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Next Step in Biofuel, Spartan Corn III

Caption: The graphic illustrates the process in which corn is genetically modified to produce an enzyme that unlocks the sugars bound in plant leaves and stalks to make them available for ethanol production.

Credit: Gordon Shetler

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