Willow Harvesting

The Lot 1 Innovation project ‘Accelerating Willow Breeding and Deployment’ project led by Rothamsted Research has just released a ‘Growers guide to short rotation coppice willow (SRCw) varieties for biomass’.

The Lot 1 Innovation project ‘Accelerating Willow Breeding and Deployment’ project led by Rothamsted Research has just released a ‘Growers guide to short rotation coppice willow (SRCw) varieties for biomass’. The guide contains information to help growers minimise risk by making informed choices when choosing to grow short rotation coppice willow (SRCw) for biomass. The data is based on a multi-site statistical analysis from trials planted between 1997 and 2016.

The guide will be updated as new data becomes available and it is hoped that the results from the Biomass Connect trial data will form part of these future updates.

You can read more about the Accelerating Willow Breeding and Deployment project here.

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Rothamsted Research is a world-leading, non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide.

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Perennial biomass crops like miscanthus and short rotation coppice have the potential to meet energy demands as renewable fuels, helping to reduce GHG emissions and strive towards Net Zero.

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