Tim van der Weijde

TL;DR: The potential of five C4 grasses as lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuel production is discussed, and three important field crops—maize, sugarcane and sorghum—and two undomesticated perennial energy grasses—miscanthus and switchgrass are discussed.

TL;DR: The OPTIMISC results demonstrate the potential of Miscanthus as a crop for marginal sites and provide information and technologies for the commercial implementation of miscanthus-based value chains.

TL;DR: The extensive genotypic variation found for most traits in the evaluated miscanthus germplasm provides ample scope for breeding of drought‐tolerant varieties that are able to produce substantial yields of high‐quality biomass under water deficit conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of biomass composition on the processing efficiency of miscanthus biomass for different biorefinery value chains was evaluated, including combustion, anaerobic digestion and enzymatic saccharification for the production of bioethanol.

TL;DR: Several alternatives to M. × giganteus are identified which have provided stable yields across wide climatic ranges, mostly interspecies hybrids, and also Miscanthus genotypes providing high biomass yields at specific geographic locations.