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A beet field on Prince Edward Island

Fuelled by funding from the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program, Saint Mary’s biologist, Dr. Kevin Vessey is one step closer to building a better beet---and even more important, to helping a PEI company turn the vibrant red root into a low carbon biofuel.

Dr. Vessey and his team are working in partnership with Atlantec BioEnergy Corporation (ABC), a company set up to develop a commercially viable way to use Prince Edward Island beets to develop high-quality ethanol products for the marketplace. In conducting their field trials, ABC is rooting for a bacterial discovery developed in Dr. Vessey’s lab.