Research Article | Published: 01 September 2006

Seed source variation in morphological characters and oil content of Jatrohpa curcas Linn. in north-west India

R. K. Luna and S. C. Sharma

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 221-225 | 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2006-13K6TL | Cite this article

Abstract

Variation in different seed morphological and fatty oil contents were studied among 25 seed sources from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttranchal. Though statistically significant differences were found for fruit diameter, number of seeds in a fruit, seed length, seed width, seed thickness, weight of 100 whole seeds, weight of seed coat of 100 seeds and weight of kernels of 100 seeds among different sources, no seed source was found to be the best for all traits. Seed source S20 (U.P. Dunera, Gurdaspur Forest Division) gave the maximum oil content of 33.10 per cent, which however, was much lower as compared to Chhindwara source of Madhya Pradesh which is reported to yield 39.12 per cent oil (on whole seed basis). The study, therefore, cautions that provenance research should be done before undertaking large scale plantations to avoid any unsavoury situation.

Keywords

Access Options

250/-

Buy Full Access in HTML Format

Instant access to the full article.

Get access to the full version of this article. Buy Full Access in HTML Format

References

1. Anon. (1988). Handbook of Food Analysis, Bureau of Indian Standards. Part 1 General Methods. SP 18 (Part 1) – 1988.

2. Pak, M. and Allexi, A. (1994). Testing engines fuelled with Physic oil. Landtechnik (Germany) 49 (1): 29-30.

Google Scholar

3. Burkill, I.H. (1966). A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Vol.II. Ministry of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur.

Google Scholar

4. Dehgan, B. and Webster, G.L. (1979). Morphology and infrageneric relationships of genus Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) University of California Publication in Botany, Vol. 74.

Google Scholar

5. El-Badwi, S.M.A.; Adam, S.E.I. and Hapke, H.J. (1995). Comparative toxicity of Ricinus communis and Jatropha curcas in Brown Hisex chicks. Dtsch. Tierarztl. Wochenschr, 102 (2):75-77.

Google Scholar

6. Ginwal, H.S.; Rawat, P.S. and Srivastava, R.L. (2004). Seed source variation in growth performance and oil yield of Jatropha curcas Linn. in Central India. Silva Genetica, 53 (4): 186-192.  https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2004-0034

Google Scholar

7. Ginwal, H.S.; Phartyal, S.S.; Rawat, P.S. and Srivastava, R.L. (2005). Seed source variation in morphology, germination and seedling growth of Jatropha curcas Linn. in Central India. Silva Genetica, 54 (2): 76-80.  https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2005-0012

Google Scholar

8. Heller, Joachim (1996). Physic nut Jatropha curcas L. IGPRI, Rome, Italy.

Google Scholar

9. Rehm, S. and Espig, G. (1991). The Cultivated Plants of the Tropics and Subtropics, Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim.

About this article

How to cite

Luna, R.K. and Sharma, S.C., 2006. Seed source variation in morphological characters and oil content of Jatrohpa curcas Linn. in north-west India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 13(3), pp.221-225. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2006-13K6TL

Publication History

Manuscript Published on 01 September 2006

Share this article

Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: