Research Article | Published: 01 June 2012

Genetic variability in Jatropha curcas and prediction of oil contents on the basis of seed traits

K. S. Pant, Tara Gupta, R. K. Gupta and Dinesh Kumar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 19 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 97-102 | 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2012-N572U6 | Cite this article

Abstract

The study on Jatropha curcas was conducted in Himachal Pradesh to estimate the genetic variability for the plant morphological characters, seed traits and nursery growth parameters among the different seed sources. The characters number of fruits/tree, number of seeds/tree and oil content on seed basis had high genotypic coefficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance; indicating importance of these characters for selection tools. Results also revealed that Seed viability and germination energy has no significance for selection because of low genetic estimates. Nineteen characters of Jatropha curcas were classified in to four factors contributing to 89.79 % of total variation. Oil contents and seed germination can be best estimated by using quadratic model on the basis of different seed traits.

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Pant, K.S., Gupta, T., Gupta, R.K. and Kumar, D., 2012. Genetic variability in Jatropha curcas and prediction of oil contents on the basis of seed traits. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 19(2), pp.97-102. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2012-N572U6

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