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Avoiding virus dangers in 'domesticating' wild plants for biofuel use

2013-02-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgrass. However, attempts to "domesticate" wild-growing plants have a downside, as it could make the plants more susceptible to any number of plant viruses. In a presentation at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Michigan State University plant biologist Carolyn Malmstrom said that when we start...

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