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Jatropha curcas has been reported as an efficient substitute fuel for diesel engines. The seed oil is non-edible and the crop is capable of growing on waste lands and its cultivation thus, does not exert any pressure on agricultural land. The seed oil productivity is very low at present since most of the material studied is that available wild “locally”. Hence, creation of genetic variability is prerequisite for development of new variety(s). Several plant breeding methods are available to enhance the genetic variability within a crop including conventional breeding, interspecific hybridization, mutation breeding and genetic engineering. The induced mutagenesis technique for crop improvement is now well standardized. Attempts have been made to highlight different basic aspects and technical advancements of mutational technology which may serve as guideline for large scale mutagenesis work. This chapter highlights the salient features of J. curcas comprising all economic characters and also reports on the sensitivity of J. curcas to gamma rays and colchicine for genetic improvement of this crop.
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Thanks are due to The Director, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India for providing the facilities. The work was initiated under a project sponsored by Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Government of India which is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are also due to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for awarding Emeritus Scientist to the author (SKD) and to The Director, Bose Institute, Kolkata for providing the facilities for the present work.
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Datta, S.K., Pandey, R.K. (2013). Studies on Jatropha curcas L. and Its Improvement Through Induced Mutagenesis. In: Bahadur, B., Sujatha, M., Carels, N. (eds) Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4915-7_16
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