University of Illinois Researchers Develop "Sugar Corn" to Yield High Sugar, Grain, and Biomass With Less Nitrogen

GrainNet.com
Date Posted: March 16, 2009

Urbana, IL—By crossing maize plants adapted to the tropics with lines used as parents of popular Midwestern corn hybrids, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new type of plant with the potential to yield three crops and use less nitrogen.

Sugar corn can be harvested for the grain, the sugar inside the stalk, and for biomass to produce energy.

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