biofuel crop

These web-spinners extract the nutrients they need from leaves of more than a thousand different plant species, including bioenergy feedstocks and food…

“The key is the strain's ability to ferment cellobiose and galactose simultaneously, which makes the process much more efficient,” Jin said. Red seaweed,…

Published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the study led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ximing Cai identified land around…

Demand for biofuels is increasing as Americans seek to expand renewable energy sources and mitigate the effects of fluctuating energy prices. Corn ethanol is…

The new approach, described in the journal Global Change Biology, takes into account many factors not included in previous methods, the researchers report.There is an urgent need to accurately assess whether particular land-use projects will increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, said Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, a postdoctoral researcher in the Energy Biosciences Institute at Illinois and lead author of the new study. The greenhouse gas value (GHGV) of a particular site depends on qualities like the number and size of plants; the ecosystem’s ability to take up or release greenhouse gases over time; and its vulnerability to natural disturbances, such as fire or hurricane damage, she said….

The promise of switchgrass, the challenges for forests and the costs of corn-based ethanol production: Ecological scientists review the many factors…