Sunday, November 20, 2011

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Corn gene boosts biofuels from switchgrass

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 12:14 PM PST

Introducing a special corn gene into switchgrass was found to significantly boost the viability of the switchgrass biomass as a feedstock crop for advanced biofuels. The gene, a variant of the Corngrass1 gene, holds the switchgrass in a perpetual juvenile state, more than doubling its starch content and making it easier to convert its polysaccharides into fermentable sugars.

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