▁adv anc ements ▁in ▁gen et ics , ▁soil ▁science , ▁and ▁h ort icult ural ▁practices . ▁ ▁S G ▁Bio fu els , ▁a ▁San ▁Diego - based ▁J atro pha ▁developer , ▁has ▁used ▁mole cular ▁bre eding ▁and ▁bi ote chn ology ▁to ▁produce ▁el ite ▁hy brid ▁se eds ▁of ▁J atro pha ▁that ▁show ▁significant ▁yield ▁improvements ▁over ▁first ▁generation ▁vari eties . ▁S G ▁Bio fu els ▁also ▁claims ▁that ▁additional ▁benefits ▁have ▁ar isen ▁from ▁such ▁stra ins , ▁including ▁improved ▁flow ering ▁synchron icity , ▁higher ▁resistance ▁to ▁p ests ▁and ▁disease , ▁and ▁increased ▁cold ▁weather ▁toler ance . ▁ ▁Plant ▁Research ▁International , ▁a ▁department ▁of ▁the ▁W agen ingen ▁University ▁and ▁Research ▁Centre ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁maintain s ▁an ▁on going ▁J atro pha ▁E valu ation ▁Project ▁( J EP ) ▁that ▁exam ines ▁the ▁feas ibility ▁of ▁large ▁scale ▁J atro pha ▁cultiv ation ▁through ▁field ▁and ▁labor atory ▁experiments . ▁ ▁The ▁Center ▁for ▁S ust ain able ▁Energy ▁Farm ing ▁( C f SE F ) ▁is ▁a ▁Los ▁Angeles - based ▁non - pro fit ▁research ▁organization ▁dedicated ▁to ▁J atro pha ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁plant ▁science , ▁agr onomy , ▁and ▁h ort icult ure . ▁Success ful ▁expl oration ▁of ▁these ▁discipl ines ▁is ▁project ed ▁to ▁increase ▁J atro pha ▁farm ▁production ▁yields ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 – 3 0 0 % ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁ten ▁years . ▁