USDA Releases a Switchgrass Cultivar Designed for Biofuel Production
August 20, 2014http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/10807/usda-new-switchgrass-variety-promises-more-biofuel-at-lower-cost
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USDA researchers and their partners announced the release of Liberty, a new high-yielding, winter-hardy, switchgrass cultivar designed for bioenergy generation.
The release of the cultivar is a milestone for ARS and a key accomplishment for CenUSA Bioenergy, a project funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture tasked to develop perennial bioenergy production systems in the Midwest. An announcement about Liberty was also published in the Journal of Plant Registrations last June.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers who contributed to Liberty's development include retired geneticist Ken Vogel, agronomist Rob Mitchell, molecular biologist Gautam Sarath, and geneticist Michael Casler.
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