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  • New UIUC greenhouse aims to incubate bioenergy crops

    Oct 16, 2023 10:00 am
    University of Illinois officials, with Andrew Leakey, center, take part in a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a new bioenergy research greenhouse at the university's Research Park in Champaign.

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    The new facility will house a high-throughput plant phenotyping facility designed to monitor the growth of grasses such as miscanthus and specialized strains of sugarcane and sorghum that could be developed into biofuels.

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