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switchgrass
see panicumvirgatum.


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hybrid poplars, willows, and switch grass, perhaps displacing food crops and wild lands.
The bioprocess involves a first-of-its-kind approach to craft genetically engineered microbes with the much-sought ability to transform switch grass, corn cobs, and other organic materials into methyl halides - the raw material for making gasoline and a host of other commercially important products,BBC reported.
Bioethanol, typically made from plant sources such as corn or switch grass, is often touted as a clean-burning alternative to gasoline or other fossil fuels, which give off significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
 
 
 
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