The extraordinary collapse of jatropha as a global biofuel

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7114-7115

  Kant, Promode ^a   Wu, Shuirong ^b  

^a Institute of Green Economy C 312   (India)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL;

BIOFUEL; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PLANNING SYSTEM; SHRUB; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTELAND;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOMESTICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CROP; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE PLANT; HIGHER PLANT; JATROPHA CURCUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

BIOFUELS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; JATROPHA;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA;

JATROPHA;

EID: 80052216511     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201943v     Document Type: Article

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