Floral display and effects of natural and artificial pollination on fruiting and seed yield of the tropical biofuel crop Jatropha curcas L

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	Floral display and effects of natural and artificial pollination on fruiting and seed yield of the tropical biofuel crop Jatropha curcas L
	Negussie, A.
刊名	Global Change Biology Bioenergy
	2014
卷号	6 期号:3 页码:210-218
ISSN号	1757-1693
中文摘要	Jatropha curcas L. is a tropical tree grown on large scale as a potential biofuel seed crop. However, little information on the reproductive ecology of the species is available. This lack of knowledge makes it hard to predict yield. The higher number of male flowers than female flowers results in a very low yield. In this context, field experiments were conducted in mature (site 1) and young (site 2) plantations in Zambia and mature plantation (site 3) in Malawi to study flowering characteristics and the effect of pollination methods on the fruiting and seed yield of J.curcas. Pollination treatments were open pollination, autogamous pollination, self-pollination, cross-pollination and pollen supplemented open pollination. The result showed J.curcas is not only of protandrous nature as reported earlier. The male female flower sex ratio was 17:1, 22:1 and 10:1, respectively, for site 1 and 2 in Zambia and site 3 in Malawi. The mean flower longevity periods were 1.80 +/- 0.07days for male and 4.5 +/- 0.18days for female. Fewer fruit set and seed yield were recorded from autogamous pollination in Zambia sites. In the case of Malawi, more matured fruits resulted from autogamous pollination but the fruits contained fewer seeds. High fruit and seed yield were recorded for open pollination similar to pollen-supplemented pollination at Zambia sites, which indicates there was no pollen limitation in these sites. In the Malawi site there was no seed yield difference between pollination treatments. The experiment showed that J.curcas can be both protandrous and protogynous and able to produce seeds through both self-and cross-pollination. The natural fruit set and seed yield indicates that stimulating natural pollination will improve J.curcas fruit set and seed yield.
公开日期	2015-01-28
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/7216]
专题	西双版纳热带植物园_热带植物资源可持续利用重点实验室特色文献_小桐子相关文献
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Negussie, A.. Floral display and effects of natural and artificial pollination on fruiting and seed yield of the tropical biofuel crop Jatropha curcas L[J]. Global Change Biology Bioenergy,2014,6(3):210-218.
APA	Negussie, A..(2014).Floral display and effects of natural and artificial pollination on fruiting and seed yield of the tropical biofuel crop Jatropha curcas L.Global Change Biology Bioenergy,6(3),210-218.
MLA	Negussie, A.."Floral display and effects of natural and artificial pollination on fruiting and seed yield of the tropical biofuel crop Jatropha curcas L".Global Change Biology Bioenergy 6.3(2014):210-218.