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D1 Oils jatropha efforts
D1 Oils in India had set a goal of 2.7 tonnes of oil per acre from its new E1 seed and 1.7 tonnes from ?normal seed?, or 2-3.5 kilos per plant, is reporting that it is at 500 grams per plant and is aiming for 1 kilo per plant in two more years. They also confirmed that plant mortality is elevated - Read More
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Jatropha Yields Can be Increased
From the wild jatropha seed the best you can expected is about 1.7 tonnes of oil per hectare, but there is huge potential for improvement. There is enough genetic material to cross fertilise and selective breed to increase yields. D1 Oils believes that some of the seeds it is working on could result in yields of 2.7 tonnes per hectare and Prince maintains that yields on a par with palm oil of about five tonnes per hectare could be feasible - from a D1 Oils Press release Oct 2008
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Nontoxic breed of jatropha to yield 200 gallons per acre
he is working alongside Noel to breed a nontoxic Jatropha that would yield between 150 and 200 gallons of biodiesel per acre and -- as an added benefit for farmers -- produce animal feed. - Read More
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