Title | Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop [electronic resource] : Volume 3: A Sustainable Multipurpose Crop / edited by Sujatha Mulpuri, Nicolas Carels, Bir Bahadur |
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Imprint | Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3104-6 |
Descript | XXI, 525 p. 133 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource |
Part I Selective Breeding and Genetic Diversity -- Genetic Improvement of Edible and Non-Edible Jatropha for Marginal Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Genetic Resources and Advances in the Development of New Varieties of Jatropha curcas L. in México -- Strategies in the Genetic Breeding of Jatropha curcas for Biofuel Production in Brazil -- Prebreeding and Genetic Enhancement in Jatropha through Interspecific Hybridization -- Genetic Transformation and Transgenics of Jatropha curcas, a Biofuel Plant -- Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Triacylglycerol Accumulation in the Biofuel Plant Jatropha curcas -- Genetic Engineering for the Improvement of Oil Content and Associated Traits in Jatropha curcas L. -- Transcriptomic View of Jatropha curcas L. Inflorescence -- Application of Molecular Markers in Genetic Improvement of Jatropha -- Genomic Resources and Marker-Assisted Selection in Jatropha curcas. Part II Metabolism -- Proteomics Studies in Jatropha curcas Seeds -- Pervasive System Biology for Active Compound Valorization in Jatropha -- Part III Physiology and Plant Production -- Agronomy of Jatropha curcas in Mexico -- Phenology and Photosynthetic Physiology of Jatropha curcas L. Grown Under Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in a Semi-Arid Environment -- Can One Use Chlorophyll A Fluorescence as a Physiological Marker of Jatropha curcas L.? -- Jatropha: from Seed to Plant, Seed, Oil and Beyond -- Part IV Feeding Use -- Influence of the Acid Soils of Tabasco Mexico in the Physico-chemical Composition of Xuta or Edible Mexican Pinion (Jatropha curcas L.) -- Applications of Jatropha curcas Cake -- Part V Coproducts -- Conversion of Glycerine into 1,2-Propanediol for Industrial Applications -- Jatropha - Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology -- Jatropha curcas L. Latex Production, Characterization and Biotechnological Applications -- Part VI Processing -- Biodiesel: A Survey on Production Methods and Catalysts -- The Characterization and Technologies for the Use of Jatropha curcas l. By-products as Energy Sources. Part VII Socio-economic Sustainability -- Economic feasibility and sustainability of Jatropha as a crop -- Experience with Farming Models, Socio-Economic Issues and Agronomic Performance of Jatropha curcas L. in Sub-Saharan Africa