Jatropha: The Biodiesel Plant Biology, Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation – A Review
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The genus Jatropha is distributed through out the tropics and sub-tropics growning in marginal lands and is a potential biodiesel crop world wide. The plants can prevent soil erosion, grown as a live fence and used as an alternate commercial crop. The seed oil can be used as a feed stock for biodiesel. Alternatively Jatropha oil is used in soap, glue or dye industry. The seed cake is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and can be used as manure. All parts of the plant including seeds have medicinal properties. However, the toxic components of the seed need immediate attention and efforts are needed to genetically modify Jatropha seed toxins to useful and non-toxic components through genetic transformation. This review focuses some basic aspect of the distribution, diversity, biology, cultivation, tissue culture and genetic transformation of Jatropha.
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