Switchgrass is the perennial wonder plant touted by President Bush in Tuesday's State of the Union address and in his remarks made today in Nashville, Tenn., where he joked that he could have a ...

Many experts believe that advanced biofuels made from cellulosic biomass are the most promising alternative to petroleum-based liquid fuels for a renewable, clean, green, domestic source of ...

Switchgrass is adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions, Philipp said. Once established, it persists very well and out-competes other grasses and broadleaf plants.

Whether switchgrass has what it takes to compete with the powerful political and commercial interests behind corn remains to be seen. 1: PNAS, 2008. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702958104.

Switchgrass, a fast-growing native plant, has the potential to become a cash crop for farmers in Chesapeake Bay area. News Sports Entertainment Business Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Switchgrass, unlike corn, is a low-resource perennial plant. This not only saves on replanting costs—switchgrass stands are expected to last for 20 years—but also allows its root system to stay in the ...

Introducing a special corn gene into switchgrass was found to significantly boost the viability of the switchgrass biomass as a feedstock crop for advanced biofuels. The gene, a variant of the ...

Switchgrass Spirits, a worker-owned distillery, operates utilizing almost exclusively local ingredients and products.From the Missouri white oak barrels custom made for them by a tiny cooperage an ...

Using switchgrass pellets instead of natural gas to produce one gigajoule of heat in residences would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 158 pounds of CO2e.

Switchgrass is a perennial grass native to much of the prairie. It grows extremely quickly, sometimes up to 2.2 metres tall. It grows on land not considered suitable for food crops, ...

Also switchgrass could be grown on marginal farmland not suited to high value crops like corn and soybeans. Hey, we could even grown it on the roof of every Wal-mart in creation!

As Switchgrass distiller Nick Colombo explains, the secret to what he believes will be the brand's success is how its whiskey is distilled.