title: Lighting the way to willow biomass production.
abstract: Biofuels produced from willow could help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. To maximise yields per hectare light interception and utilisation of the plant canopy need to be optimised. Jennifer Cunniff and Marianna Cerasuolo explain how this target can be reached by integrating morphological field measurements and modelling techniques.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change, Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL52JQ, UK. jennifer.cunniff@bbsrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cunniff
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerasuolo
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D003625:Data Collection; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D032108:Salix / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels