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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2015 , Volume 3, Issue 1
Page No. : 124-135
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Genetic Diversity of Jatropha curcas L. accessions and screening for high Biodiesel production
B. Naresh1, Srikanth Reddy Medipally1,2, G. Dhanasri1 and Prathibha Devi1*
1Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007, India
2Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
Morphological, physico-chemical and molecular characterization of Jatropha curcas L. populations
were carried out to unravel the causes of conspicuous intra-specific morphological variation.
Morphological differences between accessions were clearly evident and the quality of seed-oil was
evaluated for suitability to produce Biodiesel. Although highest seed-weight and seed-oil content
were recorded in KM accession followed by RSAD accession, the latter was more suited for
production of Biodiesel due to its superior physico-chemical characteristics. Molecular study
confirmed the genetic variability between the accessions in relation to the variation in
morphological and physico-chemical traits and superior accessions could be distinguished by RAPD
markers.
Keywords: Jatropha accessions, RAPD markers, physico-chemical analysis, biodiesel.
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Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 3 (1): 124-135 (2015)
