"7070","12","archive","128",,,"disk0/00/00/70/70","2013-08-27 11:20:28","2013-08-27 11:25:07","2013-08-27 11:20:28","book_section",,,"show","Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org",,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Wani","S P","","","","","","","Wani","S P","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT(Patancheru)","India","Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)","pub","s2.9","","","restricted",,,"Biodiesel, Biofuel",,,"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.","2013","published",,,,,"CABI","Nosworthy Way","312-338","548",,,,,,,,,,"TRUE","978-1845938857",,"Biofuel Crops: Production, Physiology and Genetics","Singh","B P","","","","http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845938857.0312","http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=%22Jatropha+%28Jatropha+curcas+L.%29%22&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5","pub",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,