date:Apr 28, 2014
Stevia First Corp., an early-stage agribusiness based in California's Central Valley growing region and focused on the industrial scale production of stevia, the all-natural zero-calorie sweetener that is rapidly transforming the food and beverage industry, is planning a field-scale study using agricultural drones to interrupt Stevia's photoperiod using brief overnight illumination which could produce dramatic gains in stevia leaf and steviol glycoside yields.
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