'Garden Variety' Seagrass Plants.

With the coming need to enumerate various spp. or cultivars for breeding selection such as with protoplast fusion experiments there will be a need to document the lignocellulose content or protective outerlayer for our seagrass substrate in some cases similar to matured grasses and in others similar to digestible vegetable greens for salads. This will be offset by the need for 'XL - Grow' varieties that tend to mature to a greater degree. In some cases it has been found that the lignin content is a hundred-fold less for certain varieties compared to others making them prime candidates for leaves, stems and roots for raising and harvest. This would translate into a dramatic increase in digestibility making it energy-rich both as a feedstock for animal feed and for renewable energy generation.

The Australian-Mediterranean Connection.

It is now predicted that both grass raised for fodders either the submariner variety or "giant" grasses can interpose in both research and development and field pilot projected activities especially in Northern Africa in countries like Ethiopia and Egypt where international research facilities well-established through the years can be enabled to study the spp. involved for faster growth development (so-called XL-Grow varieties) with cell fusion and selection from mutant spp. that produce the desired morphological forms in both leafiness or canopy and root coverage OM yield for fodders and eventually biofuels in future. INRA in France is also predicted to be a considerable source of expertise and manpower in the Mediterranean area for further field research and establishment.