As potential for biofuel, switchgrass is a perennial plant that is of great interest to researchers. Scientists from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory Walker lab are looking at how these plants ...

In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south. The discrepancy wasn't a welcome sight ...

"We want to get beyond the food-versus-fuel debate, and have looked at things like wheat sheaves, corn husks, wood chips and even garbage as a viable energy feedstock." But none of the research money ...

Few things say low maintenance like a garden that's able not only to last year after year but also reseed itself for abundant growth all on its own. Perennial ornamental grasses like switchgrass or ...

Biologists are one step closer to the goal of making a cheap, widely available plant a source for energy and fuel. Lowland switchgrass ready for harvest. Overton, Texas. Photo Credit: Jason Bonnette ...

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 ...

Arvid Boe, a professor in South Dakota State University's plant science department, looks out from a field of switchgrass on the campus in Brookings, S.D.Dirk Lammers / AP The fastest way to start a ...

Saltwater intrusion, exacerbated by climate change, is threatening farmland on the Delmarva Peninsula, impacting the region's agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay's health. Researchers are studying the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have taken a step toward cracking the source of another biofuel crop. The study, which was published in this ...

fawning coverage in the popular press -- though it has yet to be successfully converted into cellulosic ethanol -- switchgrass will soon have the chance to provide its renewably energy bonafides in ...