Improving Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas) – a Bio-fuel and Multipurpose Crop Production in Sub-Saharan Africa through Appropriate Nursery Media
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Physic nut (Jatropha curcas) is a bio-fuel and multipurpose crop that can be used to produce biodiesel, biogas latex. The toxic substances – curcin diterpenoids in raw Jatropha leaves seeds scare grazing animals away this suggests the possibility of using plant as live fence curb cattle menace which one major constraints facing production Sub-Saharan Africa especially Nigeria. Despite its nutritive, medicinal economic values, most neglected crops Nigeria sub-Sahara at large. There often loss vigour seedlings due high seed oil content results rancidity weak seedling growth. An experiment was conducted Enugu State Polytechnic, Iwollo, state, determine appropriate nursery media towards improving curcas sub-Saharan Africa. Four viz: 3:2:1; 1:2:1; 0:0:1 and; 1:0:0 top soil, organic manure river sand respectively, were evaluated. laid out Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Data on emergence percentage, height, number per girth collected analyzed Analysis variance (ANOVA) for CRD. treatment means significant differences separated least difference 0.05 probability level. showed there no (p>0.05) among treatments percentage curcas. However, (p<0.05) height stem highest values obtained 1:2:1 poultry droppings sand, respectively respectively. It could concluded use significantly improved growth compared other therefore recommended
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian journal of agricultural and horticultural research
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2581-4478']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i430157