Studies on Regeneration and Genetic Transformation in Jatropha curcas
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2011-10-15T06:40:19Z
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J.curcas is one of the most important plant species of the world valued for
its biofuel property, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. The species is primarily
propagated through seeds, and thus the seed yield and oil content varies
significantly. Propagation can also be carried out without losing the traits by stem
cutting but the limitation is generation of large scale quality planting material.
Thus, conventional propagation through seeds is not reliable and vegetative
cuttings are inadequate to meet the demand of large scale quality planting
material. Therefore, Jatropha improvement programme by modern methods of
agrobiotechnology are of interest worldwide. Camara Machado has reported that
regeneration in J. curcas is highly genotype dependent. Concerted efforts are
being made to optimize genotype independent regeneration and genetic
transformation protocol.
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Jatropha curcas