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CenUSA Bioenergy Online Peer Network
Deana Namuth-Covert dcovert2@unl.edu
Welcome to the CenUSA Bioenergy Online Peer Network! This space is designed for learning and collaboration. Feel free to browse the reference materials located within the community. If you would like to view current discussion topics and collaborate with other community members, you'll need to create an account. Here are instructions to create an account. If you are visiting the community page to attend a webinar, here are instructions on how to use the Adobe Connect meeting room. The CenUSA Bioenergy Online Peer Network is currently funded in part by a USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant. It is a collaboration among the Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary, eXtension, university and college educators/students, and researchers. Partners from over 9 states, USDA and 7 universities are members. We launched the fall of 2011. Please take a look around and we hope you find the materials, webinars, classes and interactions with colleagues in this environment to be rewarding. Together we can meet the fuel needs of a growing population, in the midst of climate challenges. We hope you become a frequent visitor of this site to share with us the experiences of this exciting project.

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CenUSA Education Material
Deana Namuth-Covert
What is the Cenusa Bioenergy Project? The Cenusa Bioenergy project is funded by the USDA and includes faculty and staff from 8 institutions working together to investigate perennial grasses as a feedstock for bioefuels and the creation of a regional sustainable biofuels system in the Midwest. Cenusa Bioenergy Vision Our vision is to create a regional system for producing advanced transportation fuels derivedfrom perennial grasses grown on land that is either unsuitable or marginal for row crop production. In addition to producing advanced biofuels, the proposed system will improve the sustainability of existing cropping ystems by reducing agricultural runoff of nutrients and soil and increasing carbon sequestration. To learn more about the Cenusa project, please visit the Cenusa home page at http://www.cenusa.iastate.edu/

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Featured Animations

Taqman
The Taqman probe detection system used in real time PCR (also known as quantitative PCR) is illustrated in this animation. One application of this method is use in GMO detection.
Wheat Breeding Activity
This interactive activity goes through the basic process used in a wheat breeding program. Crossing, genetic variation, selection and elements of DNA technology are discussed within this activity. The material is aimed towards high school or introductory life science undergraduate students.
Production Practice Influence on Maize Grain Quality
Discusses how production practices affect the grain quality of maize.

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Featured Lessons

Producing Grain for Animal, Food, and Industrial Uses
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Inhibitors of Branched Chain Amino Acid Biosynthesis
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The Interaction of Light with Biological Molecules This lesson describes the nature of light, the energy within photons and how this energy may be transferred to biological molecules. In addition, the beneficial and harmful methods for de-exciting mo...
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) The polymerase chain reaction laboratory technique is used in a variety of applications to make copies of a specific DNA sequence. This lesson describes how a PCR reaction works, what it accomplishes...
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Soils - Part 10: The Scientific Basis for Making Fertilizer Recommendations
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