Put a Tree in Your Tank: University of Maryland receives grant to turn poplars into biofuel

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From The Associated Press, February 25, 2010 - 12:42 AM

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Fuel for your car could grow on trees.

Researchers from the University of Maryland's College Park and Bowie State campuses are working to develop a poplar hybrid that could be used to make biofuels including ethanol, which is blended into gasoline and also used by flex-fuel vehicles. The tree wouldn't be taken from forests, but grown on plantations.

The researchers have received a $3.2 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation's Plant Genome Research Project.

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