Title page for E-project-041806-103742

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2006-04-18

Authors
Eileen E Kelly, BIO
Nicole Elizabeth Prego, BIO
Katrina Marie Van de Berg, BIO

URN E-project-041806-103742

Title Artemisinin Changes in Ratoons

Advisor
Weathers, Pamela, BB

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, production can be maximized by ratooning, a cropping practice of reharvesting shoots 2-3 times from the same roots. This project showed that increasing the amount and type of nitrogen applied to plants increased artemisinin yields in subsequent ratoon crops. This is a low cost method for increasing yields of an important drug needed to treat malaria in developing countries.

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ArtemisininChangesInRatoons.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2006-04-18
Authors	Eileen E Kelly, BIO Nicole Elizabeth Prego, BIO Katrina Marie Van de Berg, BIO
URN	E-project-041806-103742
Title	Artemisinin Changes in Ratoons
Advisor	Weathers, Pamela, BB
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, production can be maximized by ratooning, a cropping practice of reharvesting shoots 2-3 times from the same roots. This project showed that increasing the amount and type of nitrogen applied to plants increased artemisinin yields in subsequent ratoon crops. This is a low cost method for increasing yields of an important drug needed to treat malaria in developing countries.
Files	ArtemisininChangesInRatoons.pdf