<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In accordance with priorities of sustainable development in Serbia, production and use of biomass is crucial for provision of annually renewable national sources of energy and for environmental quality conservation. Rural development has typically focused on improving agricultural production and promoting market orientation, however, as the examples of other countries in the EU accession process have shown (e.g. Slovakia), such an approach could threaten the survival of rural population. Biomass production is one of the key sectors with significant potential for diversification of rural economy. The results of multiannual research work supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia through national scientific projects and several international initiatives are summarized in this paper. The research activities focus on <italic>Miscanthus</italic> × <italic>giganteus</italic> Greef et Deu. The production potentials of <italic>miscanthus</italic> on fertile and degraded soils were investigated since 2009 in experimental plots established on moderate and extremely degraded lands in Serbia, applying various agrotechnical measures in different ecological conditions. The results show that fertile agricultural land as well as moderate degraded areas provide suitable conditions for <italic>miscanthus</italic> biomass and viable rhizomes production for energy and ecoremediation purposes.</p></abstract>

In accordance with priorities of sustainable development in Serbia, production and use of biomass is crucial for provision of annually renewable national sources of energy and for environmental quality conservation. Rural development has typically focused on improving agricultural production and promoting market orientation, however, as the examples of other countries in the EU accession process have shown (e.g. Slovakia), such an approach could threaten the survival of rural population. Biomass production is one of the key sectors with significant potential for diversification of rural economy. The results of multiannual research work supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia through national scientific projects and several international initiatives are summarized in this paper. The research activities focus on Miscanthus × giganteus Greef et Deu. The production potentials of miscanthus on fertile and degraded soils were investigated since 2009 in experimental plots established on moderate and extremely degraded lands in Serbia, applying various agrotechnical measures in different ecological conditions. The results show that fertile agricultural land as well as moderate degraded areas provide suitable conditions for miscanthus biomass and viable rhizomes production for energy and ecoremediation purposes.

Potentials For Agro-Energy Crops Production: Example Of Miscanthus Cultivation In Serbia

Singidunum University Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica

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In accordance with priorities of sustainable development in Serbia, production and use of biomass is crucial for provision of annually renewable national...

Potentials For Agro-Energy Crops Production: Example Of Miscanthus Cultivation In Serbia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 30 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2015-0007

Keywords
agro-energy crops, degraded soil, growing parameters, yield, ecoremediation

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Potentials For Agro-Energy Crops Production: Example Of Miscanthus Cultivation In Serbia

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 30 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2015-0007

Keywordsagro-energy crops, degraded soil, growing parameters, yield, ecoremediation

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
agro-energy crops, degraded soil, growing parameters, yield, ecoremediation