Bioenergy and Biofuel Projects Win DOE Support
(Bioenergy Insight) A number of research projects focused on bioenergy and biofuels have been selected for the US Community Science Programme (CSP) of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
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Boulos Chalhoub of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research is set to explore how DNA methylation and repeated hybridisation have shaped the polyploid Brachypodium hybridium, a relative of candidate bioenergy grasses such as switchgrass.
Udaya Kalluri of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is aiming to determine how modifying plant cell walls in the candidate bioenergy feedstock crop poplar, can affect plant-microbe interactions and the utility of poplar for biofuel production.
Norma Martinez-Gomez of Michigan State University aims to identify the rare earth element dependent enzymes involved in plant-microbe interactions that can boost the potential crop yields of, for example, candidate bioenergy feedstocks, while reducing the need for fertilisers. READ MORE
2018 DOE JGI Community Science Program Allocations Announced (Joint Genome Institute)
Federal grant to help MSU researchers boost camelina oil yields (Biodiesel Magazine/Michigan State University)