Work will involve bio-refining, and developing different processes to turn crops such as rye grass, miscanthus (a perennial grass), oats and artichokes into products ranging from fuels to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, bio-plastics, food and health products.

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The elegant six-foot 15-year-old from Hawaii found some difficult spots in the rough, but her power saved her on several occasions, although a fourth dropped shot came at the 16th when a wedge from the thick rye grass sank into more trouble short of the green.

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On a more philosophical level, I love the traditions of spirit distillation, and the fact that there are usually rules, like that Scotch can only be made from barley, and rum from sugarcane, whereas vodka can be made from any ingredient in which starch can be converted to sugar, be it potatoes, wheat, rye, grass, corn, soy beans or whatever the distiller finds laying around.

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In the European rye belt, above the 50th parallel, give or take, where the rugged grass flourishes, rye beers are more common.

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The practice gives the Bermuda turf a year to recover from its annual battle with the rye, and creates a window for groundskeepers to eradicate the unwanted poa annua grass that threatens to creep onto the greens.

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