Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L.
This tropical crop is native to Mexico and Central America, but is cultivated in many other Latin American, Asian and African countries as a hedge. It has become of interest to various development agencies because it adapts well to semiarid marginal sites, its oil can be processed for use as a diese...
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| description | This tropical crop is native to Mexico and Central America, but is cultivated in many other Latin American, Asian and African countries as a hedge. It has become of interest to various development agencies because it adapts well to semiarid marginal sites, its oil can be processed for use as a diesel fuel and it can be used for erosion control.This monograph has chapters covering the following aspects of J. curcas: names of the species and taxonomy; botanical description; origin and centre of diversity; properties (toxicology); uses (whole plant and food/fodder, medicine, plant protectant and molluscicide, technical uses, diesel fuel and other uses); genetic resources (existing genetic variation, conservation); breeding (objectives, method and selection based on provenance trials); production areas; ecology; agronomy (growth and development, propagation methods and pests and diseases); limitations of the crop; prospects; and research needs.There are appendices listing (I) research contacts, centres of crop research, breeding and plant genetic resources of physic nut and (II) publications of Proyecto Biomasa, DINOT/UNI, Nicaragua. (Abstract © CAB ABSTRACTS, CAB International) |
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| spelling | CGSpace1049632025-11-05T07:48:30Z Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. Heller, J. jatropha curcas biodiversity plant genetic resources This tropical crop is native to Mexico and Central America, but is cultivated in many other Latin American, Asian and African countries as a hedge. It has become of interest to various development agencies because it adapts well to semiarid marginal sites, its oil can be processed for use as a diesel fuel and it can be used for erosion control.This monograph has chapters covering the following aspects of J. curcas: names of the species and taxonomy; botanical description; origin and centre of diversity; properties (toxicology); uses (whole plant and food/fodder, medicine, plant protectant and molluscicide, technical uses, diesel fuel and other uses); genetic resources (existing genetic variation, conservation); breeding (objectives, method and selection based on provenance trials); production areas; ecology; agronomy (growth and development, propagation methods and pests and diseases); limitations of the crop; prospects; and research needs.There are appendices listing (I) research contacts, centres of crop research, breeding and plant genetic resources of physic nut and (II) publications of Proyecto Biomasa, DINOT/UNI, Nicaragua. (Abstract © CAB ABSTRACTS, CAB International) 1996 2019-10-15T15:43:55Z 2019-10-15T15:43:55Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104963 en Open Access application/pdf Heller, J. (1996) Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L.. Promoting the Conservation and Use of Underutilized and Neglected Crops n.1, 66 p. ISBN: 978-92-9043-278-4, ISBN: 92-9043-278-0 |
| spellingShingle | jatropha curcas biodiversity plant genetic resources Heller, J. Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title | Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title_full | Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title_fullStr | Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title_short | Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. |
| title_sort | physic nut jatropha curcas l |
| topic | jatropha curcas biodiversity plant genetic resources |
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