Life Technologies and SG Biofuels have completed sequencing the genes of a shrub, jatropha curcas, which produces inedible golf-ball-sized oil seeds that can be used as a feedstock for biodiesel or bio-jet fuel, according to SignOn San Diego. The goal is to develop breeds of the shrub that can grow well on marginal land, will use little water and will produce high oil volumes. The two companies are working together as part of a partnership announced in January.
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