Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, Bayer CropScience AG, and Daimler AG (leading companies in agricultural processing, crop development and car manufacturing, respectively) have recently signed a memorandum of agreement “to jointly explore the potential for a biodiesel industry based on Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)”. One of the objectives of the collaboration is to develop production and quality standards for Jatropha-derived biodiesel. Under the project, Bayer CropScience has plans for the development/registration of disease and pest control agents that can be suitably applied in Jatropha plantations. Daimler, after its successful vehicle test study using Jatropha biodiesel, “will continue to explore the interactions between fuel and engine in vehicles powered by Jatropha biodiesel and mixtures of this and other fuels”. ADM would most likely collaborate in the processing of Jatropha into biodiesel..