GRowing Advanced industrial Crops on marginal lands for biorEfineries

Project Information

GRACE

Grant agreement ID: 745012

DOI 10.3030/745012

Project closed

EC signature date 8 May 2017

Start date 1 June 2017

End date 31 December 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 15 007 279,78

EU contribution € 12 324 632,86

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM
Germany

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Implementation and regular update of webpage

D 16 Implement the conceptualized project website and update it regularly during the projects runtime related to Task 17 months 4 60

Project website

D 1.5 A Project website (related to Task 1.7) [month 3]

Other (3)

Delivery of harvested material from second year for compositional analysis in WP2 and end user chains in WP4

D 3.5 Delivery of harvested material from second year for compositional analysis in WP2, and end user chains in WP4 (related to WP 2 and 4) [month 36]

Delivery of harvested material from third year for compositional analysis in WP2 and end user chains in WP4

D 3.7 Delivery of harvested material from third year for compositional analysis in WP2, and end user chains in WP4 (related to WP 2 and 4) [month 48].

Delivery of harvested material from fourth year for compositional analysis in WP 2 and end user chains in WP4

D 3.9 Delivery of harvested material for compositional analysis in WP2, and end user chains in WP4 (related to WP 2 and 4) [month 48].

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

A parsimonious model for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of miscanthus cultivation using current commercial practice in the United Kingdom

Author(s): Jan Lask; Jason Kam; Jan Weik; Andreas Kiesel; Moritz Wagner; Iris Lewandowski
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 13, 2021, Page(s) 1087-1098, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12840

KATANIN-dependent mechanical properties of the stigmatic cell wall mediate the pollen tube path in Arabidopsis

Author(s): Lucie Riglet, Frédérique Rozier, Chie Kodera, Simone Bovio, Julien Sechet, Isabelle Fobis-Loisy, Thierry Gaude
Published in: eLife, Issue 9, 2020, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.57282

Processing Miscanthus to high-value chemicals: A techno-economic analysis based on process simulation

Author(s): Markus Götz, Andreas Rudi, Raphael Heck, Frank Schultmann, Andrea Kruse
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12923

Comparative life cycle assessment of bio‐based insulation materials: Environmental and economic performances

Author(s): Maximilian Schulte, Iris Lewandowski, Ralf Pude, Moritz Wagner
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 13/6, 2021, Page(s) 979-998, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12825

Investigating applied drought in Miscanthus sinensis; sensitivity, response mechanisms, and subsequent recovery

Author(s): Mohamad Al Hassan, Kasper van der Cruijsen, Dianka Dees, Oene Dolstra, Luisa M. Trindade
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12941

Perennial biomass cropping and use: shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries

Author(s): John Clifton-Brown, Astley Hastings, Moritz von Cossel, Donal Murphy-Bokern, Jon McCalmont, Jeanette Whittaker, Efi Alexopoulou, Stefano Amaducci, Larisa Andronic, Christopher Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll, Rakesh Bhatia, Lutz Breuer, Salvatore Cosentino, William Cracroft-Eley, Iain Donnison, Berien Elbersen, Andrea Ferrarini, Judith Ford, Jörg Greef, Julie Ingram, Iris Lewandowski, Elena Magenau, M
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2023, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13038

Perennial rhizomatous grasses: Can they really increase species richness and abundance in arable land?—A meta‐analysis

Author(s): Jan Lask, Elena Magenau, Andrea Ferrarini, Andreas Kiesel, Moritz Wagner, Iris Lewandowski
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 12/11, 2020, Page(s) 968-978, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12750

Biochemical Methane Potential of a Biorefinery’s Process-Wastewater and its Components at Different Concentrations and Temperatures

Author(s): Muhammad Tahir Khan, Benedikt Huelsemann, Johannes Krümpel, Dominik Wüst, Hans Oechsner and Andreas Lemmer
Published in: Fermentation, 2022, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8100476

Breeding Targets to Improve Biomass Quality in Miscanthus

Author(s): Kasper van der Cruijsen, Mohamad Al Hassan, Gijs van Erven, Oene Dolstra, Luisa M. Trindade
Published in: Molecules, Issue 26/2, 2021, Page(s) 254, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020254

Comparison of PROSAIL Model Inversion Methods for Estimating Leaf Chlorophyll Content and LAI Using UAV Imagery for Hemp Phenotyping

Author(s): Giorgio Impollonia, Michele Croci, Henri Blandinières, Andrea Marcone and Stefano Amaducci
Published in: Remote Sensing, 2022, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs14225801

