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Eucalypts for biofuel production in Northern Australia; identifying species from current and future testing programs
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Eucalypts for biofuel production in Northern Australia; identifying species from current and future testing programs

M Shepherd, David J Lee, D Turnbull, T Brown, D Bush, Jeremy T Brawner, J Bartle, Paul MacDonell and R J Henry
World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing (Toronto, Canada, 08-May-2011–11-May-2011)
Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO)
2011
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Forestry Sciences
Eucalypts are among the most widely planted species worldwide for wood fibre. In Australia they have traditionally been used for solid wood or pulp production but use as a source of woody biomass for bioenergy, and especially liquid biofuels, is emerging as a further major potential end use. A review of species testing underway and planned has identified 38 eucalypts as prospective biomass species for Northern Australia. Although testing of tree species has been extensive in the subtropics, there will likely be a need for further species tests for as yet untested species, inadequately tested species, or to fill gaps in species-environment combinations. Development of standardised sets of assessment criteria for comparing species in trials is recommended. Species choice is dependent on the growing environment, the technology used to convert wood fibre to a liquid fuel, and the cropping system, improved understanding of each of these factors must be progressed alongside our understanding of the appropriate species to plant.

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