Commissioner of food safety, Srinivas K, said while all parts of jatropha plants are poisonous, the seeds contain a high concentration of ricin and are more toxic. "The adverse effects after ...
New York: A U.S. company is eyeing countries such as India and Brazil to grow seeds of jatropha - the inedible, drought-resistant plant - to produce high-quality oil that can be refined into ...
He said biofuel could be sourced from sugar cane and Jatropha plants, which are largely produced in Jigawa. This biofuel, he said, has the potential to produce quality fuel to power engines and ...
Our trial was divided into four treatments: (I) tobacco (cv. Yunyan87) monocrop, tobacco seedlings were planted at 1,200 plants per mu, with 110 cm apart in rows and 50 cm apart in plants; (II) plant ...