Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum, is a perennial native grass that is beautiful, provides vertical interest, wildlife habitat, ...

Alabama genetic researchers played a key role in groundbreaking new research into a growing source of fuel from plants that could help lessen America’s oil addiction. The plant is America’s native ...

CHILLICOTHE, Iowa — Some of the heat pouring out of southeastern Iowa furnaces this unusually cold winter is homegrown--a thought pleasing to environmentally conscious homeowners and area farmers who ...

Will switchgrass, a tall, resilient and fast-growing native plant once familiar to pioneers, become the next cash crop for farmers in states in the Chesapeake Bay drainage? In a convergence of ...

GUYMON, OKLA. — Curtis Raines describes himself as “just a dumb old farmer” who’s not afraid to ask an obvious question: Why grow corn for fuel when it could be used to feed hungry people? “That just ...

LINCOLN — Biomass crops could play a big part in the future of Nebraska's biofuels industry, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist said at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual Agronomy and ...

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds ...

Researchers have produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass genome. Building off this work, researchers at DOE Bioenergy Research Centers are exploring targeted genome ...