The Bioenergy website carried the press release announcing "the completed sequencing of the Jatropha curcas genome to 100x coverage", by Life Technologies Corporation and SG Biofuels Company. The Jatropha sequence is seen to significantly accelerate "the identification of key traits for the oilseed-producing crop and advances its development as a high yielding, low-cost source for next generation biofuel". It can be used to identify molecular markers and trait genes to accelerate development of "elite cultivars" with vastly superior yields and profitability.