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UF/IFAS researchers develop new sorghum cultivars that could produce up 10.5 kL ethanol per hectare

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Researchers from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that three UF/IFAS-developed sorghum varieties could produce up to 10,500 liters of ethanol per hectare (about 1,100 gallons US per acre). Castro is now a researcher at the University of Jaén in Spain. Sagues, Marco T.

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Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce lipids for biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol; ARPA-E project PETROSS

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A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois has genetically engineered sugarcane to produce lipids in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production (lipid-cane). Co-authors of the paper include: Haibo Huang (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University); Robert A. Grennan (University of Illinois).

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