Government promotes home grown fuel
International Business Times
Emphasis is on perennials, including trees and other nonfood plants that can be used as dedicated biofuel crops. Since such crops tend to require less ...

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Dollars Released for Genetic Breeding Programs
Missouri Ruralist
Emphasis is on perennials, including trees and other nonfood plants that can be used as dedicated biofuel crops. According to a news release, ...

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Danville Institute gets federal biofuels grant
WSLS.com
The program is focused on non-food plant fiber for biofuel production, with an emphasis on perennials that can be used as dedicated biofuel crops. ...

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Energy Grasses Take Center Stage at Ceres Field Day
PR Newswire (press release)
Moreover, a 2009 Sandia National Labs study, using conservative yield and conversion assumptions, concluded that advanced biofuels made from plant fibers ...

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Genetic map for switchgrass published, aids in study of biofuel
Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide
It is also a perennial that reduces weed pressure and holds soils in place - preventing wind and rain erosion. It sequesters carbon long term, ...

Diverse feedstocks key to biofuel sustainability
Southeast Farm Press
In an article in Science titled "Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels," researchers discussed the best plants to use for producing bioenergy in the ...

Research by Energy Biosciences Institute Suggests Exclusive Biofuel Plants for ...
AZoCleantech
The suggested plant and crops include miscajthus a perennial grass grown in the rainy places in US Midwest, south and east, sugarcane grown in Brazil and ...
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Miscanthus is potential biomass crop
Greenhouse Management & Production
Once established, the plant has a stand life of as much as 15 years. Since it is a perennial there's no need to re-plant each year. ...

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Estimated productivity, rainfall, and nitrogen requirements of current or potential bioenergy crops (see SOM for data sources). Perennial plants that use C ...
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Biofuel study looks at cost to wildlife and environmental diversity
environmentalresearchweb
At Vernon, team members will work with annual medics and alfalfa, both legumes, to reduce nitrogen fertilization on perennial cool-season and warm-season ...