Miscanthus giganteus | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:01:12 1 Use areas
00:02:54 2 Life cycle
00:03:03 2.1 Propagation
00:03:57 2.2 Management
00:04:48 2.3 Yield
00:07:54 2.3.1 Yield - arable land
00:09:17 2.3.2 Yield - marginal land
00:14:37 2.4 Carbon sequestration
00:14:47 2.4.1 Soil carbon input/output
00:17:07 2.4.2 Net annual carbon accumulation
00:19:10 2.5 Transport and combustion challenges
00:19:20 2.5.1 Overview
00:20:26 2.5.2 Energy density and transport costs
00:23:00 2.5.3 Water absorption and transport costs
00:23:36 2.5.4 Uniformity and customization
00:24:17 2.5.5 Grindability
00:26:02 2.5.6 Chlorine and corrosion
00:28:12 2.5.7 Conclusion
00:29:40 3 Environmental impacts
00:29:50 3.1 GHG savings
00:30:00 3.1.1 Yield and soil carbon content
00:33:43 3.1.2 Savings comparison
00:39:09 3.2 Biodiversity
00:42:34 3.3 Water quality
00:43:25 3.4 Soil quality
00:45:10 3.5 Invasiveness
00:45:47 3.6 Conclusion
00:49:02 4 Practical farming considerations



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SUMMARY
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Miscanthus x giganteus (miscanthus giganteus, giant miscanthus) is a sterile hybrid of Miscanthus sinensis and Miscanthus sacchariflorus. It is a perennial grass with bamboo-like stems that can grow to heights of more than 4 metres (13 ft) in one season (from the third season onwards). Just like Pennisetum purpureum and Saccharum ravennae it is also called elephant grass. 
M. x giganteus' perennial nature, its ability to grow on marginal land, its water efficiency, non-invasiveness, low fertilizer needs, significant carbon sequestration and high yield have sparked a lot of interest among researchers, with some arguing that it has «ideal» energy crop properties. 
Some argue that it has the potential to be a greenhouse gas (GHG) negative fuel, while others highlight its water cleaning and soil enhancing qualities. There are practical and economic challenges related to its use in the existing, fossil based combustion infrastructure, however. Torrefaction and other fuel upgrading techniques are being explored as countermeasures to this problem.