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SunGrant Feedstock Partnership Woody Crops Program. Sun Grant/DOE Feedstock Partnership. The Woody Biomas s Team. WB Team Members. Species Leads Bill Berguson , University of Minnesota – Duluth Brian Stanton, GreenWood Resources, Oregon Tim Volk, State University of New York – ESF
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SunGrant Feedstock Partnership Woody Crops Program Sun Grant/DOE Feedstock Partnership The WoodyBiomass Team
WB Team Members • Species Leads • Bill Berguson, University of Minnesota – Duluth • Brian Stanton, GreenWood Resources, Oregon • Tim Volk, State University of New York – ESF • Mike Cunningham, ArborGen, South Carolina • Randy Rousseau, Miss. State University • USDA-FS Cooperators • Marilyn Buford, Washington Office (mbuford@fs.fed.us) • Jim Perdue, Southern Research Station (jperdue@fs.fed.us) • Other • Bryce Stokes, Navarro Eng. • Don Riemenschneider, USFS-(retired) • DOE/SGA Coordinators • Mark Downing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (downingme@ornl.gov) • Tim Rials, University of Tennessee, (trials@utk.edu)
Woody Biomass Overview • No resources directed to forest residue; focus exclusively to short-rotation crops • Only 2 species under development – poplar and willow • Many existing trials grandfathered in to current program • Continue to provide valuable yield data • Represent a significant investment from the past • Improved material available for 2010
General considerations for 2010 • Expanded range • Improved varieties • Multi-species yield trials • Woody crops • Switchgrass • Sorghum • Etc.
