MAKING BIOFUEL FROM CORN STOVER.

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  • Author(s): Tally, Steve
  • Source:
    BioCycle. Nov2002, Vol. 43 Issue 11, p62. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      AGRICULTURAL wastes as fuel; RENEWABLE energy sources; YEAST
    • Abstract:
      Describes a process developed by scientists from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to convert fibrous materials such as stalks and cobs into nonpetroleum fuel. Development of a genetically modified yeast that can convert sugars other than glucose into ethanol; Potential of ethanol as a replacement for methyl tertiary butyl ether.