Jatropha pests and diseases: An overview

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 175-218

  Anitha, K ^a   Varaprasad, K S ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b DIRECTORATE OF OILSEEDS RESEARCH   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4806-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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