Engineered Tobacco Plants Have Potential As Biofuel Feedstock; Expressing Oil in the Leaves
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. We have found ways to genetically engineer the plants so that their leaves express more oil.
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