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Drought Impact on the Morpho-Physiological Parameters of Perennial Rhizomatous Grasses in the Mediterranean Environment

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  • Claudia Arias

    (Department of Biological Foundation, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Córdoba 5001, Argentina
    Grupo de Investigación RIENU, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru
    Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Gladys Lino

    (Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru)

  • Elena Sánchez

    (Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 08860 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Salvador Nogués

    (Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Xavier Serrat

    (Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

The selection of non-food crops for bioenergy production in limiting environments is a priority for energy security and climate change mitigation. Therefore, more studies are needed on the interactions between species and environmental factors in specific sites which allows their selection for biomass production. The objective of this work is to study the impact of drought on the morpho-physiological parameters of perennial rhizomatous grasses Panicum virgatum L., Miscanthus × giganteus , and Arundo donax L. in the Mediterranean environment. Plants were grown on field and trials were carried out under support-irrigation and rainfed conditions during two consecutive years. Morpho-physiological parameters were measured in May, June and August, and dry biomass at the end of the experiment. Under rainfed conditions, A. donax presented the highest photosynthesis rate (25, 15 and 10 CO 2 m −2 s −1 ), relative water content (85–90%), and dry biomass (~4500 g plant −1 ) compared with P. virgatum (20, 5 and 5 CO 2 m −2 s −1 , 65–85% RWC and ~1400 g plant −1 ) and Miscanthus (18, 4 and 0 CO 2 m −2 s −1 , 80–10% RWC and ~260 g plant −1 ). It is concluded that A. donax would be the best perennial rhizomatous grass to be used as bioenergy crop under Mediterranean conditions.

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  • Claudia Arias & Gladys Lino & Elena Sánchez & Salvador Nogués & Xavier Serrat, 2023. "Drought Impact on the Morpho-Physiological Parameters of Perennial Rhizomatous Grasses in the Mediterranean Environment," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-15, June.
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