One of the parents of the potential biofuel crop Miscanthus x giganteus (a sterile triploid) is the diploid Miscanthus sinensis. M. sinensis is self-incompatible. Self-incompatibility in grasses is controlled by 2 unlinked genes, S and Z. We plan to map S and Z in M. sinensis, and will test various methods to manipulate self-incompatibility. For more details, see the EBI website, under Research, Feedstock Development.