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@ARTICLE{Nabel:282984,
      author       = {Nabel, Moritz and Temperton, Vicky and Poorter, Hendrik and
                      Lücke, Andreas and Jablonowski, Nicolai D.},
      title        = {{E}nergizing marginal soils – {T}he establishment of the
                      energy crop {S}ida hermaphrodita as dependent on digestate
                      fertilization, {NPK}, and legume intercropping},
      journal      = {Biomass and bioenergy},
      volume       = {87},
      issn         = {0961-9534},
      address      = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Elsevier Science},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2016-01711},
      pages        = {9 - 16},
      year         = {2016},
      abstract     = {Growing energy crops in marginal, nutrient-deficient soils
                      is a more sustainable alternative to conventional
                      cultivation. The use of energy-intensive synthetic
                      fertilizers needs to be reduced, preferably via closed
                      nutrient loops in the biomass production cycle. In the
                      present study based on the first growing season of a
                      mesocosm experiment using large bins outdoors, we evaluated
                      the potential of the energy plant Sida hermaphrodita to grow
                      in a marginal sandy soil. We applied different fertilization
                      treatments using either digestate from biogas production or
                      a commercial mineral NPK-fertilizer. To further increase
                      independence from synthetically produced N-fertilizers, the
                      legume plant Medicago sativa was intercropped to introduce
                      atmospherically fixed nitrogen and potentially facilitate
                      the production of additional S. hermaphrodita biomass. We
                      found digestate to be the best performing fertilizer because
                      it produced similar yields as the NPK fertilization but
                      minimized nitrate leaching. Legume intercropping increased
                      the total biomass yield by more than $100\%$ compared to S.
                      hermaphrodita single cropping in the fertilized variants.
                      However, it negatively influenced the performance of S.
                      hermaphrodita in the following year. We conclude that a
                      successful establishment of S. hermaphrodita for biomass
                      production in marginal soils is possible and digestate
                      application formed the best fertilization method when
                      considering a range of aspects including overall yield,
                      nitrate leaching, nitrogen fixation of M. sativa, and
                      sustainability over time.},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      ddc          = {630},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {582 - Plant Science (POF3-582)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000374235500002},
      doi          = {10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.02.010},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/282984},
}