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Eco Tech: Researchers engineer tobacco leaves to enhance biofuel production 
Ecofriend | by Jolly | Sat, Jan 2
The researchers have identified two genes - the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) gene and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 gene. Plants modified to over-express these genes produce more oil. While a typical tobacco plant contains about 1.7% to 4% of oil per dry weight, engineered plants carry ab...
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