TEESSIDE-BASED biofuel company
D1 Oils is to carry out trials
in Indonesia to see if its crops,
used to produce biodiesel, will
grow in poor soil conditions.
The tests will assess the cultivation
potential of Jatropha curcas,
D1's principal biodiesel crop,
in poor soil on the island of Sumatra.
The trials will be carried out
with the University of Bengkulu
in South-West Sumatra, and will
test the performance of jatropha
in ultisol soil types, which are
common in Indonesia.
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These acidic soils, which are deficient
in plant nutrients, cannot
generally be used for sedentary
agriculture without the aid of
lime and other fertilisers and are
easily exhausted.
The Indonesian trials are the
latest in a series of research activities
the company is carrying
out to improve the cultivation and
productivity of jatropha and other
biofuels crops in different regions,
climates and soil conditions.
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