University Of Illinois Receives $1.2 Million Grant To Accelerate Feedstocks Research

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By EurekAlert Thursday, September 9, 2010

URBANA - A $1.2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant will help University of Illinois researchers accelerate genetic breeding programs to create plants better suited for bioenergy production.

"Our ultimate goal is to develop better, cheaper biofuels," said Matthew Hudson, U of I associate professor in crop sciences and member of the Energy Biosciences Institute in the Institute for Genomic Biology. "In this project, we will be looking at the possibility that small RNAs are involved in controlling the deposition and quality of lignocellulosic biomass in grasses, especially Miscanthus."

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