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  • CABBI, Crop Sciences team achieves first precision gene editing in miscanthus

    Jan 20, 2023 12:00 pm by The Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)Research
    Kankshita Swaminathan and Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Erik Sacks, CABBI’s Deputy Theme Leaders for Feedstock Production, check out a field of miscanthus.

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    • Kankshita Swaminathan and Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Erik Sacks, CABBI’s Deputy Theme Leaders for Feedstock Production, check out a field of miscanthus.

    The results will accelerate efforts to tap the huge potential of this highly productive but genetically complex grass as a source for biofuels, renewable bioproducts, and carbon sequestration.