Abstract
Jojoba [Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneider], a new oil-seed crop, is a perennial evergreen shrub native to the Sonora Desert of the south-western USA and northern Mexico (Fig. 1). There are male and female plants whose populations are found in diverse climatic, geographic, and edaphic conditions, at altitudes from sea level to about 1200 m, usually on coarse, sandy, or gravelly soils with good drainage. Native jojoba populations can be found in areas receiving an annual precipitation of 80–450 mm and having temperatures ranging from —9 to 50°C (Gentry 1958). The plant is drought-resistant and to some extent also salt-resistant (Yermanos et al. 1967; Benzioni and Dunstone 1986; Benzioni et al. 1992; Mills and Benzioni 1992).
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Mills, D., Wenkart, S., Benzioni, A. (1997). Micropropagation of Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation VI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03354-8_27
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