Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVI, Issue 1
Written by Ioan PUIU, Teodor ROBU, Carmen Simona GHITAU, Constantin LUNGOCI
Castor bean is cultivated in Romania as an ornamental plant and very little for its seeds rich in oil used in the textile and chemical industry or in pharmacy and cosmetics. Castor oil is at the same time a good melliferous and energetic plant. In 1989, 26,300 ha of castor were cultivated in Romania, and currently insignificant areas are cultivated. Interest in this culture has grown a lot in recent years due to the development of castor hybrids with clearly superior productions compared to the old varieties. The research aimed at the development of an economically efficient cultivation technology, in the pedoclimatic conditions of the north of Moldova. A numar of 6 castor hybrids of French origin were tested, cultivated in rows at a distance of 70 cm, using precision seeders from corn in 3 variants of spacing per row: 70 cm, 100 cm and 130 cm. The highest seed productions were for the hybrid LS-CB-18-04 (4,871 kg/ha) and hybrid LS-CB-18-02 (4,774 kg/ha), at a sowing distance of 130 cm per row (10,989 plants/ha).
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