As a renewable and clean source, biomass energy is one of the substitutes for traditional fossil energy. However, when biomass is burned as an industrial fuel, it produces a large amount of biomass ash with considerable pozzolanic activity.
Chaoyu WANG +6 more
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Molecular cytogenetic characterisation of Salix viminalis L. using repetitive DNA sequences [PDF]
Salix viminalis L. (2n=38) is a diploid dicot species belonging to the Salix genus of the Salicaceae family. This short-rotation woody crop is one of the most important renewable bioenergy resources worldwide.
Dudits, Dénes +3 more
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Targeting Inflammation in Emerging Therapies for Genetic Retinal Disease
Genetic retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and monogenic diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa account for some of the commonest causes of blindness in the developed world.
Ishaq A. Viringipurampeer +4 more
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Salix transect of Europe: patterns in the distribution of willow-feeding psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Greece to arctic Norway [PDF]
BackgroundPsyllids are oligophagous phytophagous insects with many specialist willow (Salix spp.) feeding species in two genera (Cacopsylla and Bactericera). We examine the patterns of distribution and co-occurrence of willow-feeding species at 42 willow
Diana Percy, Quentin Cronk
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Aims The project aims to reduce the delays in transferring prisoners back to prison after they have completed the treatment of their mental health disorder in our male PICU.
Shantala Satisha, Emily Pettifor
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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Willow is a low-maintenance crop that has potential for energy production and enhancing the local environment. The area of commercial plantations of willow in Europe is mostly concentrated in Sweden, with more than 20 000 ha.
Rodzkin Aleh +4 more
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In the heat of such a day there is nothing for it but to follow the man. What man? The Salvadoran. Who follows? Beth. Who is Beth? Beth is a graduate student gone bad. Bad, who says? I say. Who are you? In the heat of such a day: this is California, southern California; it is a Santa Ana, still, in San Diego, without the mountains, the canyons to whip ...
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The effect of dairy, piggery and wool scour effluents on willow growth and the soil characteristics : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Soil Science at Massey University [PDF]
Restrictions on the disposal of agricultural effluents to the waterway means that alternative land based outlets are required in New Zealand. Willow, as a short forest rotation, represents a significant land use that could produce a high dry matter and ...
Lu, Youwei
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Change in Nutritional Quality of Detached Aspen and Willow Foliage Used as Insect Food in the Laboratory [PDF]
Leaves of Populus tremuloides and Salix babylonica held in the laboratory as for feeding insects were analyzed for total nitrogen, total phenolics, and total sugars at 0, 3, and 6 days.
Miller, William E
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