Engineered tobacco plants have more potential as a biofuel

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 20:49 in Mathematics & Economics

Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. Their paper was published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal.

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