Chapter 8. Afforestation of Salt-affected Marginal Lands with Indigenous Tree Species for Sustainable Biomass and Bioenergy Production

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. List of Contributors V
3. List of Abbreviations X
4. Preface XIII
5. Contents XV
6. Part I. Introduction
7. Chapter 1. The Sustainable Biofuels Paradigm 3
8. Part II. Biofuel Crop Models
9. Chapter 2 Switchgrass for Bioenergy: Agro-ecological Sustainability 21
10. Chapter 3. Sugarcane as an Alternative Source of Sustainable Energy 59
11. Chapter 4. Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) as a New Biofuel Feedstock for Semi-arid and Arid Regions and Its Agro-ecological Sustainability Issues 87
12. Chapter 5. Environmental Aspects of Willow Cultivation for Bioenergy 119
13. Part III. Biofuels and Biogeochemical Impacts
14. Chapter 6. Short Rotation Forestry for Energy Production in Italy: Environmental Aspects and New Perspectives of Use in Biofuel Industry 137
15. Chapter 7. Populus and Salix Grown in a Short-rotation Coppice for Bioenergy: Ecophysiology, Aboveground Productivity, and Stand-level Water Use Efficiency 155
16. Part IV. Biofuels and Natural Resource Management
17. Chapter 8. Afforestation of Salt-affected Marginal Lands with Indigenous Tree Species for Sustainable Biomass and Bioenergy Production 197
18. Chapter 9. Bioenergy and Prospects for Phytoremediation 227
19. Part V. Life Cycle Assessment Principles
20. Chapter 10. Eight Principles of Uncertainty for Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuel Systems 243
21. Chapter 11. Energy and GHG Emission Assessments of Biodiesel Production in Mato Grosso, Brazil 269
22. Part V. Global Potential Assessments
23. Chapter 12. Biomass Potential of Switchgrass and Miscanthus on the USA’s Marginal Lands 299
24. Chapter 13. Global Agro-ecological Challenges in Commercial Biodiesel Production from Jatropha curcas: Seed Productivity to Disease Incidence 319
25. Subject Index 342