what are petro crops?what is the use of petro crops?
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Answer / kumara
SOME algal plants like Botryococcus braunii they will
accumulate hydrocarbons.normally they will accumulate alkenes.
these alkenes are extracted from these plants and used as
source of fuel in industries and automobiles.
Like this another plant namely Calotropis procera also
accumulates petrol products.
such plants are called Petrol crops.
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Answer / sangeetha
the plants which are producing biofuel compounds, they are
known as petro crops. eg: Jatropha
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Answer / rup bhattacharjee
some plants or algae produce hydrocabon,ethnol etc which
can act as actual and potential source of energy.
these plants are known as petrocrops.
example of some petrocrops are Jatropha curcas,Pedillanthus
macrocarpus, Copifera langsdorfii,Calotropis procera
etc.
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Answer / jayaraman.t
The plant and algal species which accumulate the photo synthetic products as hydrocarbons of high molecular weight are commonly known as petroplants . They have Lactiferous canals and secrete a milky latex in their stem .
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Answer / monika
the plants which yields petrolium containing compounds.
as the substitute for petrol
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Answer / nalin
thanks Kumara... Please can you tell me where can we find
these palnts. IF we want to grow these plants, what are the
requirements.
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Answer / shivam
The crops which produces ethanol,alkene etc. They are good for the environment as the ethanol produces very less carbon monoxide
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Answer / prince n jose
Petro crops are quick energy conserving plants that grown for production of Petro -chemicals.
In tree species pinnace ,euphorbiacea,dipterocarpacea are known to yield latex resins oleoresin,which can be converted to ethylene products.
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Answer / nalin
where can we find these plants? and how to grow tese plats?
in which environment we can these plants? for extracting
the fuel from these plants wht is the process?
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Answer / shilton george
can i grow them on my own and use as fuel for my car ..
without any further expenses ??
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