KBS083:Cellulosic Biofuels Diversity Experiment
The Cellulosic Biofuels Diversity Experiment is an additional long-term study located within the LTER Main Site complex, in which a series of 12 different cropping systems vary in species makeup and nitrogen input. Treatments include continuous corn, corn-soybean, two variations of switchgrass fertilized differently, a C3 – C4 grass mix, and prairie grasses native to Michigan with different numbers of species. Switchgrass varieties are Cave-in rock (commercial non-native) and Southlow commercial native). Prairie grasses include switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans),
Treatment plots are 9.1 by 27m (30 × 40 feet) replicated in each of 4 randomized blocks. The study site was established in 2008. Click on the image for a printable map of the study area.
- Status: active
- Temporal Coverage 2006-09-26 to 2019-11-07
- Repository Link https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ca82eec075094e4b9e8fc33b1b92e0b5
Tables
- KBS083-001 Agronomic Yields - Grain Crops
- Agronomic yields of grain crops from the Cellulosic Biofuel Biodiversity Experiment located at the LTER Main Site.
- KBS083-002 Narrative Agronomic Field Log
- A narrative of agronomic activities on the Cellulosic Biofuels Biodiversity Experiment.
- KBS083-003 Agronomic Yields - Cellulosic Crops
- Agronomic yields of cellulosic crops from the Cellulosic Biofuel Diversity Experiment located at the LTER Main Site.
- KBS083-004 Planting details for the Cellulosic Biofuels Diversity Experiment
- Planting information from the Agronomic Log of the agronomic crops used on the Cellulosic Biofuels Experiment. See also Perennial seed species and seeding rate of all GLBRC Experiments .
- KBS083-005 Seed species planted on Cellulosic Biofuels Experiment