@incollection{icrisat7070,
          editor = {B P Singh},
       booktitle = {Biofuel Crops: Production, Physiology and Genetics},
           title = {Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)},
       publisher = {CABI},
         address = {Nosworthy Way},
          author = {S P Wani},
           pages = {312--338},
            year = {2013},
        keywords = {Biodiesel, Biofuel},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/7070/},
        abstract = {The claim of jatropha (Jatropha curcas) being a wonder plant is based on its perceived ability to grow successfully in semi-arid environmental conditions and on degraded soils. This chapter describes the (i) plant root traits and their significance for drought tolerance; (ii) jatropha plantations' impact on hydrological processes (water balance, sediment transport and soil loss) and soil and environmental quality (carbon and nutrient sequestration and soil biology in the plant rhizosphere); (iii) cultivation including vegetative propagation, application of fertilizers and growth regulators, pruning, insect pests and diseases, intercropping, and seed yield; and (iv) genetic improvement involving assessment of variability in jatropha accessions using molecular markers. The factors controlling up-scaling of jatropha cultivation are also discussed.}
}