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Researchers isolate enzyme that may enable energy crops to tolerate harsher environments

In New York, researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified the HHT enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin — the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. While effective at keeping wine inside a bottle, suberin’s most important function in plants is to control water and nutrient transportation and keep pathogens out.
The researchers [...]

EdeniQ to commence multi-year trial of energy crops in California’s Central Valley

In California, EdeniQ said that it has commenced a multi-year, field-to-fuel trial to evaluate low-carbon, non-food energy crops, like switchgrass, in the Central Valley. The company commenced a pilot-scale field trial of switchgrass this spring near Visalia using seed varieties from energy crop developer Ceres.
Over the course of the trial, EdeniQ will evaluate the impact [...]