Multispectral image analysis detects differences in drought responses in novel seeded Miscanthus sinensis hybrids

Author(s): Boris Lazarević; Mislav Kontek; Klaudija Carović‐Stanko; John Clifton‐Brown; Mohamad Al Hassan; Luisa M. Trindade; Vanja Jurišić
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12999

Site impacts nutrient translocation efficiency in intraspecies and interspecies miscanthus hybrids on marginal lands

Author(s): Elena Magenau; John Clifton‐Brown; Danny Awty‐Carroll; Chris Ashman; Andrea Ferrarini; Mislav Kontek; Enrico Martani; Kevin Roderick; Stefano Amaducci; Chris Davey; Vanja Jurišić; Jason Kam; Luisa M. Trindade; Iris Lewandowski; Andreas Kiesel
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12985

Adapting the cultivation of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) to marginal lands: A review

Author(s): Henri Blandinières, Stefano Amaducci
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12979

Implications of large-scale miscanthus cultivation in water protection areas: A Life Cycle Assessment with model coupling for improved policy support

Author(s): Jan Weik, Jan Lask, Eckart Petig, Stefan Seeger, Nirvana Marting Vidaurre, Moritz Wagner, Markus Weiler, Enno Bahrs, Iris Lewandowski, Elisabeth Angenendt
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12994

Moisture content estimation and senescence phenotyping of novel Miscanthus hybrids combining UAV-based remote sensing and machine learning

Author(s): Giorgio Impollonia, Michele Croci, Enrico Martani, Andrea Ferrarini, Jason Kam, Luisa M. Trindade, John Clifton-Brown, Stefano Amaducci
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12930

Yield performance of 14 novel inter- and intra-species Miscanthus hybrids across Europe

Author(s): Danny Awty-Carroll, Elena Magenau, Mohamad Al Hassan, Enrico Martani, Mislav Kontek, Philip van der Pluijm, Chris Ashman, Emmanuel de Maupeou, Jon McCalmont, Gert-Jan Petrie, Chris Davey, Kasper van der Cruijsen, Vanja Jurišić, Stefano Amaducci, Isabelle Lamy, Anita Shepherd, Jason Kam, Annick Hoogendam, Michele Croci, Oene Dolstra, Andrea Ferrarini, Iris Lewandowski, Luisa M. Trindade, Andreas
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13026

Optimizing seed-based Miscanthus plug plant production with supplemental heat and light, compost type and volume

Author(s): Pei-Chen Wu, Chris Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll, Paul Robson, John Clifton-Brown
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2021, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12920

Breeding Strategies to Improve Miscanthus as a Sustainable Source of Biomass for Bioenergy and Biorenewable Products

Author(s): John Clifton-Brown, Kai-Uwe Schwarz, Danny Awty-Carroll, Antonella Iurato, Heike Meyer, Jörg Greef, Jeff Gwyn, Michal Mos, Christopher Ashman, Charlotte Hayes, Lin Huang, John Norris, Charlie Rodgers, Danilo Scordia, Reza Shafiei, Michael Squance, Timothy Swaller, Sue Youell, Salvatore Cosentino, Richard Flavell, Iain Donnison, Paul Robson
Published in: Agronomy, Issue 9/11, 2019, Page(s) 673, ISSN 2073-4395
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9110673

Comparative environmental and economic life cycle assessment of biogas production from perennial wild plant mixtures and maize ( Zea mays L.) in southwest Germany

Author(s): Jan Lask, Alejandra Martínez Guajardo, Jan Weik, Moritz von Cossel, Iris Lewandowski, Moritz Wagner
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2020, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12715

Environmental and Economic Performance of Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) Cultivated for Fructooligosaccharide Production

Author(s): Moritz Wagner, Larissa Kamp, Simone Graeff-Hönninger, Iris Lewandowski
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 11/17, 2019, Page(s) 4581, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11174581

Breeding progress and preparedness for mass-scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

Author(s): John Clifton-Brown, Antoine Harfouche, Michael D. Casler, Huw Dylan Jones, William J. Macalpine, Donal Murphy-Bokern, Lawrence B. Smart, Anneli Adler, Chris Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll, Catherine Bastien, Sebastian Bopper, Vasile Botnari, Maryse Brancourt-Hulmel, Zhiyong Chen, Lindsay V. Clark, Salvatore Cosentino, Sue Dalton, Chris Davey, Oene Dolstra, Iain Donnison, Richard Flavell, Joerg Greef,
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 11/1, 2019, Page(s) 118-151, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12566

