HYBRID POPLAR TREES MAY BE NEXT BIG THING IN BIOFUELS
July 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE
HYBRID poplar trees, grown on plantations for pulpwood may be a biofuel source of choice according to scientists from America's Agricultural Research Service. Researchers say using hybrid poplar wood could produce a three-fold greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to corn-soybean rotations.
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HYBRID poplar trees, grown on plantations for pulpwood may be a biofuel source of choice according to scientists from America's Agricultural Research Service. Researchers say using hybrid poplar wood could produce a three-fold greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to corn-soybean rotations.
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