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How to Reintroduce Arable Crops after Growing Perennial Wild Plant Species Such as Common Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare L.) for Biogas Production

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  • Moritz von Cossel

    (Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy (340b), Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany)

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The cultivation of perennial wild plant mixtures (WPMs) is becoming increasingly important in Germany for providing sustainably produced bioenergy. However, perennial energy cropping systems always raise the question of how to reclaim the land for arable crops. This study examined this issue by looking at how a former WPM area was returned to arable cropping for an organic farm. From 2013 to 2018, the WPM area was harvested annually in the autumn. From 2019 to 2020, it was co-managed with the surrounding land as a semi-intensive grassland under a three-cut regime. The area was then ploughed in the spring of 2021 to grow silage maize. Weeds were controlled mechanically once. Nevertheless, the perennial wild plant species grew vigorously, with common tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare L.) standing out with a total fresh matter share of 29.0%. This maize–WPM mixture achieved a dry matter yield of 15.5 ± 5.5 Mg ha −1 , which was notably but not significantly ( p < 0.05) lower than that of silage maize growing next to the former WPM area (23.4 ± 5.5 Mg ha −1 ). After silage maize, winter wheat was sown in the autumn of 2021 and further regrowth of common tansy was observed in the spring of 2022. Yield and quality effects must therefore be given special consideration in the first arable crop following WPM cultivation.

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  • Moritz von Cossel, 2022. "How to Reintroduce Arable Crops after Growing Perennial Wild Plant Species Such as Common Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare L.) for Biogas Production," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:12:p:4380-:d:839951
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