The utilization of energy crops produced on American farms as a source of renewable fuels
is a concept with great relevance to current ecological and economic issues at both national …

Large scale production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA s) in plants can provide a
sustainable supply of bioplastics, biochemicals, and energy from sunlight and atmospheric …

A 10-year US Department of Energy-sponsored research program designed to evaluate and
develop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), a native perennial warm-season grass, as a …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a C4 perennial grass and has been identified as a
potential bioenergy crop for cellulosic ethanol because of its rapid growth rate, nutrient use …

Switchgrass is an erect, warm‐season perennial whose native habitat originally included the
prairies, open woods, brackish marches, and pinewoods. Ecotypes and cytotypes of …

Referee: Dr. E. Charles Brummer, Forage Breeding and Genetics, 1204 Agromonomy, Iowa
State University, Ames, IA 50011 Much of the research on the genetic modification of …

Although Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been successfully used to transfer genes to a wide
range of plant species, it has received little attention for transformation of forage grasses …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a candidate feedstock in bioenergy, and plant
breeding and molecular genetic strategies are being used to improve germplasm. In order to …

The increased emphasis on research of dedicated biomass and biofuel crops begs for
biotechnology method improvements. For switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), one limitation …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season perennial grass that is native to North
America that is being developed into a biomass energy crop. It has been used in pastures …