The role of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in establishment of short-rotation energy plantations in Hungary
| dc.creator | Rédei, K. | |
| dc.creator | Veperdi, I. | |
| dc.date | 2009-05-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-28T10:00:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-28T10:00:57Z | |
| dc.description | Establishment of short-rotation energy plantations for fuel production has been of international interest for many years. Energy plantation experiments in Hungary have been conducted for a longer time. In the country black locust ( Robinia ps eudoacacia L.) is one of the most important stand-forming tree species, covering approximately 23% of the forested land (410 000 ha) and providing about 19% of the annual timber output of the country. This fast growing species seems to be suitable for energy plantations as well. So, in Helvecia (Central Hungary, sand-soil region) two energy plantation s were established u sing common black locust and its cultivars improved in Hungary. The spacing variations of the common black locust were: l.5x0.3 m, I .5x0.5 m and l.5x 1.0 m. At the age of 5 the closest spacing ( 1.5x0.3m) produced the greatest annual increment in oven-dry weight (6.5 t ha·1 yr- 1). In the trial with black locust cultivars planted in spacing of 1.5xl.0m, at the age of 7 the highest annual increment in oven-dry mass was produced by the cultivar ' Ulloi' (9.7 t ha-1 yr- 1) followed by the common black locust (8.4 t ha-1 yr- 1) and the cultivar 'J tiszkiseri (1.6 t ha·1 yr- 1). The trials have verified that in temperate climate the increment in oven dry dendromass of black locust energy plantation s has ranged from 6 to 12 t ha·1 yr·1. On the basis of the trials' evaluation the quantity of dendromass mostly depends on site quality, species and cultivars, as well as on the initial spacing (plants per hectare). | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/IJHS/article/view/832 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.31421/IJHS/15/3/832 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2437/314541 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Debrecen | |
| dc.relation | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/IJHS/article/view/832/830 | |
| dc.source | International Journal of Horticultural Science; Vol. 15 No. 3 (2009); 41-44. | |
| dc.source | 2676-931X | |
| dc.source | 1585-0404 | |
| dc.source | 10.31421/IJHS/15/3 | |
| dc.subject | Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacaci a L.) | |
| dc.subject | energy plantations | |
| dc.title | The role of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in establishment of short-rotation energy plantations in Hungary | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |