Evaluation of plant performance of Jatropha curcas L. under different agro-practices for optimizing biomass - A case study

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Behera, Soumit K ^a   Srivastava, Pankaj ^a   Tripathi, Ritu ^b   Singh, J P ^b   Singh, Nandita ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Solar Energy Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofertilizer; Irrigation scheduling; Jatropha curcas; Pruning; Tree under storey intercropping; VAM

Indexed keywords

BIO FERTILIZERS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; EUPHORBIACEAE; GREY LITERATURE; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; OIL YIELD; PERENNIAL PLANTS; PLANT PERFORMANCE; PLANT SPACING; POLICY MAKERS; PROJECT DEVELOPERS; TREE STANDS; WASTELAND RECLAMATION;

BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; SCHEDULING; SOLAR ENERGY;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONOCULTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLICY MAKING; PRUNING; UNDERSTORY;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; EMISSION; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRRIGATION; LEAKAGE; PLANTS; PRUNING; SCHEDULING; SUN LIGHT;

GURGAON; HARYANA; INDIA;

ACACIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 72649083021     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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