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CABBI researchers develop sorghum variant that producers more oil than soybean

CABBI researchers develop sorghum variant that producers more oil than soybean

January 20, 2025 |

In Illinois, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel. Scientists have long worked to create new sustainable sources of vegetable oils, known as triacylglycerols (TAG), to meet the […]

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CABBI researchers use CRISPR/Cas9 to fine-tune leaf angle in sugarcane

CABBI researchers use CRISPR/Cas9 to fine-tune leaf angle in sugarcane

June 13, 2024 |

In Florida, as a hybrid of Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum, sugarcane has the most complex genome of all crops. This complexity means that improving sugarcane through conventional breeding is challenging. Because of this, researchers turn to gene editing tools, such as the CRISPR/Cas9 system to precisely target the sugarcane genome for improvement. In their […]

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