Fast-Growing Trees Species-Opportunities and Risks for Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Land Use Systems

• Other Authors: Landgraf, Dirk (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Forestry & related industries; woody biomass crops; bioenergy; biodiversity; species richness; flora; vascular plants; short rotation coppices; poplars; willows; feeding simulation; defoliation; herbivory; short rotation coppice; phosphatase activity; nutrient content; growth stages; biomass; willow; Salix; capacity; European larch; fast-growing trees; plantations; plantation area; poplar cultivar "Hybrid 275"; sown area; biomass production; life cycle assessment; climate impact; soil organic carbon; genotypic difference; CRISPR/Cas9; genome editing; Populus; INRA 717-1B4; pyramidal plant habitus; leaf petiole angle; branch angle; nitrogen; phosphorus; carbon; physiology; F. mandshurica; Robinia pseudoacacia L.; photosynthetic vitality; chlorophyll and phenol content; nutrition supply; dry matter yield; land reclamation; spring pruning; year-long pruning; branching; angle diversion of sprout; dry matter losses; poplar wood chips; laboratory scale; cultivable saproxylic microbiota; n/a
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The articles in this Special Issue cover a very wide range of topics related to the cultivation, management and use of fast-growing tree species. In addition to research on breeding and on the influence of pruning practices on the height growth of paulownia, three articles deal with the influence of...