SG Biofuels is bringing the opportunities of Jatropha to reality through an integrated portfolio of elite region-specific cultivars and advanced plantation development services. Featuring the industry’s most advanced breeding and genetics program, the JMax Jatropha Optimization Platform will enable the production of high-quality, sustainable Jatropha crude oil at a cost of approximately $1.00 per gallon.

JMax 100

JMax 100 is a proprietary cultivar of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields 100 percent greater than existing varieties.

JMax 100 increases the profitability of Jatropha to greater than $1,000 per hectare -- more than 300 percent above existing commercial varieties.  This equates to more than 800 gallons per hectare at $1.39 per gallon, enabling the large-scale growth of the nation’s renewable fuel industry and development opportunities for community farmers, plantation developers and renewable energy investors.

JMax Jatropha Optimization Platform

The JMax Jatropha Optimization Platform provides growers and plantation developers with access to the highest yielding and most profitable Jatropha in the world, the sequenced Jatropha genome and advanced biotech and synthetic biology tools to develop superior cultivars specifically optimized for their unique growing conditions.

The JMax platform draws on more than three years of research and the strength of the SG Biofuels Genetic Resource Center (GRC), featuring the largest and most diverse library of Jatropha genetic material in the world.

The SG Biofuels GRC contains over 6,000 unique accessions and an unprecedented array of Jatropha genetic traits including enhanced fruit yield, pest resistance, soil adaptation, improved flowering capabilities, uniformity and improved harvesting, all of which increase profitability per acre.

By using the best material and developing custom cultivars, JMax eliminates the risks associated with planting existing commercial varieties of Jatropha.

The JMax platform includes:

• Establishment of a Jatropha Technology Center or “JTC”- an on-site test plantation of several thousand Jatropha accessions from the SG Biofuels GRC.
• Access to the Jatropha genome sequence to accelerate the development process of specific traits.
• Access to SG Biofuels’ plant science team to optimize the selection, breeding, and agronomic optimization program tailored to specific regional growing conditions.
• A custom crop improvement program tailored to specific climatic, soil and growing conditions to optimize both the yield and profit per acre.

Varietal Innovation Program (VIP)

The Varietal Innovation Program (VIP) is designed for customers seeking to develop the best results from their own genetic material. The program leverages the expertise and resources of the company’s industry-leading science team to layer advanced genetics and molecular biology on existing breeding and development activities.

The VIP service offering includes the offerings of the JMax platform excluding our genetic material:

• Access to SG Biofuels’ plant science team to optimize the selection, breeding, and agronomic optimization program tailored to specific regional growing conditions.
• Molecular marker development to identify key traits or characteristics.
• Marker assisted selection to advance the most promising varietals.
• Varietal validation to confirm source of material or identify variation or mixtures.
• On-site breeding services.

Plantation Development Service (PDS)

SG Biofuels’ Plantation Development Service (PDS) combines over 100 years of research expertise in plant biology and over 24 years of combined experience in plantation development, management and agronomic best practices in Latin America to optimize the profitability of Jatropha plantations. SG Biofuels provides a fully integrated program that brings deep expertise to all phases including feasibility studies, harvest, crushing, and sale and delivery of the crude oil to refining partners.

The Plantation Development Service (PDS) platform includes:

• Plantation feasibility study.
• Mass propagation to quickly introduce elite lines of Jatropha at scale.
• Nursery establishment & seedling delivery.
• Best practice consultation.
• Plantation development.
• Plantation management.
• Downstream supply chain development and management.
  • Crude oil processing
  • Unique off-take agreements
  • Harvesting
  • Seed processing and handling

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