Light Use Efficiency and Woody Biomass Production of Poplar and Willow |
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Authors: | CANNELL M G R; SHEPPARD L J; MILNE R |
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Institution: | Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland |
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Abstract: | Stands of clonal Salix viminalis (in 1985) and Populus trichocarpa(in 1986) were grown for one growing season from cuttings incontainers, at 0.3 m spacing, supplied with trickle irrigationand nutrients. Woody biomass production (Bw) in the first yearwas analysed as the product of the proportion of dry matterpartitioned to wood ( {macron}), the seasonal mean efficiencywith which intercepted light was used to produce dry matter( {macron}), the mean fraction of incident light interceptedby the canopies (f{macron}), and the amount of incoming solarradiation over the season (A). Thus, Bw = {macron}f{macron} {macron}A. For Salix, Bw=10 t ha1y1, while for Populus, Bw= 5 t ha1y1, mainly because of differences in {macron} and f{macron}. The Populus partitioned more dry matterto roots (and correspondingly less to stems) and interceptedless light over the growing season. The Salix and Populus cloneshad surprisingly similar ( {macron}) values, namely 1. 58 and1. 50 g MJ1, respectively (based on total dry matterand total solar radiation), which are very like the {macron}values measured on C3 agricultural crops in Britain. Also, theSalix and Populus clones produced canopies with similar lightextinction coefficients and hence similar relationships betweenfractional interception and leaf area index. |
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