Physic nut
Genetic gains in physic nut using selection indexes
... in physic nut (Jatropha curcas) using selection indexes and to establish the best selection strategy for the ...in physic nut, favoring a better distribution of desirable ...
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INITIAL GROWTH OF PHYSIC NUT AS A FUNCTION OF SOURCES AND DOSES OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
... It is noteworthy that the way of growth in height and diameter occurred at different stages; height increment occurred before 30 DAT while increase in stem diameter is more likely at approximately 71 DAT. According to ...
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Effects of aluminum on plant growth and nutrient uptake in young physic nut plants
... Physic nut grows in environments with constraining conditions, such as reduced rainfall, high temperatures, poor soil conditions, where most of the agriculturally important plant species are not able to ...
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ESTIMATE OF GENETIC PARAMETERS AND PREDICTED GAINS WITH EARLY SELECTION OF PHYSIC NUT FAMILIES
... Generally, the purpose of estimating genetic correlations between traits of interest is to determine which traits can be potentially used as an indirect indicator of higher yielding genotypes, thus allowing indirect ...
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE, CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT AND INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIC NUT WITHOUT MICRONUTRIENT FERTILIZATION
... The high price of crude oil and increasing environmental concerns are prompting greater interest in fuels from renewable sources, such as biodiesel (Openshaw, 2000). Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) has a ...
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Floral biology and characterization of seed germination in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)
... Jatropha curcas L., a plant species belonging to the euphorbiaceae, and known as the physic nut, is an oilseed crop, with a large energy potential due to the oil content of the seeds (Achten et al., 2008). ...
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Physic nut plants present high mycorrhizal dependency under conditions of low phosphate availability
... Mycorrhizal inoculation had a beneficial effect on physic nut plants, even when P was added to the soil, which suggests that AMF can contribute to P absorption and transportation in the plant. The ...
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Yield performance of half-sib families of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)
... plants, physic nut stands out for its yield potential and for the quality of its oil for biodiesel and biok- erosene ...performance. Physic nut has the potential for ...
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Biological control of phytophagous arthropods in the physic nut tree Jatropha curcas L. in Brazil
... The physic nut tree (Jatropha curcas L.), a native species of Brazil, is considered to be a good crop option for many agricultural regions of the world (LI et al., 2010). This species, which is in the ...
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Notas Científicas Apparent digestibility of nutrients, energy, and amino acid of nontoxic and detoxified physic nut cakes for Nile tilapia
... nontoxic physic nut cake (90.48%), in comparison to the detoxified physic nut cake ...nontoxic physic nut cake for Nile ...detoxified physic nut cake can be ...
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EFFECT OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF Prosopis juliflora ON THE CONTROL OF THE MITE Tetranychus bastosi IN PHYSIC NUT
... efficiency, physic nut plants were infested with 30 adult mite females and after 12 days were sprayed with the lethal concentrations (m/v) of the extract (LC 50 = ...
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRUIT MATURATION STAGE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF PHYSIC NUT (Jatropha curcas L.) SEEDS
... In physic nut, Kaushik (2003) reported that the vigour of seeds obtained from green fruits is lower than those obtained from yellow or brownish black fruits, and the best physiological quality seeds were ...
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Estimates of genetic parameters for physic nut traits based in the germplasm two years evaluation
... As Physic nuts have been traditionally cultivated as a hedge plant, with few efforts in selecting plants that yield higher, this may probably be a reflection of the undomesticated behavior of the physic ...
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Joint analysis of phenotypic and molecular diversity provides new insights on the genetic variability of the Brazilian physic nut germplasm bank
... Figure 3 - (A) Joint dissimilarity matrix. A color gradient was used to express the dissimilarity between genotypes. Red indicates the most similar acces- sions, i.e., lowest genetic dissimilarity, while green indicates ...
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Tolerance of physic nut plants to aluminum activity in nutrient solution
... Little is known about this plant tolerance to aluminum toxicity in soil so far. Arruda et al. (2004) report that in acid soils with pH below 4.5, roots of physic nut do not grow; being necessary the liming ...
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Standard germination test in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seeds
... Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is an oilseed crop that belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, and it has properties that are suitable for biodiesel production (Tiwari et al., 2007; Dias, 2011). The crop is ...
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Physiological quality of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seeds during storage
... the physic nut seeds was ...as physic nut, have natural reduction of their longevity during the storage process, and for this reason, should be kept into porous packaging, when stored under ...
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Mycorrhizal EffEctivEnEss on Physic nut as influEncEd by PhosPhatE fErtilization lEvEls (1)
... the physic nut plants were harvested 180 days after the beginning of the ...increased physic nut growth, plant P concentration and root P uptake efficiency at low soil P ...
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Biological control of broad mites in chili pepper and physic nut
... The blattisociid L. floridensis showed very low predation and oviposition rates, in the two cases evaluated. Our results differ from those obtained by Britto et al. (2012) who recorded oviposition when this predator fed ...
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PHENOLOGY AND BIOMETRY OF PHYSIC NUT IN THE BRAZILIAN SAVANNAH
... Physic nut produces flowers in terminal buds of branches grown in the current year and the production of new inflorescences is dependent upon new branches formation and ...
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