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Energy crops in the U.S. could meet 75% of current gasoline demand.

Growing Tomorrow’s Fuel Today®

Using advanced plant breeding and biotechnology, we are developing dedicated energy crops as raw materials for a new generation of biofuels made from plant stems, stalks and leaves — often called cellulosic biofuels.

Our seeds and traits are making the large-scale production of biofuels possible by increasing yields, lowering costs, facilitating processing and refining, and even helping reduce greenhouse gases.

Gene and Trait Provider for Traditional Row Crops

Many of the same traits that benefit energy crops also benefit traditional row crops. So, Ceres supplies traits and technology to other well-known crop developers of corn, soy and other non-energy crops.

Download a brochure about Dedicated Energy Crops>>

Company Snapshot
  • Privately held company
  • Operational since 1997
  • Headquarters in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • Exclusive rights to over 30 issued U.S. patents
  • 300 U.S. and foreign patent applications pending
  • 70,000 fully sequenced plant genes
  • 120 employees, including 25+ with Ph.D. degrees
  • Energy crops: switchgrass, sorghum, miscanthus, energycane, woody crops
  • Technology platforms:
    • High-throughput genomics & model systems
    • Compositional analysis
    • Marker-assisted breeding
    • Biotechnology

 

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