The importance of Jatropha for Brazil

Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop: Volume 1: Farming, Economics and Biofuel

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 71-94

  Laviola, Bruno Galvêas ^a   Alves, Alexandre Alonso ^a   Rocha, Rodrigo Barros ^b   Drumond, Marcos Antônio ^c  

^a PqEB ^*  (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84949187581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4806-8_05     Document Type: Chapter

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