Minnesota PhD student gets Fulbright grant to study pennycress in France

In Minnesota, a PhD student researcher from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has won a Fulbright grant to study pennycress at the Plant Reproduction and Development laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France. The plant is seen as a good potential feedstock for biofuel but its nectar is also attractive to pollinators such as bees and butterflies. The research will look at how to boost nectar production in order to feed more pollinators, combating the pressures currently suffered by pollinators in many parts of the world.