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Caption: One-year-old Miscanthus grasses border corn fields near Purdue's West Lafayette campus. These grasses and other types of cellulosic energy crops promise to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels, but more research is needed, said Purdue agricultural economist Otto Doering.
Credit: Purdue University photo/Alex Turco
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