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The federal government has partnered with the city of Atlanta in the United States to export sunflower and jatropha curcas. In a statement on Sunday, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women ...

The objective was to relate the coloration of fruits of Jatropha curcas L during the maturation process with morphometric (fruits and seeds) and germinative characteristics (seeds). Fruits were ...

“The Jatropha Curcas is an excellent biofuel crop that has many other ... “The hardy Jatropha is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds containing up to 40 per cent oil. When the seeds are ...

In a previous study, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences isolated and cloned a cDNA from Jatropha curcas (a perennial ... fruits, and ...

curcas seeds, which were primarily produced in District Swabi ... Figure 1 shows the expeller unit used for the mechanical extraction of jatropha oil. Biodiesel production via the Q5 strain was ...

The physicochemical properties of Jatropha curcas (JC) seed oils are related to the plant varieties and affect the biodiesel quality when it is used as feedstock. This work investigates the ...

In Switzerland, a seed variety has been developed that appears to do it all: the edible Jatropha curcas seed produces vegetable oil and protein, captures CO2 from the atmosphere, and thrives on ...

The oil from Jatropha curcas is mainly converted into biodiesel for use in ... Chuta unique taste could be something between almond and sunflower seed.” JatroSolutions said that over several years, it ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Jatropha curcas belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is found in the coastal areas of tropics. The leaves, fruits and seeds of the plant are used for various ailments. Not ...

The seeds contain 27–40 per cent oil (average ... In a study titled ‘Antimicrobial Properties of Jatropha curcas L. against Dental Pathogens’ by Ogechi O. Anyanwu, in Journals of Medical ...