Giant reed, scientifically known as Arundo donax, is gaining attention as a promising energy crop for biomass production, particularly on marginal and degraded lands. This fast-growing perennial ...

Reed said the unit’s combination of wedging and pressing action was a breakthrough in improving seed to soil contact and crop emergence in the dried-up, cloddy seedbeds of the 1970’s.

Researchers from Aarhus University are comparing greenhouse gas emissions from a conventional potato crop rotation on drained peat soil with the cultivation of reed canary grass for biomass ...