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The bioenergy industry has primarily used Miscanthus for combustion in power plants. It has desirable properties of low water and ash contents following a dry-down period before harvest. Current research is focused on its potential as a biomass crop for direct combustion and for lignocellulosic conversion to ethanol and other biofuels. This revised 3-page fact sheet was written by John Erickson, Curtis Rainbolt, Yoana Newman, Lynn Sollenberger, and Zane Helsel, and published by the UF Department of Agronomy, September 2012.
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Gibson, L., and S. Barnhart. 2007. Miscanthus Hybrids for Biomass Production. Extension Publication AG201. Ames, IA: Agronomy Department, Iowa State University. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/AG201.pdf.
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UF/IFAS Invasive Plant Working Group. 2009. IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/assessment/conclusions.html.