Evaluating Cover Crop Planting Date Effects on the Ecological Sustainability of Energy Sorghum

Allison Cook1,2, Mark Burnham3, Chunhwa Jang4, DoKyoung Lee5, Evan H DeLucia6 and Wendy H Yang2,7, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, (2)Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation; Department of Crop Sciences, Urbana, United States, (6)Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, (7)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Departments of Plant Biology and Geology, Urbana, IL, United States