[PCA] NEWS: Switchgrass: Bridginig Bioenergy And Conservation

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Oct 15 10:13:25 CDT 2007


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071014192010.htm

Switchgrass: Bridging Bioenergy And Conservation

Science Daily - An important part of the answer to the country's energy 
woes could be blowing in the prairie wind, according to Agricultural 
Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist Michael Casler. He has spent the 
past 10 years breeding switchgrass, an eight-foot-plus native plant that 
was an integral part of the tall grass prairies that once dominated 
America's Midwest.

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