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Koelreuteria paniculata invasiveness, yielding capacity and harvest date influence on biodiesel feedstock properties

Due to Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm., high abundance in Novi Sad (Serbia) and previously confirmed biodiesel feedstock suitability, this study aimed to assess generative potential and yield, assess K. paniculata invasive risk, and investigate the influence of harvesting periods on the oil content an...

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Published in:Journal of environmental management 2021-10, Vol.295, p.113102-113102, Article 113102
Main Authors: Ljubojević, Mirjana, Tomić, Milan, Simikić, Mirko, Savin, Lazar, Narandžić, Tijana, Pušić, Magdalena, Grubač, Milica, Srđan Vejnović, Marinković, Marina
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Summary:Due to Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm., high abundance in Novi Sad (Serbia) and previously confirmed biodiesel feedstock suitability, this study aimed to assess generative potential and yield, assess K. paniculata invasive risk, and investigate the influence of harvesting periods on the oil content and quality. Fifty-five specimens present in the Novi Sad inner-city core exhibited very high scores in the conducted invasiveness risk assessment (score 35/39). Determined good overall adaptability, growth and development, vitality and decorativeness of K. paniculata specimens, as well as the absence of phytopathological and entomological damages, due to lack of natural enemies, provided this species high unhindered yielding. The majority of investigated trees reached 5–10 m in height and canopy volumes from 10.1 to 70 m3, with an estimated more than 130 000–700 000 seeds produced per canopy. Seeds from one representative specimen were collected on different harvesting dates, at the end of August, September and October of 2019, and analyzed for oil content and quality for biodiesel production. With the average oil percentage of 22.8 w%, determined in the representative specimen, investigated 55 seed-bearing K. paniculata trees merely in the inner city core of Novi Sad, could produce 115 kg of oil. Since oil properties (
ISSN:0301-4797
1095-8630
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113102