News tagged with switchgrass
New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have collected 46 new populations of switchgrass in Florida, adding valuable new accessions to the germplasm collection of this ...
Switchgrass produces biomass efficiently
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass ...
Roadsides, contaminated fields could be unlikely solutions to fuel shortages, water pollution
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The lonely, weed-choked roadsides along America's highways may turn out to be an unexpected solution to two of the biggest issues facing the U.S. today -- potential fuel shortages and water ...
Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid
May 18, 2009 |
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The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae, are biological factories that ...
Administration addressing ethanol, climate change
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration renewed its commitment Tuesday to speed up investments in ethanol and other biofuels while seeking to deflect some environmentalists' claims that huge increases in corn ethanol use will hinder ...
Ethanol test for Obama on climate change, science
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama's commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically sensitive question about the widespread ...
