Title:
Production and Demonstration of High Quality Plant Material of Jatropha Curcas
Author(s):
Kumar, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Production of high quality plant material of Jatropha curcas was carried out at 35 ha Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Centre, University of Rajasthan under a Department of Biotechnology project sanctioned to Professor Ashwani Kumar during 20042011 period. 110 accessions of Jatropha curcas were collected from Udaipur, Bhilwara, Banwara, Pali and Chittorgarh and Rajsamand area with an object to select superior planting material with oil content 35 to 40 percent. The selected plant material was characterized for their oil content and its composition at TERI, New Delhi and over 60 high yielding accessions have been deposited at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. Macro and micro propagation technology has been standardized. Influence of growth regulators, edaphic factors, cropping pattern, nutritional factors have been optimised. Mass multiplication of selected elites has been carried out at three different locations and agro technology packages have been developed. Accession IC565601 and IC565602 have been planted at Viratnagar near Jaipur. Elite strains have given excellent performance depending on edaphic, climatic and nutritional conditions. Some of the accessions are under multilocational trial being carried out in different agroclimatic zones under Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, New Delhi project.
Keywords:
biodiesel, bioenergy, biological conversion, biomass, biofuels
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Energy crops (session 5)
Event:
19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
VP1.3.46
Pages:
683 - 685
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-55-4
ISBN-10:
88-89407-55-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP1.3.46
Price:
FREE
