{"id":66166,"date":"2019-09-04T07:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=66166"},"modified":"2019-08-30T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:02:35","slug":"doe-funds-plant-genomics-and-microbes-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/doe-funds-plant-genomics-and-microbes-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE funds plant genomics and microbes projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a\u00a0 $64 million in funding<\/a> for 25 university-led genomics research projects on plants and microbes for bioenergy and bioproducts.<\/p>\n

The plant research\u201412 projects totaling $29 million over three years\u2014focuses on expanding knowledge of gene function in plants to be grown for bioenergy and bioproducts.\u00a0 The aim is to pinpoint the connection between specific regions of plant genomes and particular plant traits, so that features such as drought resistance and crop yield can be improved.<\/p>\n

The microbe research\u201413 projects totaling $35 million over three years\u2014aims at better understanding of how communities of microbes cycle nutrients in soil and the environment.\u00a0 The goal is to illuminate the critical role of microbes in shaping Earth\u2019s environment.\u00a0 In the process, the research is expected to shed light on soil processes that could impact the growth of potential bioenergy crops.<\/p>\n

Most projects are collaborations involving researchers from several institutions; many include one or more DOE national laboratories as partners.<\/p>\n

Speaking of microbes and crops, Gevo recently announced its partnership<\/a> with Locus Agricultural Solutions\u00ae (Locus AG) to trial a new technology, developed by Locus AG that is expected to improve capture of soil carbon, reduce applied nitrogen fertilizer needs and improve yield. Locus AG\u2019s Rhizolizer\u00ae is a line of non-GMO soil \u201cprobiotic\u201d treatments which are produced from microorganisms and tailored to meet the needs of local farmers. Rhizolizer has been used to treat 40,000 commercial agriculture acres across several crops, with reported positive results in improving crop productivity, crop quality, vigor, and sustainability. Treatments are now being tested on Gevo\u2019s 30-acre farm co-located at its Luverne, MN facility.<\/p>\n

I recently had an interview with Locus AG\u2019s sister company, Locus Bio-Energy Solutions about its fermentation-based surfactant products for the oil and gas market. Most of the interview will be featured in next month\u2019s Tecnon OrbiChem\u2019s Biomaterials newsletter but I will try to write a bit about the company on the blog as soon as I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a\u00a0 $64 million in funding for 25 university-led genomics research projects on plants and microbes for bioenergy and bioproducts. The plant research\u201412 projects totaling $29 million over three years\u2014focuses on expanding knowledge of gene function in plants to be grown for bioenergy and bioproducts.\u00a0 The aim is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5627,6406,5817],"supplier":[818,16071,11236],"class_list":["post-66166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-research","supplier-gevo-inc","supplier-locus-ag-solutions","supplier-u-s-department-of-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66166"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=66166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}