Stephen P. Long – The Conversation

A medium-size passenger jet burns roughly 750 gallons of fuel per hour. www.shutterstock.com

January 4, 2018

Jet fuel from sugarcane? It’s not a flight of fancy

Deepak Kumar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Vijay Singh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Scientists have engineered sugarcane to increase its oil content and are developing renewable jet aircraft fuel from the oil. The engineered sugarcane could become a valuable energy crop.

Cassava makes up nearly 50 percent of the diet in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where populations are projected to increase by more than 120 percent in the next 30 years. CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture

January 24, 2017

Research shows how to grow more cassava, one of the world’s key food crops

Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Amanda P. De Souza, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Lynnicia Massenburg, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Cassava is a key food source in tropical countries, but yields have been flat for decades. New genetic research is identifying many options for boosting production of this valuable staple crop.

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