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Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 4: Übersetzung für Wirtschaftlichkeit, Inhaltsstoffe, Substrat Qualität und Biogas Stattdessen übersetzen mit Wirtschaftlichkeit, Inhaltstoffe, Substratqualität und Biogas Economy, ingredients, substrate quality and biogas
Project
Project code: 22007010
Contract period: 01.05.2011
- 30.04.2014
Budget: 358,917 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Sorghum as C4-crop shows high yield potential, drought tolerance and water use efficiency. The low respectively according to present knowledge not existing vulnerability against European corn borer, corn smut respectively Western corn rootworm are further advantages. The use of sorghum as biogas substrate was tested in foregoing projects but an extensive evaluation concerning agronomical, economical and ecological characteristics is still open. This cooperative projects is determined to achieve a site-specific, environmental friendly and ecological sorghum production. Findings are transferred to farmers so that an increasing sorghum production can contribute to an ecologically sound energy production and increasing biodiversity in the agricultural landscape.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Specialised crops
- Renewable Resources
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Saxony State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops
- Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 2: sowing dates trial (Evaluation of sowing dates) and fertilization trial
- Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 1: Variety trial, evaluation of location, crop type and variety
- Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 3: Herbicide testing, cultivation on recultivation sites and practice survey on sorghum cultivation
- Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 5: Ecological effect of sorghum cultivation
