Developmentally-specific physiological and metabolic responses support drought resilience in switchgrass and constrains biofuel yield
Binod Basyal, Xingxing Li, V. J. Pargulski, Xinyu Fu, Nicole M. Nightingale, Katherine A. Overmyer, Joshua J. Coon, Yaoping Zhang, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Robert L. Last, Trey K. Sato, Berkley James Walker
This study examines how drought at different developmental stages affects switchgrass physiology, metabolism, and biofuel yield, finding that vegetative-stage drought increases resilience but reduces biofuel production.
Journal of Experimental Botany · Dec 8, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology