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 Prof. Said El-madidi Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Zohr, Morocco |
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| Title: Plant genetic resources as renewable energy sources for sustainable agriculture | |
| Abstract: Environmental concerns caused by the use of fossil fuels and biodiesel produced from edible plants have given rise to great interest in finding an environmentally friendly alternative that is compatible with sustainable agriculture. Biodiesel is one of the best sources of renewable energy, not only because it produces less impact on the environment but also because it offers the advantage of sustainability, being biodegradable and non-toxic. Several wild uncultivated plant resources have interesting potential for biodiesel production. This plant resources of inedible plants can be cultivated in many parts of the world, including arid regions and in partially destroyed lands. This activity can reduce the rate of deforestation and avoid competition with food crops. Citrullus colocynthis is a perennial herbaceouss pecies in the Cucurbitaceae family widely distributed in the Sahara Arabian desert in Africa and the Mediterranean region. This plant has a natural adaptation to drought and several studies have reported that this plant has a great potential for adaptation to drought with a tolerance to water deficit. C. colocynthis has been garnering interest in recent times as a potential biodiesel feed stockcrop due to its high seed oil content. The variability of seed and oil yields were investigated for 12 accessions collected in different localities in Morocco. The seed oil content ranging between 17 and 24 % of seed weight. The extrapolated seed yield among the accessions ranged from 156 to 816 Kg/ha, with an overall mean of 413 Kg/ha. The oil yield varied between 35 to 172 Kg/ha. The oil extracted from the seed revealed high levels of unsaturated fatty acids (74%) with C 18: 2 (60.06 %) and C 18: 1 (11.14%). The results of anova (GLM) show significant and very highly significant effects according to the characters measured. Keywords : renewable energy, biodiesel, plant resources, inedible plants, seed oil, unsaturated fatty acids, Citrullus colocynthis | |
| Biography: Pr. Dr. Saïd EL MADIDI obtained his DEA (Master) and PhD in Animal and Plant Genetic Resources at Paris XI University and a State Doctorat in Genetics from the Ibn Zohr University. He was appointed Professor of Genetics in 2003. He has more than 34 papers with many citations (citations in 630 articles listed by Academia (www.academia.edu) on (August 30, 2020), 491 citations and 4289 reads reported by researchgate in november 2020. (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Said_El_Madidi). He has supervised more than 15 master's and 6 doctoral students. He is a member of a co-authoring committee of several specialized scientific journals and he is reviewer for different international scientific journals such he is also a member on different editorial board for established journals as well as an peer reviewer for many different journals. He has presented 75 research papers in seminars, symposia and international conference. Pr. Saïd EL MADIDI, currently he is team leader of Biometrics and BioResources in the Biotechnologies and Valorization of Natural Resources (BVRN), Department of Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of Agadir. Currently is Research Project Leader: Variability in Drought Tolerance Analysis and Characterization of Genetic and Phytochemical Diversity of Accessions and Cultivars of Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis and characterization of the variability and improvement of the productivity of local breeds of goats in the argan grove in Morocco. These points of interest and scientific work mainly concern : analysis of variability and genetic improvement of animal and plant genetic resources | |
