<b>Agroclimatic zoning for jatropha crop (<i>Jatropha curcas</i> L.) in the State of Goiás

  • Diogo Silva Pena Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Adão Wagner Pêgo Evangelista Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • José Alves Júnior Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Derblai Casaroli Universidade Federal de Goiás

Resumo

Jatropha stands out in the Brazilian agribusiness scenario as one of the most promising nuts for biodiesel production, although there are few studies on this culture's introduction, management and cultivation techniques. Through the characterization of the state of Goiás' climate based on climate, rainfall and evapotranspiration maps, this work aimed to define areas suitable for the cultivation of Jatropha by designing an agroclimatic zoning system. Rainfall climatic data from 114 stations and air temperature data related to 34 stations were used. The zoning did not show any area that was considered unsuitable for the cultivation of Jatropha in the state, with much of the territory having full culture capability and some marginal regions characterized by water deficit or thermal deficiency. Throughout the state of Goiás, 64.6% of its territory is fit for the cultivation of Jatropha, whereas 35.4% has some marginal conditions for culture development. Of the total of areas defined as marginal to the cultivation of pinion, 28.8% are considered marginal due to water deficits and 6.6% are considered marginal due to thermal deficiency.

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Biografia do Autor

Diogo Silva Pena, Universidade Federal de Goiás
Setor de Engenharia de Biossistemas - EA/UFG
Adão Wagner Pêgo Evangelista, Universidade Federal de Goiás
Setor de Engenharia de Biossistemas - EA/UFG
Derblai Casaroli, Universidade Federal de Goiás
Setor de Engenharia de Biossistemas - EA/UFG
Publicado
2016-06-24
Como Citar
Pena, D. S., Evangelista, A. W. P., Alves Júnior, J., & Casaroli, D. (2016). <b>Agroclimatic zoning for jatropha crop (<i>Jatropha curcas</i&gt; L.) in the State of Goiás. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 38(3), 329-335. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v38i3.28224
Seção
Produção Vegetal

 

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2.0
2019CiteScore
 
 
60th percentile
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