Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414092002.htm

Instead of chewing tobacco using it as an alternative for producing bioethanol is way more productive. Tobacco, as seen below is mowed seven times in the cycle. It is suitable for producing bioethonal. It produces 160 tons per hectare. Some tobacco plants were genetically engineered to produce more starch and sugar.As Jon Veramendi, head of the plant Agrobiotechnology research group, explained, "tobacco plants as a source of biomass for producing bioethanol could be an alternative to traditional tobacco growing which is in decline in the USA and in Europe because it cannot compete with emerging countries like China."