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Effects of Harvest and Fertilization Frequency on Protein Yield and Extractability From Flood-Tolerant Perennial Grasses Cultivated on a fen Peatland

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العنوان: Effects of Harvest and Fertilization Frequency on Protein Yield and Extractability From Flood-Tolerant Perennial Grasses Cultivated on a fen Peatland
المؤلفون: Nielsen, Claudia Kalla, Stødkilde, Lene, Jørgensen, Uffe, Lærke, Poul Erik
المصدر: Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, (2021-04-21)
بيانات النشر: Zenodo
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Zenodo
الوصف: Paludiculture, and in particular the cultivation of perennial grasses as biomass feedstock for green biorefineries, may be an economic and environmentally sustainable option for agricultural peatlands in temperate regions. However, the optimal biomass quality for protein extraction from flood-tolerant grasses is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to define the combined effect of harvest and fertilization frequency, with one to five annual cuts, on protein yield and extractability for the grasses tall fescue (TF) and reed canary grass (RCG), cultivated on an agricultural fen peatland in Denmark.The content of protein fractions was determined according to the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS). We assessed protein extractability by lab-scale biorefinery techniques using a screw-press followed by acid precipitation of true protein. The two methods were compared to correlate potential extractable protein yields with actual biorefinery outputs. We found the highest annual biomass and crude protein (CP) yields in the two cut treatments, with 13.4 and 15.6t dry matter (DM) ha −1 year −1 , containing 2.9–3.4t CP ha −1 year −1 for TF and RCG, respectively. The highest neutral-extractable (fractions B 1 and B 2 ) true protein yields of 1.1 and 1.5tha −1 year −1 were found in the two cut treatments, representing 39% (TF) - 45% (RCG) of total CP. Using biorefining techniques, we were able to precipitate up to 2.2t DM ha −1 year −1 of protein concentrate, containing up to 39% CP. Significant correlations between methods were found, with a distinct relationship between CNCPS fractions B 1 + B 2 and CP yield of the protein concentrate, indicating the suitability of the CNCPS as an indicator for extractable protein yields. Biomass and CP yields were not significantly improved beyond two annual cuts. However, timing and harvest frequencies significantly affected plant maturity and consequently extractable CP contents and protein concentrate yields. We conclude that TF and RCG are promising feedstocks for ...
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Relation: https://zenodo.org/communities/go-grass; https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.619258; oai:zenodo.org:10881790
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.619258
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.619258
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.E5CE8C51
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
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DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.619258