A1 Journal article (refereed)
Risk of Invasive Lupinus polyphyllus Seed Survival in Biomass Treatment Processes (2021)
Hassani, M., Vallius, E., Rasi, S., & Sormunen, K. (2021). Risk of Invasive Lupinus polyphyllus Seed Survival in Biomass Treatment Processes. Diversity, 13(6), Article 264. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060264
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Hassani, Marjaana; Vallius, Elisa; Rasi, Saija; Sormunen, Kai
Journal or series: Diversity
eISSN: 1424-2818
Publication year: 2021
Publication date: 11/06/2021
Volume: 13
Issue number: 6
Article number: 264
Publisher: MDPI AG
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060264
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/76536
Abstract
Invasive plant species threaten native species and habitats causing ecologic, economic and social burden. When creating climate friendly solutions by utilizing plant biomasses in biogas and fertilizer production, safety should be ensured concerning the use of residues. This study concentrates on the treatment of biomasses containing invasive plant material by tunnel and windrow composting, and by farm-scale and laboratory-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) in mesophilic conditions. Germination of the nationally settled and harmful invasive species Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. was investigated after these processes. In addition, the role of the conditions found in the processes that destroyed seeds were studied, such as the time of exposure, temperature and static pressure. Dormant seeds are well protected against harsh conditions and can survive through various stress factors, but also become vulnerable as more factors are combined and time of exposure is extended. Our results suggest that the risks involved for the utilization of harmful invasive species increase with mesophilic temperatures and single treatments if the processing conditions are not stabile. One-month treatment with windrow composting showed a high risk for dormant seeds of L. polyphyllus seeds to survive, whereby extending the processing time reduced it substantially. Hard coated seeds can thus be broken with a combination of thermophilic temperatures, moisture and static pressure.
Keywords: introduced species; lupines; seeds; germination; plant residues; biomass (industry); temperature; composting
Free keywords: invasive alien species; mesophilic anaerobic digestion; seed germination; static pressure; temperature; tunnel composting; windrow composting
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Reporting Year: 2021
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