Indian Journal of Scientific Research

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Assessment of passport data & Removal of duplicates in different accessions jatropha curcas seeds assembled from different Agro-Climatic zones of India

  • Author:
  • Harshal Kumar1, J. Radhamani1, R.K. Sarbhoy2, Sangeeta Dayal2, Monika Asthana2, Ravendra Singh Chauhan2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 189 to 193

1National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, IARI, PUSA, New Delhi, India

2Department of Botany, Agra College, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, UP, India

Abstract

AUnder the Micro-mission on Production and Demonstration of Quality Planting Material of Jatropha supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (GoI), effort on agronomic practices, assortment of elite trees, clonal propagation, tissue culture, etc. is being undertaken (ref: -DBT Annual Report, 2005–06). Under Present investigation for “Assessment of Passport data & removal of duplicates in different accessions of freshly harvested Jatropha curcas seeds assembled from fifteen states of India representing variable climatic conditions; The freshly harvested accessions/seeds were collected/assembled from different 15 Indian states representing different agro climatic regions of India. All accessions received were verified for duplicates, and then registered with National Identity.

Keywords

Jatropha curcas, Passport data, Duplicates, Agro climatic regions