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Present	Associate Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Agronomy
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Miscanthus Establishment and Survival

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2011)

Nicholas N. Boersma and Emily A. Heaton

Rising costs of petroleum fuels and increased awareness of the adverse effects of greenhouse gases have spurred interest in renewable ...

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Miscanthus Establishment and Survival

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2011)

Nicholas N. Boersma and Emily A. Heaton

Rising costs of petroleum fuels and increased awareness of the adverse effects of greenhouse gases have spurred interest in renewable ...

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Miscanthus Establishment and Survival

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2010)

Nicholas N. Boersma and Emily A. Heaton

Rising costs of petroleum fuels and increased awareness of the adverse effects of greenhouse gases have spurred interest in renewable ...

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Miscanthus Establishment and Survival

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2010)

Nicholas N. Boersma and Emily A. Heaton

Rising costs of petroleum fuels and increased awareness of the adverse effects of greenhouse gases have spurred interest in renewable ...

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Potential for Sorghum Genotypes in a Double-cropping System

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2010)

Ben Michael Goff, Kenneth J. Moore, Steven L. Fales and Emily A. Heaton

The majority of the ethanol currently produced in the United States is derived from the hydrolysis and fermentation of starch ...

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New ISU Research May Help Farmers Make More Informed Decisions ...

Integrated Crop Management News (2016)

Elke Brandes, Emily A. Heaton, Lisa A. Schulte-Moore and Fred Love

A new study from a multidisciplinary team led by Iowa State University agronomists shows that significant portions of Iowa farmland ...

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University of Iowa Planting Miscanthus May 7, 2014

Integrated Crop Management News (2014)

Emily A. Heaton

A 13-acre pilot field of Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus clone IL) will be planted Wednesday, May 7 at a ...

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Producing food, feed and energy: How can agriculture do it ...

Proceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference (2013)

Emily Heaton, Lisa Schulte-Moore, Matt Helmers, Matt Liebman, et al.

Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems has been suggested—in addition to reducing waste and changing consumption habits—as a way to increase ...

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Is it Too Late to Dig Miscanthus for Spring Planting?

Integrated Crop Management News (2012)

Emily A. Heaton and Nicholas N. Boersma

Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus) is a perennial warm-season grass used for bioenergy, and is being planted on thousands of ...

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Southern Iowa Biomass Crop Workshop

Integrated Crop Management News (2012)

Emily A. Heaton and Rick Sprague

There is increasing interest in biomass crops for energy in Iowa. Initially, it was thought that strong commodity prices would ...

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Iowa State Receives $200,000 Grant to Develop Biomass Crops ...

Integrated Crop Management News (2010)

Emily A. Heaton

Iowa State University has been awarded a $200,000 grant to develop perennial cash crops for southern Iowa. The grant was ...

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Practical Considerations in Developing Bioenergy Crops

Proceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference (2008)

Emily A. Heaton, Kenneth J. Moore and Steven L. Fales

Biofuels represent a significant challenge and opportunity for agriculture. Producing liquid fuels from cellulosic biomass affords a number of potential ...

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Long-term Assessment of Miscanthus Productivity and Sustainability (LAMPS).

Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports (2017)

Emily A. Heaton

Miscanthus × giganteus is a promising biomass crop for Iowa, based on its high yields and low input requirements. However, ...

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The University of Iowa Biomass Energy Sustainability Index: A decision-making ...

Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports (2014)

Liz Christiansen, Ingrid Gronstal Anderson, Ferman Milster, Sara Maples, et al.

Work continued on a plan to increase the renewable, sustainable fuel sources available to power operations at the University of ...

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The University of Iowa Biomass Partnership Project

Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports (2013)

Ferman Milster, Emily A. Heaton, Richard B. Hall, Jesse Randall, et al.

Biomass may be obtained from existing sources, such as industrial co-products (e.g., oat hulls and paper sludge), from the forest ...

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Optimizing legume establishment in winter cereal grains

Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports (2011)

Emily A. Heaton and Jeremy Singer

Project investigators sought to determine the resiliency of the winter cereal legume intercrop system in relation to agronomic management and ...

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Iowa Climate Statement 2020: Will COVID-19 Lessons Help Us Survive ...

Agronomy Reports (2020)

David Courard-Hauri, Gene Takle, Ulrike Passe, Mahdi Al-Kaisi, et al.

The current SARS-CoV2 pandemic is a social, humanitarian, and economic crisis that was predicted by experts but made worse by ...

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Farm Progress Reports (11)

Integrated Crop Management Publications (7)

Leopold Center Publications (4)

Reports (1)