Wide range of plants offer cellulosic biofuel potential, ecological diversity

(University of California - Berkeley) In a "Perspective" article in the Aug. 13 edition of Science, Chris Somerville of UC Berkeley, Steve Long of UIUC, and colleagues from Berkeley's Energy Biosciences Institute suggest that a diversity of plant species, adaptable to the climate and soil conditions of specific regions of the world, can be used to develop agroecosystems for fuel production that are compatible with contemporary environmental goals.