Our Sustainable Future: White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves

Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions

English - November 12, 2012 14:00 - 1.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Today’s solution is a fungus that shows promise in the search for a way to use waste corn stalks, cobs and leaves – rather than corn itself – to produce ethanol to extend supplies of gasoline. The research appears in the ACS’ journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.