Highly resilient plant thrives in frigid Siberia, could hold key to bioenergy Feb 27, 2019 11:00 am by NewsweekIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images Newsweek (Feb. 27) Charles Pignon, a plant biologist at Illinois, writes about the possibility of using hybrids of M. x giganteus, or elephant grass, as a bioenergy crop that thrives in cold temperatures. Share on Facebook Tweet Email