| dc.contributor.author | Anfinrud, Robynn Elizabeth | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nitrogen fertilizers are extensively used to enhance the growth of biomass crops. This study was conducted to determine the effect of N rates on the biomass yield and quality, and N uptake of several crops. The experiment was conducted at Fargo and Prosper, ND, in 2010 and 2011. The crops studied were forage sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. Moench], sorghum x sudangrass [Sorghum bicolor var. sudanense (Piper) Stapf.], kenaf [Hibiscus cannabinus L.], and reed canarygrass [Phalaris arundinacea L.]. The different crops constituted the main plots and the nitrogen rates were regarded as subplots. The five N rates were 0, 75, 100, 150, and 200 kg N ha-1.
Forage sweet sorghum and sorghum x sudangrass had the greatest dry matter biomass yield. Nitrogen fertilization increased biomass yield for each of the crops. The results indicate that forage sorghum and sorghum x sudangrass have the greatest potential as a feedstock. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Nitrogen Uptake and Biomass and Ethanol Yield of Biomass Crops as Feedstock for Biofuel | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-03T19:49:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-03T19:49:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26524 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Botany. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Biomass energy. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Fertilization of plants. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nitrogen fertilizers. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Plant Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Plant Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Berti, Marisol | |
