Nufarm has launched a strategic review of its Nuseed division, with the crop-protection company saying all options are on the ...

On January 10, 2020, DOE announced that it will provide up to $75 million for research and development (R&D) of sustainable bioenergy crops within a period of five years. The bioenergy crops to be ...

New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research highlights switchgrass’ potential as a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Switchgrass, a promising bioenergy crop, could help meet the US goal ...

Understanding how such bioenergy crops could be harmed by known or new pests or pathogens could help speed the development of rapid responses to mitigate damage and longer-term strategies for ...

Lee says he's seen this pattern with switchgrass and other purpose-grown bioenergy crops before, but he's still convinced that the overall benefits of switchgrass outweigh this particular deficit.

Emily Heaton, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: We are at the stage where we're testing the first iterations of making jet fuels from the bioenergy crops that ...

The department’s Joint Genome Institute promotes research to improve energy crops, produce bioproducts, break down waste and keep biomes healthy. Each year, the institute designates a set of ...

Automating plant transformation will allow us to develop better bioenergy crops and do it more quickly," said CABBI Co-PI Matthew Hudson, Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences and the Carl R.