Plant biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have engineered enzymes to modify grass plants so their biomass can be more efficiently converted into biofuels and other bioproducts.
Biofuel Production: "The concept of biomass to biofuel seems simple, but it is technically very difficult to release the sugars," noted Chang-Jun Liu, a senior plant biologist at Brookhaven Lab who led the study.
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