Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop

<p>Part 1 - Worldwide importance of Jatropha</p><p>1.      Global status of bioenergy research and Jatropha: A Review </p><p>C Prathibha Devi</p><p>Department of Botany</p><p>Osmania University, Hyderabad, INDIA</p><p>2.      The economic importance of Jatropha for India                     </p><p>Krishna Kumar</p><p>Plant Metabolic Engineering Group</p><p>Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center</p><p>Mumbai, INDIA</p><p>3.      The economic importance of Jatropha in China          </p><p>Gehua Wang</p><p>Tsinghua Institute of Nuclear Energy and New Energy</p><p>Tsinghua University, CHINA </p><p>4.      The economic importance of Jatropha in Brazil          </p><p>Bruno Galvêas Laviola</p><p>Embrapa Agroenergia (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)</p><p>Brasilia, BRAZIL</p><p>            </p><p>Part 2 - Biology and reproduction   </p><p>5.      Wood  anatomy of Indian Jatrophas   </p><p>Bir Bahadur</p><p>P Ramachandra Reddy, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, INDIA </p><p>KV Krishnamurthy, Bharathidasan University, INDIA</p><p>6.      Laticifers of Jatrophas            </p><p>KV Krishnamurthy, Padma Venkatasubramanium and S Lalitha</p><p>Bharathidasan University, INDIA</p><p>7.      Breeding system and pollination Biology of  Jatropha curcas L: A Review  </p><p>AJ Solomon Raju</p><p>Department of Environmental Sciences</p><p>Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, INDIA</p><p>8.      LM and SEM of pollen in Indian species of Jatropha L. (Euphorbiaceae)    </p><p>Bir Bahadur, GVS Murthy and  M Sujatha  </p><p>9.      Structure and development of  fruit and seed  of Jatropha gossypifolia L    </p><p>SM Khasim, Ramana Rao TV, Ramesh G and Hemalatha S</p><p>Coastal Agricultural Research Station, Karachi, PAKISTAN</p><p>10.  Climate and Physiological Constraints on cultivation in the United States</p><p>Wagner Veldrame and Robert Schmidt</p><p>Tropical Research &amp; Education Center<br>Homestead, FL, USA</p><p>***Invited and agreed after his review was received. Editors did not know that he had reviewed the project. </p><p>11.  Embryology of Jatrophas: A Review </p><p>KV Krishnamurthy</p><p> </p><p>Part 3-  Farming and Agriculture    </p><p>12.  Jatropha  curcas and crop management          </p><p>Koteswara Rao</p><p>Nandan Biomatrix Limited, Andra Pradesh, INDIA</p><p>13.  Jatropha  Pests and diseases in India  </p><p>K Anith and K S Varaprasad</p><p>Plant Metabolic Engineering Group</p><p>Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center</p><p>Mumbai, INDIA</p><p>14.  Phytosanitary aspect of Jatropha farming in Brazil    </p><p>De Resende et al. </p><p>Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, BRAZIL</p><p>15.  Phytotechnical aspects of Jatropha farming in Brazil </p><p>De Resende et al. </p><p>Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, BRAZIL</p><p>16.  Agro-ecological conditions, agronomic practices and farming system value of Jatropha in sub-Saharan Africa            </p><p>R. Jingura</p><p>Chinhoyi University of Technology, Research Directorate</p><p>Chinhoyi, ZIMBABWE</p><p>17.  The Jatropha culture systems, growth and productivity, seed traits and genetic diversity of Jatropha in Sudano-Sahelian zone of Senegal       </p><p>Ousmane Ouattara</p><p>African Centre for Plant Oil Technology</p><p>Mali-Folkecenter, Bamako, REPUBLIC OF MALI</p><p> </p><p>Part 4 - Genetic diversity of Jatropha and domestication</p><p>18.  Jatropha curcas: Origin, domestication and diversity distribution     </p><p>K S Varaprasad, Sunil Neelam and Anitha     </p><p>Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center</p><p>Mumbai, INDIA</p><p>19.  Systematics of Indian Jatrophas and their Economic importance      </p><p>T.Pullaiah and GVS Murthy   </p><p>S. K. University, Anantpur, INDIA</p><p>20.  Genetic diversity in Mexican germplasm        </p><p>Ovando-Medina et al.</p><p>Centro de Biociencias</p><p>Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, MEXICO    </p><p>21.  Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Brazil           </p><p>Catarina Lira-Medeiros</p><p>Instituto de Pesquisa Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - Botanical Garden<br>Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL        </p><p>22.  Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Africa           </p><p>Machua et al.   </p><p>Biotechnology Laboratory</p><p>Kenya Forestry Research Institute, NAIROBI</p><p>23.  Towards Jatropha domestication the integration of sciences </p><p>            Nicolas Carels </p><p>24.  Karyology and genomics of  Jatropha and future prospects  </p><p>Muppala P Reddy,  DV Pamidimarri, N Sudheer  S G Mastan,  H Rahman, Nicolas Carels  and Bir Bahadur          </p><p>25.  The the methylome and the selective breeding of Jatropha    </p><p>Yan HONG</p><p>Director of Plant Biology</p><p>Strategic Research Program of Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, SINGAPORE  </p><p>26.  Comparative Genomics in Euphorbiaceae      </p><p>Rajinder Singh Chauhan</p><p>Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, INDIA  </p><p>27.  The genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through selection and  breeding          </p><p>Jitendra C, Arup Ghosh and Aruna R Prakash   </p><p>Central Salt and Marine Chemicals</p><p>Research Institute, Bhavnagar, INDIA          </p><p>28.  Genetic improvement of Jatropha       </p><p>VK Gour</p><p>Department of Plant Breeding &amp; Genetics</p><p>J.N. Agricultural University, Krishinagar, INDIA      </p><p>29.  Studies on Jatropha curcas L and its improvement through induced mutation          </p><p>SK Datta and RK  Pandey</p><p>Bose Biotechnology Innovation Center, Bose Institute, INDIA       </p><p>30.  ECO-TILLING in Jatropha    </p><p>Magrit Laimer and Fatemah Maghuly</p><p>Plant Biotechnology Unit, Dept. Biotechnology, </p><p>University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AUSTRIA</p><p>31.  The genomics of Jatropha       </p>Tabata et al.     <p><p>Laboratory of Dynamic Cell Biology, Department of Biotechnology</p><p>Osaka University, Osaka, JAPAN</p><p>32.  Jatropha proteomics    </p><p> Ajay Kohli      </p><p>Institute for Research on Environment &amp; Sustainability (IRES)</p><p>Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM</p><p>                        </p><p>Part 5 - Jatropha’s germplasm</p><p>33.  Genetic diversity and molecular markers  in Jatropha species            </p><p>M Sujatha        </p><p>34.  Interspecific Hybridization in the genus Jatropha and future prospects        </p><p>M Sujatha and Bir Bahadur and TP Reddy    </p><p>35.  Intergeneric hybridization and affinities with related genera </p><p>TP Reddy, Sathaiah, M Sujatha and Bir Bahadur      </p><p>36.  Conservation strategies and management of Jatropha germplasm     </p><p>J Radhamani and N Sivaraj</p><p>Germplasm Conservation Division </p><p>NBPGR, New Delhi, INDIA </p><p>37.  Jatropha’s germplasm manipulation in Brazil</p><p>            Daniela de Argollo Marques   </p><p>Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, BRAZIL</p><p>38.  Micropropagation of Jatropha curcas for large scale multiplication of  quality germplasm    Aneesha Singh  and J Chikara  </p><p>Central Salt and Marine Chemicals</p><p>Research Institute, Bhavnagar, INDIA          </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><p>KV Krishnamurthy</p><p> </p><p>Part 3-  Farming and Agriculture    </p><p>12.  Jatropha  curcas and crop management          </p><p>Koteswara Rao</p><p>Nandan Biomatrix Limited, Andra Pradesh, INDIA</p><p>13.  Jatropha  Pests and diseases in India  </p><p>K Anith and K S Varaprasad</p><p>Plant Metabolic Engineering Group</p><p>Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center</p><p>Mumbai, INDIA</p><p>14.  Phytosanitary aspect of Jatropha farming in Brazil    </p><p>De Resende et al. </p><p>Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, BRAZIL</p><p>15.  Phytotechnical aspects of Jatropha farming in Brazil </p><p>De Resende et al. </p><p>Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, BRAZIL</p><p>16.  Agro-ecological conditions, agronomic practices and farming system value of Jatropha in sub-Saharan Africa            </p><p>R. Jingura</p><p>Chinhoyi University of Technology, Research Directorate</p><p>Chinhoyi, ZIMBABWE</p><p>17.  