Acid Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Sugars and Furfurals Formation

Author(s): Katarzyna Świątek, Stephanie Gaag, Andreas Klier, Andrea Kruse, Jörg Sauer, David Steinbach
Published in: Catalysts, Issue 10/4, 2020, Page(s) 437, ISSN 2073-4344
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/catal10040437

Economic and environmental performance of miscanthus cultivated on marginal land for biogas production

Author(s): Moritz Wagner, Anja Mangold, Jan Lask, Eckart Petig, Andreas Kiesel, Iris Lewandowski
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 11/1, 2019, Page(s) 34-49, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12567

Anaerobic Degradation of Individual Components from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Process-Wastewater in Continuously Operated Fixed Bed Reactors

Author(s): Muhammad Tahir Khan, Johannes Krümpel, Dominik Wüst, Andreas Lemmer
Published in: Processes, Issue 9/4, 2021, Page(s) 677, ISSN 2227-9717
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr9040677

Identifying methodological challenges in the social risk assessment of cellulosic ethanol value chains

Author(s): Nirvana A. Marting Vidaurre, Iris Lewandowski, Jan Lask
Published in: Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13287

Multi-environment assessment of a yellow hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) cultivar’s eco-physiology and productivity under varying levels of nitrogen fertilisation

Author(s): Henri Blandinieres, Michele Croci, Giorgio Impollonia, Andrea Marcone, Alan Gay, Ana Winters, Sarah Palmer, Stefano Amaducci
Published in: Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, ISSN 0048-7333
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116360

Novel Miscanthus hybrids: Modelling productivity on marginal land in Europe using dynamics of canopy development determined by light interception

Author(s): Anita Shepherd, Danny Awty-Carroll, Jason Kam, Chris Ashman, Elena Magenau, Enrico Martani, Mislav Kontek, Andrea Ferrarini, Stefano Amaducci, Chris Davey, Vanja Jurišić, Gert-Jan Petrie, Mohamad Al Hassan, Isabelle Lamy, Iris Lewandowski, Emmanuel de Maupeou, Jon McCalmont, Luisa Trindade, Kasper van der Cruijsen, Philip van der Pluijm, Rebecca Rowe, Andrew Lovett, Iain Donnison, Andreas Kiesel
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2023, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13029

Spring emergence and canopy development strategies in miscanthus hybrids in Mediterranean, continental and maritime European climates

Author(s): Elena Magenau, John Clifton-Brown, Catherine Parry, Chris Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll, Andrea Ferrarini, Mislav Kontek, Enrico Martani, Stefano Amaducci, Chris Davey, Oene Dolstra, Vanja Jurišić, Jason Kam, Luisa M. Trindade, Iris Lewandowski, Andreas Kiesel
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2023, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13035

Influence of cutting height on biomass yield and quality of miscanthus genotypes

Author(s): Elena Magenau, Andreas Kiesel, John Clifton‐Brown, Iris Lewandowski
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2021, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12881

Developing miscanthus seed plug establishment protocols with mulch film for commercial upscaling

Author(s): Chris Ashman, Danny Awty-Carroll, Michal Mos, Jason Kam, Sara Guerrini, Simon Calder, John Clifton-Brown
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2023, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13044

Continuous synthesis of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural from biomass in on‐farm biorefinery

Author(s): Katarzyna Świątek; Maciej P. Olszewski; Andrea Kruse
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12938

Lignocellulosic ethanol production combined with CCS—A study of GHG reductions and potential environmental trade‐offs

Author(s): Jan Lask, Slavica Rukavina, Ivana Zorić, Jason Kam, Andreas Kiesel, Iris Lewandowski, Moritz Wagner
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2020, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12781

UAV Remote Sensing for High-Throughput Phenotyping and for Yield Prediction of Miscanthus by Machine Learning Techniques

Author(s): Giorgio Impollonia; Michele Croci; Andrea Ferrarini; Jason Brook; Enrico Martani; Henri Blandinières; Andrea Marcone; Danny Awty-Carroll; Chris Ashman; Jason Kam; Andreas Kiesel; Luisa M. Trindade; Mirco Boschetti; John Clifton-Brown; Stefano Amaducci
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs14122927

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Valorisation of marginal agricultural land in the bioeconomy

Author(s): Andreas Kiesel; Moritz von Cossel; John Clifton‐Brown; Iris Lewandowski
Published in: GCB Bioenergy, 2023, ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13105