<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Poplar clones reach a big advantage over other forest tree species in the production of large amounts of above-ground biomass in a relatively short time. To increase the efficiency of production during their short life cycle, it is necessary to optimize age of their felling maturity. It should be carried out in the stands age when its average production is highest. Mathematical models of yield tables were used to derive this production. Above-ground biomass production was expressed in natural units, volume (m3 ha−1) and the capacity of calorific value (GJ ha−1), but also in financial yield (€ ha−1) from the sale of timber assortments including energy chips from smallwood. In terms of financial yield, Robusta stands are mature between 23 and 35 years and I-214 stands between 18 and 32 years. Main financial yield per year, on average 200–1900 € ha−1, is expected from the production of assortments designed for classic industrial processing. Its increase by 50 to 100 € ha−1 is expected to be achieved by supplemental smallwood processing to energy chips. In terms of volume production and capacity of combustion heat, stands are mature about 5–7 years earlier.</abstract>

Poplar clones reach a big advantage over other forest tree species in the production of large amounts of above-ground biomass in a relatively short time. To increase the efficiency of production during their short life cycle, it is necessary to optimize age of their felling maturity. It should be carried out in the stands age when its average production is highest. Mathematical models of yield tables were used to derive this production. Above-ground biomass production was expressed in natural units, volume (m3 ha−1) and the capacity of calorific value (GJ ha−1), but also in financial yield (€ ha−1) from the sale of timber assortments including energy chips from smallwood. In terms of financial yield, Robusta stands are mature between 23 and 35 years and I-214 stands between 18 and 32 years. Main financial yield per year, on average 200–1900 € ha−1, is expected from the production of assortments designed for classic industrial processing. Its increase by 50 to 100 € ha−1 is expected to be achieved by supplemental smallwood processing to energy chips. In terms of volume production and capacity of combustion heat, stands are mature about 5–7 years earlier.

Criteria For Felling Maturity Of Poplar Clones Grown For Energy Use

National Forest Centre – Forest Research Institute, Zvolen, Slovak Republic

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica

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Poplar clones reach a big advantage over other forest tree species in the production of large amounts of above-ground biomass in a relatively short time. To...

Criteria For Felling Maturity Of Poplar Clones Grown For Energy Use

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 44 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2015-0009

Keywords
poplar clones, Robusta, I-214, the production of biomass, felling maturity

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

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

Criteria For Felling Maturity Of Poplar Clones Grown For Energy Use

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 44 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aree-2015-0009

Keywordspoplar clones, Robusta, I-214, the production of biomass, felling maturity

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

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

Keywords
poplar clones, Robusta, I-214, the production of biomass, felling maturity