The Jatropha culture systems, growth and productivity, seed traits and genetic diversity of Jatropha in Sudano-Sahelian zone of Senegal       </p><p>Ousmane Ouattara</p><p>African Centre for Plant Oil Technology</p><p>Mali-Folkecenter, Bamako, REPUBLIC OF MALI</p><p> </p><p>Part 4 - Genetic diversity of Jatropha and domestication</p><p>18.  Jatropha curcas: Origin, domestication and diversity distribution     </p><p>K S Varaprasad, Sunil Neelam and Anitha     </p><p>Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Center</p><p>Mumbai, INDIA</p><p>19.  Systematics of Indian Jatrophas and their Economic importance      </p><p>T.Pullaiah and GVS Murthy   </p><p>S. K. University, Anantpur, INDIA</p><p>20.  Genetic diversity in Mexican germplasm        </p><p>Ovando-Medina et al.</p><p>Centro de Biociencias</p><p>Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, MEXICO    </p><p>21.  Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Brazil           </p><p>Catarina Lira-Medeiros</p><p>Instituto de Pesquisa Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - Botanical Garden<br>Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL        </p><p>22.  Genetic diversity of Jatropha in Africa           </p><p>Machua et al.   </p><p>Biotechnology Laboratory</p><p>Kenya Forestry Research Institute, NAIROBI</p><p>23.  Towards Jatropha domestication the integration of sciences </p><p>            Nicolas Carels </p><p>24.  Karyology and genomics of  Jatropha and future prospects  </p><p>Muppala P Reddy,  DV Pamidimarri, N Sudheer  S G Mastan,  H Rahman, Nicolas Carels  and Bir Bahadur          </p><p>25.  The the methylome and the selective breeding of Jatropha    </p><p>Yan HONG</p><p>Director of Plant Biology</p><p>Strategic Research Program of Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, SINGAPORE  </p><p>26.  Comparative Genomics in Euphorbiaceae      </p><p>Rajinder Singh Chauhan</p><p>Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, INDIA  </p><p>27.  The genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through selection and  breeding          </p><p>Jitendra C, Arup Ghosh and Aruna R Prakash   </p><p>Central Salt and Marine Chemicals</p><p>Research Institute, Bhavnagar, INDIA          </p><p>28.  Genetic improvement of Jatropha       </p><p>VK Gour</p><p>Department of Plant Breeding &amp; Genetics</p><p>J.N. Agricultural University, Krishinagar, INDIA      </p><p>29.  Studies on Jatropha curcas L and its improvement through induced mutation          </p><p>SK Datta and RK  Pandey</p><p>Bose Biotechnology Innovation Center, Bose Institute, INDIA       </p><p>30.  ECO-TILLING in Jatropha    </p><p>Magrit Laimer and Fatemah Maghuly</p><p>Plant Biotechnology Unit, Dept. Biotechnology, </p><p>University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AUSTRIA</p><p>31.  The genomics of Jatropha       </p><p>Tabata et al.     </p><p>Laboratory of Dynamic Cell Biology, Department of Biotechnology</p><p>Osaka University, Osaka, JAPAN</p><p>32.  Jatropha proteomics    </p><p> Ajay Kohli      </p><p>Institute for Research on Environment &amp; Sustainability (IRES)</p><p>Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM</p><p>                        </p><p>Part 5 - Jatropha’s germplasm</p><p>33.  Genetic diversity and molecular markers  in Jatropha species            </p><p>M Sujatha        </p><p>34.  Interspecific Hybridization in the genus Jatropha and future prospects        </p><p>M Sujatha and Bir Bahadur and TP Reddy    </p>35.  Intergeneric hybridization and affinities with related genera <p><p>TP Reddy, Sathaiah, M Sujatha and Bir Bahadur      </p><p>36.  Conservation strategies and management of Jatropha germplasm     </p><p>J Radhamani and N Sivaraj</p><p>Germplasm Conservation Division </p><p>NBPGR, New Delhi, INDIA </p><p>37.  Jatropha’s germplasm manipulation in Brazil</p><p>            Daniela de Argollo Marques   </p><p>Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, BRAZIL</p><p>38.  Micropropagation of Jatropha curcas for large scale multiplication of  quality germplasm    Aneesha Singh  and J Chikara  </p><p>Central Salt and Marine Chemicals</p><p>Research Institute, Bhavnagar, INDIA          </p><p> </p><p> </p>