Financial & competing interests disclosure
The author is involved in the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium at Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium is supported by the Abu Dhabi Government and industry partners (Boeing Co, Etihad, UOP Honeywell) to conduct research on the development of halophyte and saline-tolerant bioenergy feedstocks. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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