Researchers Examine Hybrid Poplar Tree Stumps after Harvest from a UT AgResearch Site (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

Researchers Examine Hybrid Poplar Tree Stumps after Harvest from a UT AgResearch Site

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Center for Renewable Carbon Director Tim Rials (standing) and his research assistant Jessica McCord examine some stumps remaining after the harvest of a 10-acre grove of hybrid poplars grown as a potential biomass crop. The poplars should regenerate for a second harvest in about three years.

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Photo courtesy the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

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