Jatropha curcas L. is considered a promising candidate plant for biofuel production.
However, data on its seed yield seem to vary greatly in different parts of the globe. Some …

Fossil-derived fuels currently supply 86% of the world's energy, even though it represents a
finite resource. With the aim of reducing the fossil fuels dependency, alternative sources of …

The objective of this paper was to (i) estimate genetic parameters for important physic nut
(Jatropha curcas L.) traits, and to using these parameters (ii) predict the genetics gains with …

The objective of this work was to estimate genetic gains in physic nut (Jatropha curcas)
using selection indexes and to establish the best selection strategy for the species. Direct …

Passion fruit is an economically important tropical fruit crop with unrealized genetic potential.
This study aimed to provide breeders with essential estimates of genetic parameters and of …

The genetic variability of the Brazilian physic nut (Jatropha curcas) germplasm bank (117
accessions) was assessed using a combination of phenotypic and molecular data. The joint …

The aim of this study was to estimate the repeatability coefficient of grain production in
Jatropha, the minimum number of measurements needed to reliably predict the genetic …

Genomic wide selection is a promising approach for improving the selection accuracy in
plant breeding, particularly in species with long life cycles, such as Jatropha. Therefore, the …

In spite of increasingly widespread interest in planting physic nut, breeding efforts are still in
its infancy. In that context, an important resource recently established aiming future breeding …

The biggest challenge for jatropha breeding is to identify superior genotypes that present
high seed yield and seed oil content with reduced toxicity levels. Therefore, the objective of …