More about energy crops

What sparks me to find out more about Ceres is because of the recent $75mil funding received by Ceres for development into energy crops. They are more crops to know about other than sorghum. Their energy crops products also include Miscanthus and Energycane (the non-sugar production-type sugarcane).

Miscanthus is being improved to produce high yields of biomass since it will be impractical to plant low-yield grass and waste prime real-estate. The high-yielding can be multiplied by underground stems called rhizomes. Plants can grow 12 feet or higher, have a long harvest window and require little or no fertilizer or weed control, if developed successfully.

Ever heard of the sugarcane that are selected for biomass rather than sugar production? These are known as energycane, reproduced through cuttings transplants and not through seed.