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WIU researchers score DOE grant to strengthen pennycress

WIU researchers score DOE grant to strengthen pennycress

August 31, 2020 |

In Illinois, a second grant has been awarded that dovetails into an initial $12 million grant to study pennycress and helps ensure a consistent version of the alternative crop is produced. WIU will receive just under $1 million of a $13 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant aimed at genetically strengthening pennycress plants for […]

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Till, Baby, Till – $13M DOE grant advances new high-value feedstock, pennycress

Till, Baby, Till – $13M DOE grant advances new high-value feedstock, pennycress

August 24, 2020 |

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a five-year, $13 million grant to a nationwide research project to genetically strengthen Thlaspi arvense, commonly known as pennycress, for use in sustainable energy efforts. CoverCress is an unfunded co-participant in this work, and you can see CoverCress CEO Jerry Steiner’s overview of that technology here. […]

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DOE awards $13M for pennycress resiliency study

DOE awards $13M for pennycress resiliency study

August 3, 2020 |

In Illinois, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $13 million grant to a nationwide project led by Illinois State University aimed at genetically strengthening Thlaspi arvense, commonly known as the weed pennycress and a relative of canola for use in sustainable energy efforts. The grant from the DOE will allow researchers to improve […]

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Western Illinois University researcher scores $10 million to further study pennycress

Western Illinois University researcher scores $10 million to further study pennycress

September 19, 2019 |

In Illinois, Western Illinois University School of Agriculture announced that one of its professors is the recipient of a $10 million federal grant to investigate the use of the alternative crop, Pennycress, as a new cash cover crop in the Midwest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant will […]

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Minnesota PhD student gets Fulbright grant to study pennycress in France

Minnesota PhD student gets Fulbright grant to study pennycress in France

May 30, 2017 |

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 […]

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Western Illinois University researchers making progress on pennycress gene editing

Western Illinois University researchers making progress on pennycress gene editing

February 13, 2017 |

In Illinois, researchers at Western Illinois University are using gene editing on pennycress in an attempt to reduce seed shattering, among other traits, that will make the winter annual more viable for biodiesel feedstock, allowing soy farmers to grow an extra crop. Changing the color of flowers to yellow is also high on the gene […]

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Illinois State researcher gets funding to develop pennycress genetic resources

Illinois State researcher gets funding to develop pennycress genetic resources

September 1, 2016 |

In Illinois, Illinois State Associate Professor of Genetics John Sedbrook is collaborating on a $1 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop genetic resources that can be used to rapidly domesticate field pennycress as a new winter annual oilseed cover crop. Illinois State University’s portion of the grant is $367,021, […]

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Arvegenix working to domesticate pennycress as biofuel feedstock

Arvegenix working to domesticate pennycress as biofuel feedstock

March 10, 2015 |

In Missouri, Arvegenix is working to domesticate pennycress in an effort to make the plant a viable biofuel crop for use in biodiesel, aviation biofuel and renewable lubricants. The two-year old start-up recently received a $100,000 equity grant from The Yield Lab, a new St. Louis-based agriculture technology accelerator program.

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Researchers explore pennycress potential as biofuels feedstock

Researchers explore pennycress potential as biofuels feedstock

May 3, 2012 |

In Illinois, researchers at Western Illinois University are exploring the virtues of pennycress as a bioenergy feedstock and are already working with 62 varieties from far flung places such as Tibet and Germany. The crop could fit well in rotations by planting it right after corn is harvested with harvest coming the following May, just […]

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EBI Network, Pennycress Energy partner for pennycress biofuels project in Illinois

EBI Network, Pennycress Energy partner for pennycress biofuels project in Illinois

April 13, 2012 |

In Illinois, EBI Network and Pennycress Energy are partnering to promote pennycress as a fuel crop for the Galesburg/West Central Illinois Region. The project, generating interest among growers, will identify possible investors and explore a press mill in the region. Pennycress Energy states that their goal is to net farmers an additional $100 per acre, […]

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