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EUBCE 2024 - Eleni G. PAPAZOGLOU - Exploiting the Phytoremediation Potential of High Yielding Lignocellulosic Energy Crops for Biofuel Production

Exploiting the Phytoremediation Potential of High Yielding Lignocellulosic Energy Crops for Biofuel Production

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Innovative biomass production for energy integrated into traditional agri-forestry systems

Improving the sustainability of energy crops production through phytoremeditation of contaminated land

Exploiting the Phytoremediation Potential of High Yielding Lignocellulosic Energy Crops for Biofuel Production

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GOLD project builds on the idea of growing selected high-yielding lignocellulosic energy crops on contaminated lands with two-fold purposes: to produce feedstock for biofuels with low ILUC risks and to contribute to land decontamination by applying optimized phytoremediation solutions. In order to achieve these goals, two-year field cultivations of the energy crops sorghum, hemp, switchgrass and miscanthus were so far conducted in 4 countries (Greece/two sites, Poland, France and Italy). In the most polluted site of Lavrion-GR the yields of sorghum, hemp and miscanthus were up to 10.8, 1.6 and 4.0 tn per ha respectively. In the less polluted site of Kozani-Gr, sorghum gave substantially higher production, reaching the 23.1 tn per ha, while switchgrass and miscanthus reached the 6.0 tn per ha each. In Poland the yields were up to 7.5 tn pre ha for hemp, 18 tn per ha for sorghum and 5.5 tn per ha for miscanthus. In Italy the productivity was up to 10 and 12.5 tn per ha for hemp and sorghum, while the corresponding values in France were 10.5 and 14.2 tn per ha respectively. The most concentrated element in plant tissues for all cases was Zn, followed by Pb, Cd and Ni.

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Eleni G. PAPAZOGLOU

Agricultural University of Athens, Crop Science Dpt., GREECE

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Dr. Eleni G. Papazoglou is teaching and research associate at the Agricultural University of Athens/Dept. of Crop Science. Her main scientific interests are on phytoremediation, economic botany, non-food crops for exploitation and remediation of marginal & contaminated land, energy and fiber crops

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Co-authors:

E.G. Papazoglou, Agricultural University of Athens, GREECE
E. Alexopoulou, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Athens, GREECE
M. Wójcik, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, POLAND
A. Burges, Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture, Lille, FRANCE
W. Zegada, University of Bologna, ITALY
J. Vangronsveld, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, POLAND

Session reference: 1BO.7.3