In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources -- by a lot. Using ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus), a hybrid grass that can grow 13 feet high, may be a valuable renewable fuel source for the future, researchers at the University of ...

University of Illinois research reports that several herbicides used on corn also have good selectivity to Miscanthus x giganteus (Giant Miscanthus), a potential bioenergy feedstock. "No herbicides ...

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, July 31, 2008 (ENS) - A giant perennial grass that tolerates poor soils, uses less acreage and produces more biofuel than either corn or switchgrass - it sounds too good to be ...

Most annually harvested crops require a lot of activity to get them established, grown and harvested. They need cultivation of the soil, weed control, planting, fertiliser, harvesting, sometimes waste ...

This type of grass could produce two and a half times the amount of ethanol as compared to corn, according to a paper in Global Change Biology. A team of investigators have found that the giant ...