Study and evaluation of Jatropha curca L. in semiarid conditions.

Abstract

The article evaluates the behavior of the origins of Jatropha curcas L. (piñón botija) in the Bank of Germoplasma under semiarid conditions, to determine those that bigger yields reach so much of seeds as of oil. In the community “El Oro†of the municipality San Antonio del Sur, county Guantánamo an area was selected for the creation of a nursery, the samples of seeds were chosen by origins with those that will work. It was obtained the creation of a Bank of Germoplasma as a result with 10 postures of each origin. According to the obtained results Jatropha curca demonstrated to be a plant that adapts very well to the ecological conditions in the Fringe Coastal South, standing out in bigger number of branches, more production of seeds and oil the origins of San Miguez, Variety India, San Miguel, Nazal III AND Dios Ayuda of Yateras.