[sustran] Syngenta introduces tropical sugar beet for biofuels

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

from the "Life is not so sweet when you get run over" files...

Syngenta has introduced sugar beet in India for cultivation in tropical 
conditions. Tropical sugar beet, says the company, brings significant 
agronomic, environmental and output advantages to Indian farming and the 
Indian economy. The beet, it says, delivers similar output yields to 
sugar cane and can be used both for processing sugar for food and 
conversion to bioethanol...

Full story: 
<http://www.biofuelreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1163&Itemid=>

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