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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 286, 2021
10th International Conference on Thermal Equipments, Renewable Energy and Rural Development (TE-RE-RD 2021)
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Article Number | 03022 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Rural Development | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128603022 | |
Published online | 12 July 2021 |
Identifying new criteria for assessing the impact on the ecosystem generated by the establishment of Jerusalem artichoke crops on difficult and floodable soils
1 INMA Bucharest, Testing Department, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blvd. No. 6, Bucharest, Romania
2 University of Craiova, Faculty of Horticulture, Craiova, Dolj, Romania
3 Agricultural Research-Development Station Secuieni, 377 Principală, Secuieni, Romania
* Corresponding author: florin_nenciu2000@yahoo.com
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is a technical plant that manages to adapt very well to unfriendly environments, even in polluted or poor in nutrients soils and may serve in the near future as an important raw material for the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Furthermore, the plant is growing rapidly, producing large amounts of biomass and offers the possibility to be harvested up to 2 times a year, therefore presents a high potential to be used in the field of biofuel production. The plant's capacity to multiply easily by developing small tubers in the soil, allowing the production of economically advantageous crops, can be considered an advantage for biofuel producers, however this feature might be a drawback for agricultural land owners considering the very invasive behavior. The present paper aim to assess two Jerusalem Artichokes crops established on marginal soils, assessing productivity and the extensive impact on the ecosystem, paying a special attention to plant invasiveness tendencies.
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