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Phytotechnology with Biomass Production
FIGURE 2.6
Sudan-Sorghum forage hybrid at the USDA Plant Materials Center, Ashland Bottoms,
Manhattan, KS, August 2013. Photo courtesy of Mark Janzen, Natural Resources Conservation
Services, USDA.
TABLE 2.6
Phytoremediation Potential of Sorghum × drummondii Steud. to Different Trace
Elements
Trace
Element
Phytoremediation Potential
References
Cd
Excluder
Rhizoextraction
Cu
Excluder
Pb
Suitable for phytoremediation
Chemically induced remediation
Excluder
Zn
Excluder
Angelova et al. (2011); López-Chuken and
Young (2005); Zwonitzer et al. (2003)
Da-lin et al. (2011)
Angelova et al. (2011); Tari et al. (2013)

Murányi and Ködöböcz (2008)

Zhuang et al. (2009)

Angelova et al. (2011)

Angelova et al. (2011)

Eastern Asia, from tropics and subtropics to Pacific islands, warm temperate
regions, and subarctic areas. Wide adaptability to various environmental
factors makes M. × giganteus a sterile triploid hybrid of M. sinensis and M.
sacchariflorus, suitable for cultivating in different European and Northern
American climatic conditions (Greef & Deuter, 1993, See Chapter 5 for further information about breeding of various hybrid Miscanthus and different species properties). Plant biomass annual yield ranges from 8 to 45 t dry
biomass ha −1 (Bilandžija, 2015; Heaton et al., 2008; Lewandowski et al., 2000;
Maughan et al., 2012; Miguez et al., 2008) with long sustainable productivity