Grass roots for better biofuel

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Botanists, genetic engineers and energy researchers are collaborating to develop crops better suited for the production of biofuel.

 

The Norwich-based John Innes Centre (JIC) has recently entered into a partnership with the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct the research. They will study the genome of the grass Brachypodium as part of the Joint Genome Institute’s Community Sequencing Programme. The genetic information from this project will be used as a template for analysing the much larger and more complex genomes of wheat and barley. The team hope this will improve food production and help develop sustainable production of biofuel from grass crops.

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