Grant to Develop Drought-Tolerant Poplars for Bioenergy (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Grant to Develop Drought-Tolerant Poplars for Bioenergy (1 of 2)

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A new $2.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy will support work at UC Davis and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop drought-tolerant poplar trees that can be grown on low-quality, poor and marginal land and used for bioenergy feedstocks. Here, researchers measure leaf size in a plantation of poplar trees.

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Taylor Lab/UC Davis

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