Prairie cordgrass: Potential for energy crop

When D.K. Lee and Lane Rayburn, faculty members in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talk about prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) they have difficulty containing their enthusiasm. They are among the very few people doing research on this grass as a potential energy crop.

View the original article here:Prairie cordgrass: Highly underrated – Phys.Org

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