relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7070/
title: Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)
creator: Wani, S P
subject: Jatropha
description: 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.
publisher: CABI
contributor: Singh, B P
date: 2013
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/7070/1/ch15.pdf
identifier:   Wani, S P  (2013) Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.).   In:  Biofuel Crops: Production, Physiology and Genetics.   CABI, Nosworthy Way, pp. 312-338.  ISBN 978-1845938857     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845938857.0312