Revisited Jatropha curcas as an oil plant of multiple benefits: Critical research needs and prospects for the future

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-131

  Abhilash, P C ^a,b   Srivastava, Pankaj ^a   Jamil, Sarah ^a   Singh, Nandita ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 78650947480     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0400-5     Document Type: Letter

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