Source: FARM FUTURES, 3/18/14

Production of cost-efficient cellulosic biofuels has been limited by lignin, which binds tightly to the cellulose found in plants' cell walls. But a Purdue researcher says a modifying a certain protein complex in the plant could lead to a plant that lends itself to cellulosic biofuel production without limiting yield.

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