A single field pennycress could produce from 75 to 100 gallons of the biodiesel fuel. Picture courtesy of the File of the State University of Utah, Bugwood.org Â

The overgrowth scrub called candytuft could go through a transformation bigger than its reputation, thanks to studies carried out by the scientists of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois.

There, scientists directed by Terry Isbell have investigated the potential of this winter annual scrub of surrendering an abundance of rich oil seeds for use in the biodiesel production and other products, including an organic fertilizer and a natural fumigator.Â

Historically, the candytuft has been only a problem for the farmers. But now, with the American search for domestic alternatives to the petroleum, the plant deserves another look. Leer más »

Silvio Crestana, president of Embrapa and moderator of the debate.

The biokerosene, whose base technology was developed in the eighties (with the unpublished flight of a Bandeirante model, of Embraer), “has reappeared” during the debates of the IV Plenary Session of the a1st International Conference on Biofuels, that is held in San Pablo, whose topic was Biofuels and Innovation. Leer más »