This native grass can capture atmospheric carbon in its substantial root system. While switchgrass has been seen as useful as a clean-burning source of renewable fuel, it also has the ability to pull ...

Which varieties of switchgrass have sufficient biomass and low enough levels of ash to be turned into high-quality ethanol, a biofuel for cars sometimes called “grassoline”? Can tree rings from trunk ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A team of researchers at the University of Illinois is working to create a more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Now, these scientists have turned to a prairie grass to ...

Several years ago, farmers had a pretty good financial incentive to grow switchgrass. Now, they’re looking for a new market to justify planting the lush, warm season grass. Will Brandau, chairman of ...

New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research highlights switchgrass’ potential as a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Switchgrass, a promising bioenergy crop, could help meet the US goal of ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State University is teaming up with a California biotechnology company to develop commercial varieties of switchgrass adapted to the Northern Great Plains.

Since President Bush slipped the seldom-heard term "switchgrass" into his 2006 State of the Union Address, the prairie grass has been in vogue. Because it's a perennial crop, it needs less fertilizer, ...