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Jatropha curcas or Physic Nut is a small tree (bush plant) that produces fruits under tropical climate. The fruits contained seed that are ‾40% oil rich. This oil is excellent for biodiesel. The bush is a now new coming crop because it may cope with harsh environmental conditions such as semi-aridity and poor land. It is considered as one alternative for climate mitigation that does not compete with arable land normally dedicated to food crop and can be used to regain degraded land or fight desertification. This bush has been considered seriously by the international community only recently (‾2006-2008), but worldwide scientists did an outstanding job to drawn Jatropha out of its semi-wild status and bring it on the industrial scene. Problems remains, but we have now a comprehensive picture of this crop and almost every technological challenged were addressed. From now, the job will have to concentrate on breeding in order to domesticate this species. Therefore, it is the right time to sum up worldwide contributions in a comprehensive book with a breeding looking to improve the chance of this plant to stabilize as a crop and to fulfil with the expectations that humans invested in it. A book with this perspective will help international community to give a step on.
The book will be a broad and comprehensive look on Jatropha until the details since the book is being contributed by international experts worldwide that have already published works in the international press of Science. Illustrations, tables geographic maps, GPS location, etc are added by each contributors according to the feeling they have concerning what they think their contribution should be.
Contents
Section 1:Biology and Reproduction.- Laticifers of Jatropha.- Wood Anatomy of Indian Jatrophas.- Breeding System and Pollination in Jatropha curcas: An Overview.- Pollen of Jatropha L.: Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Considerations.- Embryology of Jatropha - A Review.- Structure and Development of Fruit and Seed of Jatropha gossypifolia l.- Fruit, Seed and Seedling characters in Jatrophas.- Genetic Improvement in Jatropha curcas through Selection and Breeding.- Section2:Genetic diversity of Jatropha and domestication.- Origin, domestication, distribution and diversity of Jatropha curcas L.- Systematics of Indian Jatropha L.- Economic and Medicinal Importance of Jatrophas.- Genetic Diversity of Jatropha curcas In Southern Mexico.- Relationship of the genetic diversity of Jatropha curcas in Brazil and worldwide.- Towards the Domestication of Jatropha: The Integration of Sciences.- Karyology and Genomics of Jatropha - Current Status and Future Prospects.- Studies on Jatropha curcas L and its improvement through induced mutation.- The use of EcoTILLING for the genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas L.- Comparative Genomics in Euphorbiaceae.- Proteomic perspectives on understanding and improving Jatropha curcas L.- Section 3:Jatropha germplasm.- Genetic Diversity, Molecular Markers and Marker Assisted Breeding in Jatropha.- Interspecific Hybridization in the Genus Jatropha.- Genetic Affinities of Jatropha with other Euphorbiaceous Taxa.- Jatropha germplasm manipulation in Brazil.- Conservation strategies and management of Jatropha germplasm.- Section 4:Biotechnology.- Micropropagation of Jatropha curcas for large scale multiplication of quality germplasm.- Jatropha tissue culture: A critical review on present scenario and future prospects.- Tissue culture studies of Jatropha species: A Review.- Genetic Transformation of Jatropha curcas: Current status and future prospects.- Improvement of Jatropha oil by genetic transformation.- Genomestructure of Jatropha curcas L.- Towards the Metabolomics of Jatropha curcas L.