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Back to the Future! A Sorghum Story
Genome Insider
English - August 10, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBLife Sciences Science Nature science biology plants microbes genes genomics transcriptomics ecosystems sequencing synthesis Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big role in our energy future.
Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep-6-back-to-the-future-a-sorghum-story.