Sentences with phrase «new switchgrass»

New switchgrass shoots stopped growing, but stayed green and alive; the researchers referred to this as stagnation.

Not exact matches

Compared with rows of maize, tufts of switchgrass grown for biofuel have hidden perks, a new study finds.

Faster - growing root systems could allow new plants to take hold more quickly, including perennial grasses like switchgrass and Miscanthus, which are considered viable feedstocks for next - generation biofuel.

Complete Genome Sequence of Switchgrass Mosaic Virus, a Member of the Proposed New Species in the Genus Marafivirus, Bright Agindotan, Michael E. Gray, Rosemarie Hammond, Carl A. Bradley, Archives of Virology, 157 (9), pp. 1825 - 1830, doi: 10.1007 / s00705 -012-1354-3, September 2012.

«Our new product in the litter category is the OurPet's Switchgrass Natural Cat Litter with BioChar,» said Rachelle Rabasi, director of marketing for the Fairport Harbor, Ohio - based company.

A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.

The National Commission on Energy Policy reported in December that, if fleet mileage in the U.S. rises to 40 mpg — somewhat below the current European Union fleet average for new vehicles of 42 mpg and well below the current Japanese average of 47 mpg - then as switchgrass yields improve modestly to around 10 tons / acre it would take only 30 million acres of land to produce sufficient cellulosic ethanol to fuel half the U.S. passenger fleet.

The new study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, highlights some of the ways that switchgrass ethanol may help defuse these concerns.

Switchgrass ethanol, though, can yield 540 percent more energy than is required to produce it, the new study says.