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Development of Jatropha hybrids with enhanced growth, yield and oil attributes suitable for semi-arid wastelands

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Attention has been focused on the utilization of useful genetic resources in developing elite parental lines and making Jatropha hybrids for incorporating superior traits in Jatropha germplasm. Evaluations of morphological and yield contributing traits in F1 progeny have been made and hybrids having high seed yield and oil content have been identified. Multiplication of these hybrid lines was undertaken through stem cuttings. To develop Jatropha hybrids through intraspecific hybridization, twenty three accessions were collected from different parts of the country and grown on wastelands under semi-arid conditions. All the germplasm were assessed for desirable traits and cross-combinations were made between identified accessions of J. curcas based on considerable seed yield and higher oil content. Growth and yield performance was recorded from plants raised through stem cuttings of various cross combinations and studies were undertaken in four leading hybrids along with their respective parents. Two years old plants developed from the cross IC565735 × IC565739 proved to be the best with 75 % fruit set, 300 g seed yield per plant and 39.02 % oil content.

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Authors are extremely thankful to Director and Discipline of Analytical Sciences, CSIR-CSMCRI for providing necessary facilities to carry out the study. Financial support from Daimler Chrysler AG, Stuttgart as well as DEG, Germany and CSIR—Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, India is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Aruna R. Prakash, Sarnam Singh, Ch. Ravi Prakash, Arup Ghosh & Pradeep K. Agarwal

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Prakash, A.R., Singh, S., Prakash, C.R. et al. Development of Jatropha hybrids with enhanced growth, yield and oil attributes suitable for semi-arid wastelands. Agroforest Syst 90, 541–553 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-015-9875-x

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