SUNFLOWER GENOME PROJECT TO YIELD BIG RESULTS FOR OIL PRODUCERS
July 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE SUNFLOWER family is joining the ranks of other genetically sequenced oil crops, as a Canadian-led project maps the sunflower genome, part of the largest flowering family on the planet - with significant potential for commercial benefit for the oils and fats sector.
Loren Rieseberg, of the University of British Columbia (BC), is leading the BC -based project, which will finally sequence the entire sunflower genome. The work is being funded by non-profit group Genome Canada (drawing largely in Canadian government funding), local group Genome ...
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