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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 237, Issue -, Pages 205-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.034
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Biogenic VOC emissions; Greenhouse gas; Plant growth; N availability; Bioenergy crops; Salix; Miscanthus
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- Daimler Fonds im Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University [PRG-1436-24]
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Energy crops are an important renewable source for energy production in future. To ensure high yields of crops, N fertilization is a common practice. However, knowledge on environmental impacts of bioenergy plantations, particularly in systems involving trees, and the effects of N fertilization is scarce. We studied the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC), which negatively affect the environment by contributing to tropospheric ozone and aerosols formation, from Miscanthus and willow plantations. Particularly, we aimed at quantifying the effect of N fertilization on VOC emission. For this purpose, we determined plant traits, photosynthetic gas exchange and VOC emission rates of the two systems as affected by N fertilization (0 and 80 kg ha(-1) yr(-1)). Additionally, we used a modelling approach to simulate (i) the annual VOC emission rates as well as (ii) the OH center dot reactivity resulting from individual VOC emitted. Total VOC emissions from Salix was 1.5- and 2.5-fold higher compared to Miscanthus in non fertilized and fertilized plantations, respectively. Isoprene was the dominating VOC in Salix (80 - 130 mu g g(-1) DW h(-1)), whereas it was negligible in Miscanthus. We identified twenty-eight VOC compounds, which were released by Miscanthus with the green leaf volatile hexanal as well as dimethyl benzene, dihydrofuranone, phenol, and decanal as the dominant volatiles. The pattern of VOC released from this species clearly differed to the pattern emitted by Salix. OH center dot reactivity from VOC released by Salix was ca. 8-times higher than that of Miscanthus. N fertilization enhanced stand level VOC emissions, mainly by promoting the leaf area index and only marginally by enhancing the basal emission capacity of leaves. Considering the higher productivity of fertilized Miscanthus compared to Salix together with the considerably lower OH center dot reactivity per weight unit of biomass produced, qualified the C-4-perennial grass Miscanthus as a superior source of future bioenergy production. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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