Growing interest in prairie cordgrass as a biofuel source

www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 27, 2012

                                                          Source: illinois.edu

Until recently, prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) has received comparatively little attention because, unlike the other types of switchgrass, it is not a good forage crop; as interest in energy crops and in feedstock production for cellulosic biofuels increases, however, prairie cordgrass is receiving more attention because it grows well on marginal land.

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