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New 3D model predicts best planting practices for farmers

Claire Benjamin

Jun 23, 2017
2 min

New 3D model predicts best planting practices for farmers

Now a computer model can answer farmers' planting questions by comparing billions of virtual fields with different planting densities, r

Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol

Claire Benjamin

Apr 4, 2017
3 min

Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol

A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois have proven sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its...

Dual-purpose biofuel crops could extend production, increase profits

Claire Benjamin

Jan 11, 2017
3 min

Dual-purpose biofuel crops could extend production, increase profits

Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol and biodiesel. When...

Grant helps project realize “ultra-productive”
biofuel crops, attract investors

Claire Benjamin

May 10, 2016
2 min

Grant helps project realize “ultra-productive” biofuel crops, attract investors

Imagine—instead of acres of oil wells on barren land—endless fields of towering green sugarcane, with each stalk producing renewable and...