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Researchers find “zip-lignin” native to multiple plant species; potential for new approaches to degrading lignin for biorefineries

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And Karlen wondered how angelica, or any plant for that matter, could be making the molecules that confer weak bonds in lignin but not incorporate them. With collaborator Laura Bartley, an associate professor of microbiology and plant biology at the University of Oklahoma, Karlen also found zip-lignin in rice.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Genomic and Breeding Foundations for Bioenergy Sorghum Hybrids.

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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

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hallii has been driven by its close relationship to the bioenergy crop switchgrass, Juenger said in a presentation this January at the conference “Plant and Animal Genome XXIII”. Interest in developing genomic resources for P. Much like upland and lowland ecotypes of switchgrass, there are two major ecotypes of P. hallii var.

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Summer Update

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Local In Austin , Mayor Will Wynn and the City Council, along with Austin Energy , are holding a press conference and speaking event with James Woolsey and Chelsea Sexton , formerly with GM and featured in the feature film, Who Killed the Electric Car ? The press conference will be at 3:00 pm at Austin City Hall. Mr. Woolsey and Ms.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Boone Pickens plan, which states that using all the wind power capacity from northern Texas to the Canadian border would produce AS MUCH AS 20%. He states this as a positive of his program. Sounds like a perfect way to dump a TRILLION. Video Web 2.0

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