The goal of the project is to demonstrate that jatropha can produce significant quantities of oil for conversion to biodiesel and to develop new varieties of the plant that have higher yields ...

and coastal regions who were recruited to grow the plant. I'm not sure what happened. What I can say is that around the same time, General Motors also experimented on Jatropha-based biofuel.

New York: A U.S. company is eyeing countries such as India and Brazil to grow seeds of jatropha - the inedible, drought-resistant plant - to produce high-quality oil that can be refined into ...

Commissioner of food safety, Srinivas K, said while all parts of jatropha plants are poisonous ... cautioned about the evergreen tropical plant with thin stems. Thirteen members of Banjara ...

It also has large numbers of Jatropha trees, whose seeds have abundant quantities ... The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production model using plant genetic resources that are ...