Panicum virgatum

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020176",
  "term": "Panicum virgatum",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Biofuels - made from crops of native grasses, such as fast- growing switchgrass - could reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, curb emissions of the \"greenhouse gas\" carbon dioxide, and strengthen America's farm economy. It grows fast, capturing lots of solar energy and turning it into lots of chemical energy - cellulose - that can be liquified, gasified, or burned directly. It also reaches deep into the soil for water, and uses the water it finds very efficiently.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "U.S. DOE Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures at http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/papers/misc/switgrs.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/panicum-virgatum/"
}