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Home  Who Are We?  Who's in Charge?  Why Join?  News  Meetings  Links	Division Chair:  Laura Fredrick Marek, PhD                                    Curator, Oil Seed Crops                                    North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS)                                    National Plant Germplasm System, USDA-ARS and ISU                                    G202 Agronomy, ISU                                    Ames, IA 50011                                    515-294-3519 (NCRPIS)  515-294-6955 (campus)FAX 515-294-1903                                    lmarek@iastate.edu   Scope of the Division:   Crops Investigated: Cuphea Camelina Canola Castor Lesquerella A Storybook Future for Lesquerella? Lesquerella fendleri (A. Gray) S. Wats. Lesquerella: The Next Source of Biofuel Moringa Peanut Pennycress Making Pennycress Pay Off - Biodiesel Magazine 2/28/08 Field Pennycress - Illinois Wild flowers Experimental Plots of Pennycress Tested for Biodiesel Potential - ARS   Division member links and research programs: Camelina Company FloraTech Mississippi State University Texas Tech USDA-ARS-Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center in Maricopa, AZ USDA-ARS-National Center for Agriculture Utilization Research, Peoria, IL USDA-ARS-North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, IA USDA-ARS-North Central Soil Conservation Research Lab, Morris, MN University of Arizona Western Illinois University