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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Carels, Nicolas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sujatha, Mulpuri (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bahadur, Bir (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Physiology.

Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop, Volume 1 reports on the state of the art of scientific investigations on the new crop Jatropha curcas made during the past decade. The progresses obtained on the knowledge of this abstemious, semi-wild species are already impressive and were mainly achieve...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1 - Worldwide importance of Jatropha
• Global status of bioenergy research and Jatropha: A Review
• The economic importance of Jatropha for India
• The economic importance of Jatropha in China
• The economic importance of Jatropha in Brazil
• Part 2 - Biology and reproduction
• Wood  anatomy of Indian Jatrophas
• Laticifers of Jatrophas
• Breeding system and pollination Biology of  Jatropha curcas L: A Review
• LM and SEM of pollen in Indian species of Jatropha L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Structure and development of  fruit and seed  of Jatropha gossypifolia L
• Climate and Physiological Constraints on cultivation in the United States
• Embryology of Jatrophas: A Review
• Part 3-  Farming and Agriculture
• Jatropha  curcas and crop management
• Jatropha  Pests and diseases in India
• Phytosanitary aspect of Jatropha farming in Brazil
• Phytotechnical aspects of Jatropha farming in Brazil
• Agro-ecological conditions, agronomic practices and farming system value of Jatropha in sub-Saharan Africa
• The Jatropha culture systems, growth and productivity, seed traits and genetic diversity of Jatropha in Sudano-Sahelian zone of Senegal
• Part 4 - Genetic diversity of Jatropha and domestication
• Jatropha curcas: Origin, domestication and diversity distribution
• Systematics of Indian Jatrophas and their Economic importance
• Genetic diversity in Mexican germplasm
• Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Brazil
• Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Africa
• Towards Jatropha domestication the integration of sciences
• Karyology and genomics of  Jatropha and future prospects
• The the methylome and the selective breeding of Jatropha
• Comparative Genomics in Euphorbiaceae
• The genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through selection and  breeding
• Genetic improvement of Jatropha
• Studies on Jatropha curcas L and its improvement through induced mutation
• ECO-TILLING in Jatropha
• The genomics of Jatropha
• Jatropha proteomics
• Part 5 - Jatropha’s germplasm
• Genetic diversity and molecular markers  in Jatropha species
• Interspecific Hybridization in the genus Jatropha and future prospects
• Intergeneric hybridization and affinities with related genera
• Conservation strategies and management of Jatropha germplasm
• Jatropha’s germplasm manipulation in Brazil.-Micropropagation of Jatropha curcas for large scale multiplication of  quality germplasm.