Research Article

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Cultivar Adaptation, Biomass Production, and Cellulose Concentration as Affected by Latitude of Origin

Table 5

Mean cellulose and hemicellulose concentration of ten switchgrass cultivars grown at Swift Current, SK and at Brandon, MB, Canada.

CultivarCelluloseHemicellulose
Swift CurrentBrandonSwift CurrentBrandon

g kg−1

Blackwell282288288266
Cave-in-Rock249283285266
Dacotah312330293275
Forestburg306298300296
Nebraska 28307294300262
Pathfinder274290284274
Summer285311301288
Sunburst293313302302
ND 3743306342289291
Trailblazer285270
LSD0.051012ns16

ns: not significant at .