HortScience (Jul 2024)

Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen Content of Hardwoods in Novi Pazar (Serbia)

  • Sabahudin Hadrović,
  • Sonja Braunović,
  • Tatjana Ćirković-Mitrović,
  • Saša Eremija,
  • Aleksandar Lučić,
  • Ljubinko Rakonjac,
  • Filip Jovanović

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17824-24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 59, no. 8

Abstract

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To investigate and compare hardwood species based on their carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage capacity, a study of the C and N content of the bark and wood of nine common hardwood broadleaves in Novi Pazar, southwestern Serbia, was conducted. Compared with sycamore maple, Norway maple, common ash, common hornbeam, black locust, European beech, Turkey oak, and sessile oak, field maple has the highest C/N ratio in wood (37.05 ± 3.23), representing the best hardwood species for biomass production.

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