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The best northern plant for bio diesel oil material-- Shinyleaf Yellowhorn
Posted by: mikney (IP Hidden, New member, 6)
Date: January 21, 2008 06:01AM
The best northern plant for bio diesel oil material-- Shinyleaf Yellowhorn
Shinyleaf Yellowhorn(Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge) belongs to sapindaceae¡¯s family, is a rare species for oil in China. It has huge potential for producing bio diesel oil. It has been listed as one of the top eight species of trees for bio diesel oil. Shinyleaf Yellowhorn can live for hundreds years. The tree is about 15 to 20 feet in height, spread is approximately 2/3rds the height, with brown bark. Foliage - Alternate, pinnate, 6"-8" in length with an odd number of leaflets. Leaflets are approximately 2" to 2 1/2" in length. Fall color is a dingy yellow. Flowers are clustered in panicles on the terminal ends of branches and lateral branches. Individual flowers are white, roughly 1" across. The throat is initially yellow, turning to a carmine red. Flowering occurs in early to middle April and lasts for about 10 days. Fruit is a 3 valve capsule containing 3 dark brown pea sized seeds, with 4¡ª8cm in length. Fruits will mature in July or August. Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is a native species in Northern China; it is now planted in large area of China from 33 to 46 degrees north latitudes, 100 to 125degrees East longitudes, Especially, in south part of Hei Long Jiang province, Jin Lin Province and Ning Xia Province where the yearly rainfall is only 148.2mm. Shinyleaf Yellowhorn can be able to adapt to many soil conditions. It can be grown in the dry area with an annual rainfall 250 mm; or in mountainous area, loessial foothill or even the place where the ground water table below 2 meters. Shinyleaf Yellowhorn prefers sunlight, loamy soils with adequate moisture, tolerant of calcareous soils, will not tolerate wet soils. It can fruit early, generally speaking, after the seedling plantation, it will be flowering in the second year, and the fruiting rate after five years will be 95%. Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is not only a kind of plant for oil, but also can plant on the bald hills, conserve the soil and water, preventing the desert or just plant as ornamentals. The flowers of this plant is very beautiful and also a very important resource for honey. The root of this tree appears yellow, which is a very good material for dye industry. Its seed capsule and leaves can be used for medicine. Its pericarp contains 12.2% furfural; it is a good material for producing furfural. The oil of its seed can be used for food or other industries. Its seed also contains abundant protein and Starch can be served as feedstuff. Its fruit can be eaten directly with a special flavor, it can be served as an special healthy fruits. In addition, the lumber of Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is very good, can be used for furniture, dead stock, handicraft, etc. The oil containing rate of the seeds Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is 35%-40% oil, while the rate will be 72%, without the seed capsule. With such high oil containing rate Shinyleaf Yellowhorn can instead of some of the oil plants, while it will not occupy any good farmland. It must be the best plant in northern area for the bio diesel oil material. As the energy crisis becoming a world problem, China has deployed many bio energy industry projects. The fruiting age of Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is very long. In one acre, the second year old trees of new species which is chosen by worker, will fruit for 1800 kilogram, while the fifth year old trees will fruit for 1800-6000 kilogram. If nursing in a special way there will be 12000-15000 kilogram of Shinyleaf Yellowhorn seeds produced in one acre, it can produce 700-1000 kilogram or more bio diesel oil. So the economic value of Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is remarkable. Future more, it is reported that the bio diesel oil from Shinyleaf Yellowhorn has more hydrocarbon, the 18 carbon hydrocarbon is more than 93.4%, do not contain sulphur or nitrogen which will contaminate the environment. Nowadays, the propagation of Shinyleaf Yellowhorn is mainly relying on seeds. For the sexual reproduction plants, they are always having a lot of variations; the young flowers will shatters, the fruiting rate for the plants is very low.Tthis will certainly block the application for the Shinyleaf Yellowhorn as an oil plant. In order to solve this problem, we can choose the good plant which is growing rapidly, has high fruiting rate, anti plant diseases and insect pests, etc. as mother unit, adopt the low cost high efficiency Plant cloning technique --The technique of efficient and rapid non-tube plant cloning ( TERNPC), which is invented by professor Li changxiao, to produce the plants in large scale. It is a good way to improve the fruiting rate of the Shinyleaf Yellowhorn, an effective way for increasing the plants with good features; it will also accelerate the process of building bases for Shinyleaf Yellowhorn producing to bio diesel oil. The unique technique of TERNPC will save more plants resources, it can be used for mass production, while the cost will be lower than other ways for rapid reproduction; it had been proved that using TERNPC is more efficient, more economic then other ways for rapid reproduction of many plants. It is predicted that the bio-industry will be a leading trend in the whole world. Using Shinyleaf Yellowhorn for bio diesel oil will certainly be a substitute for petroleum. Science producing diesel oil from Shinyleaf Yellowhorn have bee successful in China. In the near future using Shinyleaf Yellowhorn for bio diesel oil will be popular in the world. It has a glories future! It is believed that Shinyleaf Yellowhorn for bio diesel oil will bring a huge reproducible energy industry in China. Tel:(+86)-10-86010309 E-mail:clone@126.com [www.clonep.com]
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