The three-employee company, with operations in Texas and North Carolina, wants to harvest squalene from the leaves of tobacco plants that have been genetically engineered to synthesize the oil. “This ...
Background Tobacco production continues to increase in low-income and middle-income countries including in Bangladesh. It has spreads to different parts of Bangladesh and is now threatening food ...
Dark-fired tobacco, a lucrative crop used for pipe tobacco and cigars, has long been a lifeline for farmers in Robertson County, Tennessee. Despite its profitability, tobacco farming is facing ...