BACKGROUND Cellulosic biofuels offer environmental benefits not available from grain-
based biofuels and are a cornerstone of efforts to meet transportation fuel needs in a future …

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer has often been generously applied to increase crop biomass yield.
Although the influences of inorganic N fertilizer on soil microbial communities have been …

This review analyzes the potential role and long-term effects of field perennial polycultures
(mixtures) in agricultural systems, with the aim of reducing the trade-offs between …

Increasing the potential of soil to store carbon (C) is an acknowledged and emphasized
strategy for capturing atmospheric CO2. Well-recognized approaches for soil C accretion …

The potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is accumulating in the atmosphere at
unprecedented rates largely due to agricultural intensification, and cultivated soils …

Biomass can be converted via fermentation, pyrolysis, gasification, or combustion to a
variety of bioenergies, and each conversion technology generates streams with different …

Leaching losses of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) from agricultural
systems are important to water quality and carbon and nutrient balances but are rarely …

Associative N fixation (ANF), the process by which dinitrogen gas is converted to ammonia
by bacteria in casual association with plants, has not been well-studied in temperate …

Climate mitigation scenarios limiting global temperature increases to 1.5° C rely on
decarbonizing vehicle transport with bioenergy production plus carbon capture and storage …

Abstract Changes in land surface albedo can alter ecosystem energy balance and
potentially influence climate. We examined the albedo of six bioenergy crop** systems in …