Henry A. Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture

Publications and Presentations

Sustainable Biofuels

Using Diversity to Increase Productivity in Fertilized and Unfertilized Prairie Mixtures 2009 (See Poster)

A Comparison of Biomass Production in Corn-and Prairie-Based Biofuel Cropping Systems 2009 (See Poster)

Heggenstaller, A.H., M. Liebman, R.P Anex. 2009. Growth analysis of biomass production in sole-crop and double-crop corn systems. Crop Science 49: 2215-2224. (See Abstract)

Heggenstaller, A.H., K.J. Moore, M. Liebman,R.P. Anex. 2009. Nitrogen influences biomass and nutrient partitioning by perennial, warm-season grasses. Agronomy Journal 101: 1363-1371. (See Abstract)

Heggenstaller, A.H., R.P Anex, M. Liebman, D.N. Sundberg, and L.R. Gibson. 2008. Productivity and nutrient dynamics in bioenergy double-cropping systems. Agronomy Journal 100: 1740-1748. (See Abstract)

New Crops and Cropping Systems for Biofuel Production and Environmental Stewardship (PDF 5.88 MB) - Presentation given on November 2007 at the 2007 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference.

Comparison of Biofuel Systems (COBS) (PDF 241 KB)

Sustainable biofuels feedstock production: Integration of new cropping systems with advanced biomass conversion technologies

Anex, R.P., L.R. Lynd, M.S. Laser, A.H. Heggenstaller, and M. Liebman. 2007. Growing energy, closing cycles: The potential for enhanced nutrient cycling through the coupling of agricultural and bioenergy systems. Crop Science. 47: 1327-1335.

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"Wise land use is simply an adaptation of nature's conservation and flood control methods to the conditions of advanced cultivation."
--H. A. Wallace