Ceres wins $5 million to develop high-yielding, low-input energy grasses

Biomass Magazine November 2009
Posted November 10, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. CST

Energy crop company Ceres Inc. announced Nov. 10 that it plans to expand an advanced trait development project to increase biomass yields of several energy grasses by as much as 40 percent in coming years, while simultaneously decreasing the use of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizers. The project, which was selected by the U.S. DOE from among 3,700 renewable energy proposals, will be funded in part by a $5 million advanced research grant.

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