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Biomass supply for energetic purposes from some Carduae species grown in a Mediterranean rainfed low input cropping system. (Articolo in rivista)

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Biomass supply for energetic purposes from some Carduae species grown in a Mediterranean rainfed low input cropping system. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.03.013 (literal)

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L. Ledda, P. Deligios, R. Farci, L. Sulas (2013)
Biomass supply for energetic purposes from some Carduae species grown in a Mediterranean rainfed low input cropping system.
in Industrial crops and products (Print); Elsevier, Amsterdam (Paesi Bassi)
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L. Ledda, P. Deligios, R. Farci, L. Sulas (literal)

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218 (literal)

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226 (literal)

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669013001416 (literal)

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47 (literal)

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Industrial crops and products (Rivista)

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9 (literal)

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cience direct - Elsevier (literal)

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Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Agronomia, Coltivazioni erbacee e Genetica, Università di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy Nucleo Ricerca Desertificazione, NRD, Università di Sassari, Viale Italia 57, 07100, Sassari, Italy Istituto per il Sistema Produzione Animale in Ambiente Mediterraneo, CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, località Baldinca, 07100 Sassari, Italy (literal)

Titolo

Biomass supply for energetic purposes from some Carduae species grown in a Mediterranean rainfed low input cropping system. (literal)

Abstract

In order to explore complementary biomass sources, field studies were conducted on Cynara cardunculus botanical varieties (globe artichoke and cultivated cardoon) for energy purposes. In addition, the potential of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.) as a suitable energy crop for Southern Europe countries was investigated. The three different crops were compared over three years (2007-2010) in a Mediterranean environment (Sardinia, Southern Italy) for quantitative and qualitative (calorific value, ultimate and proximate analyses, ash composition) biomass characteristics. Annual biomass production across years averaged about 10, 4, and 16 Mg ha-1 in cardoon, globe artichoke and milk thistle, respectively. The chemical analysis of biomass showed a similar composition among crops with a mean ash content of 14% and a higher calorific value of about 17 MJ kg-1. Annual energy yield ranged between 64 GJ ha-1 reached by globe artichoke and 275 GJ ha-1 reached in milk thistle. The exploitation of globe artichoke crop residues for energetic purpose can represent a complementary income for farmers. The present study confirms the good biomass yield of cardoon in cultivation systems characterized by limited water input and indicate milk thistle as a promising crop for biomass production. Future work is necessary in order to investigate different genotypes of the three crops for potential biomass and grain yield and their chemical composition, to detect agronomic practices suitable to optimize qualitative crops performances and to set up specific cropping systems. (literal)

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