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  • Research could save years of breeding for new Miscanthus biofuel hybrids

    Jul 28, 2020 11:45 am by Lauren QuinnResearch
    Miscanthus seedheads Photo by Don Hamerman

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    • Miscanthus seedheads Photo by Don Hamerman

    'The method we’re using, genomic selection, can shorten the time it takes to breed a new hybrid by at least half,' says Marcus Olatoye, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Crop Sciences at Illinois. “That’s the overall goal.”