Highlights•Biofuel will play an important role in meeting the world's energy need in the
future.•First generation biofuels cannot replace fossil fuel due to competition with food …

Rising demand for energy resources alongside climate emergency concerns has attracted
the urgent attention of researchers towards the preparation and utilization of biofuels. This …

Ecology has joined a world of big data. Two complementary frameworks define big data:
data that exceed the analytical capacities of individuals or disciplines or the “Four Vs” axes …

Reduction of CO2 emissions will require a transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy
sources. Expansion of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, provides one near-term scalable …

This article describes the design and field evaluation of a low-cost, high-throughput
phenotyping robot for energy sorghum for use in biofuel production. High-throughput …

Stomata regulate CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water loss through transpiration. The
approaches used to represent stomatal conductance (gs) in models vary. In particular …

Data-model integration plays a critical role in assessing and improving our capacity to
predict ecosystem dynamics. Similarly, the ability to attach quantitative statements of …

In an era of rapid global change, our ability to understand and predict Earth's natural
systems is lagging behind our ability to monitor and measure changes in the biosphere …

A global assessment of the Raunkiæran shortfall in plants: geographic biases in our knowledge
of plant traits Page 1 Letters A global assessment of the Raunkiæran shortfall in plants …

Approaches that enable high-throughput, non-destructive measurement of plant traits are
essential for programs seeking to improve crop yields through physiological breeding …