Jatropha curcas is a multipurpose plant with numerous attributes. It can potentially become one of the world's key energy crops. It can potentially become one of the world's key energy crops. Its seed weighs 0.53–0.86 g and the seed kernel contains 22–27% protein and 57–63% lipid indicating good nutritional value.
2.6 Transesterification of jatropha methyl ester (JME) from J. curcas oil (JCO). This was accomplished by transesterifying the esterified Jatropha oil sample with methanol while utilizing sodium hydroxide pellet (NaOH) as a catalyst in the following procedure: 594 g of the oil was transesterified with methanol. The amount of methanol …
Jatropha curcas L (Euphorbiaceae) is a plant with potential for biodiesel production due to its high seed oil content (around 45–50%) (Achten et al., 2008). …
The disadvantages of conventional propagation in J. curcas. Jatropha is a seed-bearing plant and can produce 1–2 kg of seed per plant/year when the plant is 2–3 years old. The production amount may increase with increasing age of the plant. The edaphic factors also play a role in the rate of seed production.
Jatropha. Jatropha curcas L. is a tropical and subtropical drought-resistant shrub that has been getting a lot of attention lately as a potential biodiesel plant. It has long been used as lamp oil and for producing soap. Its oil content is 34%; it is rich in oleic (42%), linoleic (35%), palmitic (14%), and stearic (6%) acids.
Dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and their deleterious impacts on human health and the global environment have intensified the search for substitute energy sources. Biodiesel has been identified as a promising renewable energy substitute for diesel fuel due to several comparable and sustainable properties. However, approximately 95% of …
The genus Jatropha comprises a range of species with a wide range of potential applications. For instance, J. dioica and J. curcas have important medicinal, pharmaceutical and food uses, as ...
First Online: 30 March 2019. 473 Accesses. 2 Citations. Abstract. Jatropha curcas is considered as a potential biodiesel feedstock plant. To date, however, it remains a semi …
Jatropha, a popular biodiesel crop, suffers severe losses due to Jatropha leaf curl Gujarat virus (JLCuGV) infection in Gujarat (India). Metabolite profiling can help to understand the plant's innate immune response to geminivirus infection. Our study aims to compare metabolic profiles of an infected and healthy plant to unravel the changes in …
Jatropha curcas belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. This plant is native to tropical America, and it can be found abundantly in many tropical and subtropical regions. Because of its tremendous ...
There are key lessons to be learned from the experience with jatropha, say analysts, which should be heeded when considering other auspicious second-generation biofuels. "There was a boom [in investment], but unfortunately not of research, and action was taken based on alleged advantages of jatropha," …
Jatropha curcas is a tropical species that has been recognized as a promising biodiesel plant. During 2018–2021, researchers at Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, elicited information on Jatropha's biochemical characteristics, growth performance, variability, and association studies for biometric variables using five …
Jatropha curcas, commonly called purging nut, Barbados nut or physic nut, is a dioecious small tree or large shrub that grows to 20' tall. It is native to Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, but has been widely planted throughout the tropics for a number of commercial uses, perhaps now most predominately for production of biofuel.
Jatropha species (family Euphorbiaceae) are distributed throughout the world. Among them Jatropha curcas has attracted many researchers due to its many excellent characteristics, including high yield ability, high oil content, resistance to drought, and good quality of the plant oil; it is considered to be a biodiesel plant. The prevalence of ...
Jatropha Curcas is a low-cost biodiesel feedstock with good fuel properties and more oil than other species. It is a non-edible oilseed feedstock. Thus it will have no …
Jatropha curcas, a non-edible oilseed species with several uses and extensive lucrative prospective, is considered as a potential biofuel plant.Even though the genus Jatropha comprises ca. 200 species, to date just a few species have been investigated for their chemical constituents.There are still many species that have not …
Results: Jatropha curcas L. is utilized for medicinal uses and various segments of the plant contains an oil that is semi-dry which has shown to induce functional and important therapeutic ...
Jatropha curcas (Jatropha), one of the most popular biofuel crops, is also one of the most controversial crops. It is generally hailed as biofuel mandate crop in Asia …
Background. Jatropha curcas is an oil-bearing plant, and has seeds with high oil content (~ 40%). Several advantages, such as easy genetic transformation and short generation duration, have led to the emergence of J. curcas as a model for woody energy plants. With the development of high-throughput sequencing, the genome of Jatropha …
Overall, this study shows that the use of Jatropha curcas biodiesel generally reduces the global warming potential and the nonrenewable energy demand as …
Jatropha curcas Euphorbiaceae L. pig nut, physic nut, fig nut ECOLOGY As a succulent that sheds its leaves during the dry season, J. curcas is best adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions. Most Jatropha spp. occur in the following seasonally dry areas: grassland-savannah and thorn forest scrub but, are completely lacking from the moist Amazon ...
The first linkage map in Jatropha was constructed using a BC 1 population derived from an interspecific cross between J. curcas and J. integerrima (Wang et al. 2011). The map contained 216 EST-SSR and 290 SNP markers spanning a total of 1440 cM with an average marker-to-marker spacing of 2.8 cM.
Fossil fuel sources are a limited resource and could eventually be depleted. Biofuels have emerged as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Jatropha has grown in significance as a potential bioenergy crop …