South African seed selection for research and development company Sunchem’s solaris crop – a nicotine-free tobacco variety that yields significant amounts of sustainable oil for biojet fuel feedstock – has started taking place locally for the first time since the launch of Project Solaris in 2014. “Solaris is an Italian crop and, up until now, all of the seed selection was done in Italy,� Sunchem South Africa project manager Samantha Hampton told Engineering News Online during a site visit to Project Solaris in Limpopo, South Africa, on Friday.
Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za
First local seed selection to take place at Project Solaris
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