Seed Source Variation in Growth Performance and Oil Yield of Jatropha curcas Linn. in Central India

By H. Ginwal, P. Rawat, R. Srivastava. 2004

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Abstract Results of a seed source evaluation trial of Jatropha curcas Linn. laid out in 1996 at Jabalpur (M.P), a semi arid region of India are reported and discussed. Seeds collected from ten sources from central India representing the states Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra viz. Gondia, Bichia, Balaghat, Niwas, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Nasik, Chindwara, Kundam and Jabalpur were evaluated for their growth performance from nursery stage (3 months) to field (two years). Variation in seed oil content of different sources were also studied and reported. Significant differences between the seed sources at age 27 months were observed for height, collar diameter, number of branches leaf area and field survival. Seeds collected from different sources also varied significantly in respect of seed and kernel weight and oil content in seed/kernel. The Chhindwara (M.P.) source performed the best and yielded a maximum oil of 39.12% from whole seed and 58.12% from kernel. The oil content ranged from 33.02 to 39.12% in whole seeds and 47.08 to 58.12% in kernel, across the seed sources. The performance of Kundam (M.P.), Jabalpur (M.P.), Bichia (M.P.), Niwas (M.P.) and Nasik (Maharashtra) sources were also found satisfactory for oil yield. Results indicate that genetic differences exist between the seed sources of J. curcas. The growth traits showed significant positive correlation with each other. Fair differences between phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variability were observed. Heritability (broad sense) values were fairly good with regard to leaf area, height and collar diameter in comparison to survival percent. The relative performance of these sources was fairly consistent throughout the observation period.

Subfields: Plant Science, Soil Science

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• Biology and genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas L.: A review (2010, unknown): “883) [60].”
• Claims and facts on Jatropha curcas L. : global Jatropha curcas evaluation. breeding and propagation programme (2007, background): “Provenance trials with local J. curcas accessions are reported for India (Ginwal et al., 2004; Lal et al., 2004; Basha & Sujatha, 2007; Kaushik et al., 2007; Patolia et al., 2007b), and for various accessions, mainly from Africa (Makkar et al., 1997).”
• Seed Source Variation in Morphology, Germination and Seedling Growth of Jatropha curcas Linn. in Central India (2005, background): “curcas exist where an attempt was made to examine the genetic variation (HELLER, 1996; GINWAL et al., 2004).”
• Drought stress response in Jatropha curcas: Growth and physiology (2013, background): “However, phenotypic variations are described for physiological and biochemical traits (Heller, 1996; Ginwal et al., 2004; Kaushik et al., 2007; Rao et al., 2008; Popluechai et al., 2009).”
• Genetic gains in physic nut using selection indexes (2012, background): “Moreover, there are reports of positive correlation between grain weight and oil yield (Ginwal et al., 2004; Kaushik et al., 2007; Rao et al., 2008; Spinelli et al., 2010), which, if confirmed, can lead to reduced oil content after several selecting cycles for grain yield.”