Better Than Switchgrass
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 09:49
in Earth & Climate
Move over, switchgrass. There's a new miracle crop on the horizon. Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign indicates that a perennial grass named Miscanthus x giganteus can produce about two and a half times more ethanol per acre than either corn or switchgrass. read more
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