Broad Audience Title

Effects of Global Warming on Biofuel Crops

Scientific Title

Effect of Increasing Temperatures on Digestibility of Brachypodium distachyon

By Julia Deane
Biomedicine/Biosystems
iCons Year 4
2016
Advisor: 
Dr. Samuel Hazen, Biology
Executive Summary 

I am determining what potential effects earth's rising temperature will have on our ability to produce efficient biofuel crops. I am growing five different accessions of Brachypodium distachyon under control and warmer temperatures and measuring seed yield, biomass accumulation, and digestibility of each of the plants. This will give us an idea of what problems the biofuel industry may face and how different naturally occurring accessions respond to the different conditions.

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