Weed Could Feed Biodiesel

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Morrisville State, Albany company study pennycress as source of oil for alternative fuel

Sunday, August 24, 2008
By Tim Knauss Staff writer

For generations, farmers have done everything they could to get rid of pennycress, a fast-growing weed no more welcome than a plague of locusts.

But makers of biodiesel may ask farmers to give the weed a second look.

Researchers from Morrisville State College have teamed up with a private biodiesel company to study whether pennycress, which produces seeds rich in oil, could be grown in Central New York as a feedstock for biodiesel.

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