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Breeding of high-oil Jatropha curcas L for biodiesel production.
Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology - 1 Nov 2010
Yang Chengyuan, Fang Zhen, Li Bo, Liu Gang, Li Jianzhong
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Different geographic seed sources (80) of Jatropha curcas L. were collected in South China and planted in a germplasm resource garden to study their biological and agricultural properties. The average ground diameter, tree height and crown size of two-year old plants of the 80 sources was 7.6 cm, 167 cm and 114 cm, respectively, the average 1000-seed weight was 0.676 (0.477-0.876) kg. The trees grew further to...
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