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Brazil Studies Jatropha Biofuels …

by Melody M. Bomgardner
February 4, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 5

SG Biofuels, headquartered in San Diego, has signed agreements with Embrapa, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corp., and Fiagril, a Brazilian biodiesel refiner, to develop jatropha as a next-generation energy crop. The Embrapa partnership will combine SG’s breeding and genomics platform with domestic efforts to increase agricultural productivity in Brazil. Fiagril will host a field trial of SG’s jatropha hybrids adjacent to its biodiesel plant in Mato Grosso.

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