BELTSVILLE, Md. — A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet its future energy needs, according to a USDA scientist.
Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum) is fairly drought-tolerant, grows well on marginal lands and filters nutrients out of runoff in riparian areas, according to William Anderson, a geneticist in the Agricultural Research Service Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit in Tifton, Ga.
Government mandates call for production of up to 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022. While much of that will come from grain ethanol, 21 billion. . .
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