Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi-110012
*Author for Correspondence: Email: kcbhattps@yahoo.com, kcbhatt@nbpgr.ernet.in
Online published on 10 July, 2014.
Jatropha curcas L. commonly known as ‘Ratanjyot’ or ‘Physic nut’ is an important source of biofuel, which has the ability to grow in a wide range of agro-climatic regions. In the present communication, efforts have been made to undertake variability studies in genetic resources of J. curcas assembled from seven agro-climatic zones of the country. These zones are considered to be as potential sites for identification of suitable genotypes with desired attributes pertaining to growth and yield parameters as discussed in the present communication.
Agro-ecologicalzones, Intra-zonalvariation, Jatropha curcas, Provenances, Variability studies
