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… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … collaborative effort to improve the emerging bioenergy crop switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), which has established 10 … plant’s traits and genetic diversity,” said John Lovell, an evolutionary biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Switchgrass is a native, shrubby grass that can grow … 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, drought tolerance, and …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing … traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more than …