Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1. Jatropha curcas (L): A Promising Biofuel Plant, Current Status and Future Prospects, pp. 1-39
(Diego Luna, Rafael Luque, Cristobal Verdugo, Jose M. Hidalgo, Maritza Escalona, Fernando Sagarra, Marcos Daquinta, Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, and others)
Chapter 2. Energy for the Poor: Harnessing Jatropha for Local Sustainable Development in Yoro, Honduras, pp. 41-63
(Daniel Puente-Rodrìguez, Athena Institute, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije University Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Chapter 3. Propagation Characteristics of Jatropha curcas under Different Climate Conditions in Yunnan, China, pp. 65-83
(Li Kun, Luo Chang-wei, LiuFang-yan, Sun Yong-yu, Tang Guo-yong, Wang Xiao-qing, Research Institute of Insect Resources, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming,Yunnan People’s Republic of China, and others)
Chapter 4. Jatropha Integrated Agroforestry Systems – Biodiesel Pathways towards Sustainable Rural Development, pp. 85-102
(Wouter M.J. Achten, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Wouter H. Maes, Antonio Trabucco, Raf Aerts, Erik Mathijs, Bert Reubens, Virendra P. Singh, Louis Verchot, Bart Muys, Division Forest Nature and Landscape, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, Leuven, Belgium, and others)
Chapter 5. Impact of Land Use Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Jatropha Biofuels: Review of Recent Studies, pp. 103-115
(Marjolein C.J. Caniëls, Henny A. Romijn, Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL), Heerlen, The Netherlands, and others)
Chapter 6. Biotechnological Improvement of a Biofuel Crop: Jatropha curcas Linn, pp. 117-148
(Priyanka Mukherjee, Timir Baran Jha, Dept. of Botany, Presidency College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)*
Chapter 7. Study on the Utilization of Jatropha Curcas L. for Power Generation Purposes at the Isabela Island (Galapagos – Ecuador), pp. 149-178
(Christoph Wieland, Dieter Sonnenholzner, Andreas Schuster, Technische Universitat Munchen, Institute of Energy Systems, Munchen, Germany, and others)*
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