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Agricultural Research Service: Mustard Family Member Seen as Biofuel Source
August 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news on Aug. 13:

Lesquerella (a.k.a. Fendler's bladderpod and Yellow Top) is a member of the mustard family that's native to the U.S. Southwest. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are now eyeing it as a home-grown source of butanol.

Butanol is a cleaner-burning alternative to gasoline that was produced worldwide until after World War II, when ma . . .

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