Faculty Advisor
Weathers, Pamela
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.
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
April 2006
Major
Biology and Biotechnology
Project Type
Major Qualifying Project
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Advisor Department
Biology and Biotechnology