Montana State University Researchers Develop Protein to Increase Oil Yield in Oilsseds

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: March 26, 2012

Researchers at Montana State University have developed a protein that can be expressed in oilseed crops to increase the oil yield by as much as 40 percent, a development that could have an impact on the biodiesel industry.

Patents on this technology have been issued and research is ongoing.

Biodiesel is produced from a wide variety of oilseed crops: In Europe, canola is the major biodiesel crop, while in the U.S. soybeans dominate.

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