Switchgrass is a promising feedstock for value-added applications due to its high
productivity, potentially low requirements for agricultural inputs and positive environmental …

The lignocellulose in forage crops represents a second generation of biomass feedstock for
conversion into energy-related end products. Some of the most extensively studied species …

Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

Switchgrass was one of the dominant species of the North American tallgrass prairie and
savanna ecosystems that once dominated a large portion of the continent. It is currently used …

Abstract The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has identified switchgrass
(Panicum virgatum L.) as a viable perennial herbaceous feedstock for cellulosic ethanol …

We often think of experimental designs as analogous to recipes in a cookbook. We look for
something that we like, something that satisfies our needs, and frequently return to those that …

Oil prices and government mandates have catalyzed rapid growth of nonfossil transportation
fuels in recent years, with a large focus on ethanol from energy crops, but the food crops …

Local adaptation is the process by which natural selection drives adaptive phenotypic
divergence across environmental gradients. Theory suggests that local adaptation results …

Genetic gains in forage yield lag far behind the gains made in grain yield of cereal crops,
partly because of the use of inefficient selection methods that make little use of additive …

Understanding the regulation of proline metabolism necessitates the suppression of two Δ1-
pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase enzyme (P5CS) genes performed in switchgrass …