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Analysis of seed phorbol-ester and curcin content together with genetic diversity in multiple provenances of Jatropha curcas L. from Madagascar and Mexico.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Oct 2011
He Wei, King Andrew J, Khan M Awais, Cuevas Jesús A, Ramiaramanana Danièle, Graham Ian A
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Jatropha curcas L. has been promoted as an oilseed crop for use to meet the increased world demand for vegetable oil production, and in particular, as a feedstock for biodiesel production. Seed meal is a protein-rich by-product of vegetable oil extraction, which can either be used as an organic fertilizer, or converted to animal feed. However, conversion of J. curcas seed meal into animal feed is complicated by...
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