Assessing Jatropha curcas L. germplasm in-situ-A case study

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-202

  Sunil, N ^a   Varaprasad, K S ^a   Sivaraj, N ^a   Suresh Kumar, T ^b   Abraham, Babu ^a   Prasad, R B N ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Ecogeographic; Germplasm; Jatropha curcas; Sampling; Traits; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOGEOGRAPHIC; GERMPLASM; JATROPHA CURCAS; TRAITS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUELS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUEL; DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GERMPLASM; IN SITU TEST; OIL PRODUCTION; PHENOTYPE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 38949173530     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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