<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-and-events/news/why-this-promising-biofuel-crop-takes-a-summer-break.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>01/25/2023</pubDate><title>Why this promising biofuel crop takes a summer break</title><description><p>By explaining a photosynthetic peculiarity in switchgrass, MSU researchers from the Walker lab may have unlocked even more of the plant’s potential.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/social_mauri_tejera_nieves_rain_exclusion1.jpg" alt="Mauricio Tejera-Nieves in a field of switchgrass"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/social_mauri_tejera_nieves_rain_exclusionsquare.jpg" alt="Mauricio Tejera-Nieves in a field of switchgrass"/></image><tags><tag>Walker lab</tag></tags></item>