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Through the six successive years (2010–2015), from the 5th to the 10th year of cultivation, research was carried out on yielding and species characteristics of 4 perennial vegetatively propagated energy crops. These were: 2 species of Miscanthus, Sida hermaphrodita, and 2 Salix viminalis clones (1047 and 1054), cultivated side-by-side. The height a...
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... Research on Sida in Poland has been done for the last 40 years; most of it was performed at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin [2][3][4][5][6]. In addition to the yield of aboveground mass, this species-Sida-develops an extensive, strong root system. ...
In 2016-2018, an experiment with Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby (Virginia fanpetals) called Sida was conducted in the system of random blocks on sandy and sandy loam soil. Each year, the yields of dry aboveground mass and dried mass of roots were determined. Before sowing Sida and after the end of the research, the composition of earthy fractions in the soils was determined. In the stalks and roots of Sida, the percentage content was determined, and the mass of carbon was calculated. When Sida was grown in sandy soil, the average dry mass yield (stalks and roots) in the third year of cultivation (2018), was slightly above 13 t•ha −1 , and in the sandy loam soil it was three times higher (36 t•ha −1). In the third year of cultivation, the carbon sequestration in the stems and roots exceeded 5 t•ha −1 (sandy soil), and 15 t•ha −1 (sandy loam). The carbon content in the stems was 46.25%, and in the roots-42.67%. The results were statistically processed using ANOVA. It was found that the cultivation of Sida caused a percent decrease in the sand fraction, an increase in the floatable (fine) fraction in sandy soil, and an increase in humus content; the opposite changes were noted in the sandy-loam soil.
