Integrated research on different genotypes of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas Linn.)

Abstract

Since several years Jatropha is experiencing a renaissance. The main drivers for this development are the biofuel boom in general and the special attributes of Jatropha itself. This paper discusses the current knowledge as well as expectations of Jatropha and the consequential outcomes starting with data availability and quality followed by economic and political needs and constraints. The experiment was carried out during 2013-2015 at Main experiment station Forestry of Narendra Deva university of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P). Based on the result obtained from the present investigation, it may be concluded that the mean performances of 16 genotypes for 16 characters are given in Table 2. The highest plant height was obtained in the genotypes TFRI- 07 and constituted the top significant group for plant height along with six genotypes. Among the maximum plant height three most promising genotypes in order of merit were PDKV-NOV-19, TNCJC-23 and RJ-92.