Cell walls don’t just provide support and protection for plants—they’re also packed with energy-rich biomaterials that could open new pathways for additional fuel, chemical, and material sources in the U.S. That’s why biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are untangling the complex genetic mechanisms that regulate these useful plant materials, known as biomass.
Biologists engineer larger, tougher crops for fuel, bioproducts
