Contact: Christian Basi
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University of Missouri-Columbia

$5.4 Million DOE Grant to Further Study on Growing Plants for Biofuel

Caption: Researchers at the University of Missouri recently received a $5.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to study the possibility of growing crops for biofuel in land unsuitable for food crops.

Credit: Kent Faddis/University of Missouri

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