Agricultural scientist studies switchgrass as bioenergy crop

3/17/2008, 6:02 p.m. EDT
By MIRIAM MOELLER
The Associated Press

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Farmers in the Upper Peninsula who want to play a role in alternative energy may soon be adding a new crop to their list — switchgrass.

Agricultural scientist Doo-Hong Min has been studying the grass as a potential supplemental bioenergy crop for the past four years at the Michigan State University U.P. Experiment Station in Chatham.

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