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Scale of biomass production from new woody crops for salinity control in dryland agriculture in Australia

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  • John Bartle
  • Graeme Olsen
  • Don Cooper
  • Trevor Hobbs

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There is scope internationally to utilise surplus and degraded agricultural land for biomass crops that might also be environmentally beneficial. For example, dryland salinity in southern Australian could be ameliorated using profitable woody biomass crops. A model was developed to predict biomass production from such woody crops. At a biomass price of A$35/t (green) and a water use efficiency of 1.8 dry g/kg of water, profitable woody crops could produce 39 million t/year of dry biomass from 1.5% of farmland in the 300-400mm rainfall zone, and 8% of farmland in the 401–600 mm rainfall zone of the southern Australian wheatbelt.

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  • John Bartle & Graeme Olsen & Don Cooper & Trevor Hobbs, 2007. "Scale of biomass production from new woody crops for salinity control in dryland agriculture in Australia," International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 27(2), pages 115-137.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgeni:v:27:y:2007:i:2:p:115-137
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    1. John F. McGrath & Kevin F. Goss & Mark W. Brown & John R. Bartle & Amir Abadi, 2017. "Aviation biofuel from integrated woody biomass in southern Australia," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(2), March.
    2. Baumber, Alex, 2017. "Enhancing ecosystem services through targeted bioenergy support policies," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 26(PA), pages 98-110.
    3. Feikema, P.M. & Baker, T.G., 2011. "Effect of soil salinity on growth of irrigated plantation Eucalyptus in south-eastern Australia," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(7), pages 1180-1188, May.

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