Jatropha curcas, commonly known as physic nut or purging nut, belongs to the euphorbiaceae family. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Importance of organic nutrition in jatropha culture jatropha curcas l. The name is derived from the greek words iatros, meaning physician, and trophe, meaning nutrition, hence the common name physic nut. Jatropha curcas belongs to the euphorbiaceae family and is an ideal biodiesel crop in most arid areas of. The byproducts are press cake a good organic fertilizer, oil contains also insecticide. Clitocybe tabescens root rot, colletotrichum gloeosporioides leaf spot, and phakopsora jatrophicola rust.
The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. An jatropha in nahilalakip ha familia nga euphorbiaceae ilarom nga taxa. Since jatropha is inedible, it does not compete with food crops.
Assessment of the potential of jatropha curcas, biodiesel. Jatropha is becoming a poster child among some proponents of renewable energy and appropriate technology, especially as an oilbearing. Manufacturers of jatropha crop,its the wonder plant produces seeds with an oil content of 37%. Use of extracts of jatropha curcas leaf formulated in a. The in vitro culture biomass was maintain in ms media supplemented with 3% sucrose, 3mgl bap, 2 mgl tdz and 0. There is a growing interest in jatropha curcas as a biodiesel miracle tree to help alleviate the energy crisis and generate income in rural areas of developing countries. Jatropha plant,jatropha curcas,jatropha seeds,jatropha. It is originally native to the tropical areas of the americas from mexico to argentina, and has been spread throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, becoming naturalized or invasive in. It burns with clear smokefree flame, tested successfully as fuel for simple diesel engine. Jatropha curcas is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, euphorbiaceae, that is native to the american tropics, most likely mexico and central america. Description of the plant, distribution, ecology jatropha curcas l. Selection of jatropha curcas for biofuel suitable to many site conditions in arid and semisemiarid areas of the country arid areas of the country easy propagation high survival rate nonnonpalatable palatable early economic returns. Jatropha curcas is a small oleaginous fruit bearing tree from the euphorbiaceae family that thrives in warm weather and can grow in barren soil.
Genetic engineering is promising to improve various. Jatropha curcas euphorbiaceae has been described as a small evergreen, nearly glabrous. Department of microbiology, faculty of science, king mongkuts university of technology thonburi, bangkok 10140, thailand. Pdf chemical and physical characterizaton of jatropha. Species in other sections evolved from the physic nut or. Commercialscale exploration of jatropha has not succeeded due to low and unstable seed yield in semiarid lands unsuitable for the food production and infestation to diseases. The oil found in its seeds can be converted into a high quality diesel fuel. It contains approximately 170 species of succulent plants, shrubs and trees some are deciduous, like. Transgenic modification is a promising approach to improve the seed yield of j.
Pdf genetic improvement of jatropha for biodiesel production. Jatropha is a genus of nearly 175 species of shrubs, lowgrowing plants, and trees. Jatropha curcas is currently being grown in guatemala by farmers as a biodiesel crop with the support of technoserveguatemala. Ten genotypes were collected in the northern sierra of puebla, mexico, to perform a physical and chemical characterization of the seed. Genetic evaluation and selection in jatropha curcas l. Summary of literature on jatropha toxicity by mike barbee. It is a plant with many attributes, multiple uses and considerable potential. Although agrobacteriummediated genetic transformation of j. B io d iesel p ro d u ction fro m jatropha curcas o il. Jatropha curcas is considered a potential biodiesel feedstock crop.
Studies on the control of snail vectors of fascioliasis. Assessment of the potential of jatropha curcas, biodiesel tree, for energy production and other uses in developing countries mike benge, senior agroforestry officer, usaid ret. The plant is indigenous to parts of central america, however it has spread to other tropical and subtropical regions in africa and asia. B io d iesel p ro d u ction fro m jatropha curcas o il a major qua lifying project.
The oil can be combusted as fuel without being refined. Jatropha curcas linnaeus is a multipurpose bushsmall tree belonging to the family of euphorbiaceae. The genus jatropha contains approximately 170 known species. Activity of rhizobacteria of jatropha curcas against. Standar specification for biodiesel fuel blend stock b100 for. The plant can be used to prevent andor control erosion, to reclaim land, grown as a live fence, especially to contain or exclude farm animals and be planted as a commercial crop.
However, discussions of jatropha as a biodiesel feedstock are actually means a particular species of the plant, jatropha curcas. Jatropha curcas is a droughtresistant plant, that grows well in the harshest of conditions and poorest of soils. Jatropha curcass can grow in the harshest of conditions and in the most inhospitable of climates. Jatropha curcas is a valuable plant for its variety of uses. The biproduct of seedoil extraction is a nutrientrich. Life cycle of jatropha jatropha curcas is a droughtresistant plant, that grows well in the harshest of conditions and poorest of soils. Jatropha curcas belongs to the family euphorbiaceae and is thus closely related to some other important cultivated plants like rubber tree and castor etc. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Jatropha curcas is currently attracting much attention as an oilseed crop for biofuel, as jatropha can grow under climate and soil conditions that are unsuitable for food production. The seed of jatropha curcas was procured from suntan, tamil nadu, india. However, little is known about jatropha, and there are a number of challenges to be overcome. It is a multipurpose tree and of significant economic importance. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In fact, jatropha has not really been domesticated.
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