversity of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, ChinaUniversity of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Biostatistics (340c), Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyUniversity of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyUniversity of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Biobased Products and Energy Crops (340b), Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyMiscanthus is one of the most promising perennial herbaceous industrial crops worldwide mainly due to its high resource-use efficiency and biomass yield. However, the extent of miscanthus cultivation across Europe is still lagging far behind its real potential. Major limiting factors are high initial costs and low biomass yields in the crop establishment period, especially the first year. This study explores the possibility of establishing miscanthus under maize to generate yields from the first year of cultivation onwards. A field trial with mono-cropped maize and two miscanthus establishment procedures, ‘under maize’ (MUM) and ‘standard’ (REF), was established in southwest Germany in 2016. Annual aboveground biomass was harvested in autumn (2016–2018). In 2016 and 2017, the miscanthus dry matter yield (DMY) was significantly lower in MUM than REF. However, the accumulated DMY of miscanthus and maize was as high in MUM as in maize cultivation alone. In 2018, there was no significant difference between the miscanthus DMY of REF (7.86 ± 0.77 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup>) and MUM (6.21 ± 0.77 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup>). The accumulated DMY over the three years was 31.7 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> for MUM, of which 10.1 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> were miscanthus-based, compared to 17.7 Mg ha<sup>−1</sup> for REF. These results indicate that miscanthus establishment under maize could compensate for its lack of yield in the first year.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/5/237MiscanthusMaizeBiomassBiogasCropping systemCultivationEstablishmentIntercropping |
| spellingShingle | Moritz von Cossel Anja Mangold Yasir Iqbal Jens Hartung Iris Lewandowski Andreas Kiesel How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) Agronomy Miscanthus Maize Biomass Biogas Cropping system Cultivation Establishment Intercropping |
| title | How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) |
| title_full | How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) |
| title_fullStr | How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) |
| title_short | How to Generate Yield in the First Year—A Three-Year Experiment on Miscanthus (<em>Miscanthus</em> × <em>giganteus</em> (Greef et Deuter)) Establishment under Maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.) |
| title_sort | how to generate yield in the first year a three year experiment on miscanthus em miscanthus em em giganteus em greef et deuter establishment under maize em zea mays em l |
| topic | Miscanthus Maize Biomass Biogas Cropping system Cultivation Establishment Intercropping |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/5/237 |
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