Evaluation of plant performance of Jatropha curcas L.
under
different agro-practices for optimizing biomass – A case study
Soumit K.
Behera a,
*, Pankaj Srivastava a
, Ritu Tripathi b
, J.
P.
Singh b
, Nandita Singh a
a
National Botanical Research...
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Evaluation of plant performance of Jatropha curcas L.
under
different agro-practices for optimizing biomass – A case study
Soumit K.
Behera a,
*, Pankaj Srivastava a
, Ritu Tripathi b
, J.
P.
Singh b
, Nandita Singh a
a
National Botanical Research Institute, CSIR, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, UP, India
b
Solar Energy Centre, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Gwalpahari, Gurgaon, India
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 8 September 2008
Received in revised form
6 April 2009
Accepted 28 September 2009
Available online 27 October 2009
Keywords:
Jatropha curcas
Biofertilizer
Irrigation scheduling
Pruning
Biodiesel
VAM
Tree under storey intercropping
a b s t r a c t
Jatropha curcas L.
, a multipurpose, drought resistant, perennial plant belonging to
Euphorbiaceae family has gained lot of importance for the production of biodiesel.
The
properties of the crop and its oil have persuaded investors, policy makers and clean
development mechanism (CDM) project developers
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