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Table 1 Yield of structural parts from dehulled kernel of nine provenances of J. curcas L.

From: Phorbol esters seed content and distribution in Latin American provenances of Jatropha curcas L.: potential for biopesticide, food and feed

Country

Provenance

Cotyledons

Tegmen

Embryo

(g part/100 g dehulled kernel)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mexico

Mexicana

96.5cd ± 0.4

2.4ª ± 0.3

1.1ab ± 0.1

Puebla

96.8bcd ± 0.1

2.1ab ± 0.1

1.1ab ± 0.1

El Salvador

Criolla Salvadoreña

97.5a ± 0.2

1.7cd ± 0.2

0.9b ± 0.1

India Salvadoreña

97.5ab ± 0.2

1.6c ± 0.1

1.0b ± 0.1

Brazil

Embrapa

97.1abc ± 0.3

2.0abc ± 0.2

0.9b ± 0.1

Bravo × Mali

96.2d ± 0.4

2.4ª ± 0.3

1.4a ± 0.2

Honduras

111

96.6bcd ± 0.3

2.1ab ± 0.2

1.2ab ± 0.1

Arturo Araujo

97.1abc ± 0.2

1.9abc ± 0.1

1.0b ± 0.1

Nicaragua

Cabo Verde

97.3abc ± 0.2

2.0abc ± 0.2

0.7b ± 0.1

%CV

 

0.3

9.5

11.7

  1. Data are from nine provenances from five Latin American countries and three seed structural parts. Means with different superscript letters on the same column are significantly different (LSD test, P < 0.05)
  2. SD standard deviation, %CV percent coefficient variation