BioEnergy Seeds

Energy security, environmental concerns and energy price volatility are converging to create enormous demand for renewable sources of energy globally. While the sun provides 10,000 times the energy consumed on this planet each year, the challenge has been capturing, storing, and distributing this energy into a usable fuel. C4 perennial grasses, and, particularly Miscanthus, can collect and store that energy more efficiently than any other system yet devised. Domestication of commercial Miscanthus varieties in the US, combined with continued advances in fuel conversion technologies is an integral component of the country's renewable energy solution.

Mendel's BioEnergy Seeds (MBS) division is developing new varieties of very productive, non-food energy grasses to enable the delivery of large scale supplies of high value biomass feedstocks produced on marginal and under-utilized lands in a highly sustainable manner. Mendel's product portfolio includes the largest research and development program in the world focused on the most promising perennial grass species, Miscanthus. Mendel is applying its validated trait technology and advanced breeding techniques to develop superior, proprietary Miscanthus varieties and other energy crop products. Additional species in development include high-biomass sorghum through Mendel's collaboration with MMR Geneticsand Richardson Seeds and "Miscanes". If you are interested in learning more or participating in pilot/demonstration testing of Mendel's leading product candidates, please contact us at