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Published December 11, 2012, 07:32 AM

NDSU to analyze beets for biofuel

The North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, grant supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency, will work to develop enhanced energy sugar beets that are optimized for biofuel production.

By: Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun

FARGO — The North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, grant supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency, will work to develop enhanced energy sugar beets that are optimized for biofuel production.

Other partners in the $1.8 million, three-year program are Plant Sensory Systems, Baltimore, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who will engineer beets to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and produce higher levels of fermentable sugars.

NDSU will lead the project’s economic and environmental analyses.

The energy beets will have lower production costs and increase yield for biofuels without competing against food-grade sugar.

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