In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources -- by a lot. Using ...

Oct. 9—MORGANTOWN — For more than a century, coal mining has provided the basis of industry for small-town West Virginia. But an unseen downside of this extraction appears below the surface, in the ...

I owa doesn't have coal mines, oil fields or natural gas. Resources used to generate energy consumed in the Hawkeye state are imported. Giant miscanthus — a warm-season grass native to Eastern Asia ...

AMES, Iowa – Miscanthus, a perennial grass with vast potential to produce biomass, would deliver even better yields than once thought in Iowa, according to research by agronomists at Iowa State ...

Planting of miscanthus, a perennial grass that will be burned as a fuel by the University of Iowa power plant, has begun on 65 acres of low performing farmland at The Eastern Iowa Airport. The crop ...

IOWA CITY - Halfway into the University of Iowa's 10-year sustainability initiative, officials say it has reached its progress target and remains on track to achieve 40 percent renewable energy ...

Researchers have successfully demonstrated precision gene editing in miscanthus, a promising perennial crop for sustainable bioenergy production. Biologists edited the genomes of three miscanthus ...

For decades the farm was a cow pasture. Then it became a home for corn and other row crops. When Maryland’s governor visited Twin Maples Farm on the Eastern Shore this month, he was met (even ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This showstopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades. Often ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This show-stopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades.