Scientists Sequence Genome of Grass That Can be a Biofuel Model Crop
USDA, Office of Research, Education, and EconomicsU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute today announced that they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will enable researchers to develop hardier varieties of wheat and improved varieties of biofuel crops.