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Table 1.6. Different potential energy crops and their characteristics.
Yield
Name
In Latin
[t/ha DM]
Climate zone
Aleman grass
Echinochloa polystachya
20-100
C4, TR-TE, floodbank
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
10.0-20.0
All climates
Annual rye grass
Lolium multiflorum
7.1-18.5
ME, CE
Bamboo
Gramineae Bambusoideae
3.0-14
TE-TR,
>
750mm/y
Banana
Musa paradisiaca
15.0-50
TR/ST,
>
60%RH
Barley
Hordeum vulgare
8.0-16
TE, 1:1 grain/straw
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
5.0-10
TE,
>
1000mm/y
Broom (Ginestra)
Spartium junceum
9.0 -10
MEmarginal areas
Brown beetle grass
Leptochloa fusca
17.0-20
C4, TR-TE, wetswamp
Cardoon
Cynara cardunculus
20.0-30
ME,
>
450mm/y
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
5.0-10(80)
TR/ST,
>
1000mm/y
Coconut palm
Cocos nucifera
4.0-9
TR
Common reed
Phragmites australis
5.0-43
TR-TE salttolerant
Cordgrass
Spartina
spp.
8.0-20
C4, TE, PE
Cotton
Gossypium
spp.
4.0
TE, 3 m, deep roots
Elephant grass
Pennisetum purpureum
20.0-85
TR/ST
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
spp.
25.0-50
TR-TE, adaptive
Fodderbeat
Beta vulgaris rapacea
20.0-50
TE
Giant knotweed
Polygonum sachalinensis
20.0-30
EU/AS 1/2 undergrd
Giant reed
Arundo donax
20-40
ME, PE grass,
Groundnut
Arachis hypogaea
3.0-6
EU/AS/Boliv 1/2 nut
Hemp
Cannabis sativa
8.0-21
TE
>
700mm/y
Jatropha
Jatropha curcas
0.5-2
AR, wide temprange
Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus tuberosus
10.0-16
PE, TE, inulin 7 t/ha
Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
3.0-5
S/NAm, Drout tolnt
Kenaf
Hibiscus cannabinus
20-30
AN, AF,
>
500mm/y
Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala
20-35
TE-TR,
>
600mm/y
Lupin
Lupinus
spp.
0.5-4
ME, SAm, lowwatdem
Maize
Zea mays
10.0-20
TE, 1:1 grain/straw
Medow foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis
7.0-13
CE, PE
Microalgae
Oleaginous
spp.
1.0-20
Manyt types, oil
Miscanthus
Miscanthus
spp.
10.0-40
C4, Eu, SEAsia, PE
Neem tree
Azadirachta indica
2.0-6
AF, SEAS, IN >450 /y
Oil plam
Elaeis guineensis
6.0-7
TR,
>
1500mm/y
Olive tree
Olea europaea
0.4
ME&middle east
Perennial rye grass
Lolium perenne
7.0-13
TE-TR highland
Pigeonpea
Cajanus cajan
9.0-10
TR/ST, 2 tgr, 8 t/hastalk
Poplar
Populus
spp.
12.0-15
TE, tree
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
5.0-15
TE
Rape
Brassica napus
10.0-15
TE, seed3t, str 10 t/ha
Reed canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea
5.0-19
PE, ST/TE, wet
Rice
Oryza
spp.
2.0-20
TE/ST, 1:1grain, stalk
Root chickory
Cichorium intybus
11.0-17
BI, TE, root inulin
Rosin weed
Silphium perfoliatum
8.0-16
PE, NAm, tolerant
Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
0.5-5
ME, IN,
<
1.5m, AN
Safou
Dacryodes edulis
10.0-15
AF/TR tree, fruit
Salicornia
Salicornia bigelovii
1.0-10
AR, Salttol, 1-3 tseed/ha
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
14.0-40
C4, TE-TR, AN, 4m
Sweet sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
12.0-45
C4, EU, USA, TR-TE
Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
10.0-40
PE, 2m, TE, Tolerant
Soybean
Glycine max
2.0-3
AN, TE-TR, 40 prot, 20 oil
Sugarbeet
Beta vulgaris altissima
8.0-30
TE
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