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Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop: Volume 3: A Sustainable Multipurpose Crop

Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop: Volume 3: A Sustainable Multipurpose Crop

Mulpuri, Sujatha
Carels, Nicolas
Bahadur, Bir

Hardcover

Anatomy & PhysiologyBotany & HorticultureEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 9811331030
ISBN13: 9789811331039
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Apr 8 2019
Pages: 525
Weight: 2.07
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Jatropha curcas, or physic nut, is a small tree that, in tropical climates, produces fruits with seeds containing 38% oil. The physic nut has the potential to be highly productive and is amenable to subculture in vitro and to genetic modification. It also displays remarkable diversity and is relatively easy to cross hybridize within the genus. Thanks to these promising features, J. curcas is emerging as a promising oil crop and is gaining commercial interest among the biofuel research communities. However, as a crop, physic nut has been an economic flop since 2012, because the species was not fully domesticated and the average productivity was less than 2 t/ha, which is below the threshold of profitability. 7 t/ha could be reached and it is contributing to new markets in some countries. As such, it is important fro research to focus on the physiology and selective breeding of Jatropha .

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