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D1 Oils/KeyGene in jatropha biofuel deal
Agrow Agricultural Biotechnology News
Friday, 05 October 2007

Jatropha podagrica, more commonly known as the Buddha Belly plant. The inedible jatropha oil can be used to make candles and soap, and also fuel for a standard diesel engine
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British biodiesel company D1 Oils (Middlesbrough, Teesside) and Dutch genetic research company KeyGene (Wageningen) are to collaborate on a research project on the oil-yielding tree, jatropha.

The inedible oil from jatropha can be refined into high-quality biodiesel.  D1 now holds exclusive rights to applied research carried out on jatropha by KeyGene, and hopes to increase significantly the efficiency of its breeding programme to develop higher-yielding jatropha lines. 

“Jatropha is an under-developed crop and understanding its genetic profile will be crucial to its rapid commercialisation as a sustainable energy crop”, says Elliot Mannis, chief executive officer of D1 Oils.  High-yielding jatropha lines developed in the project will be supplied by D1 Oils to D1-BP Fuel Crops, a joint venture formed with oil company BP in July.  Production of jatropha oil for refining into biodiesel is expected to begin in 2008.
By Simon Varcoe


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