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Jatropha and Phytoremediation of Metal Contaminated Land

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Wastelands are the degraded and unutilized lands due to different constraints. The metal contaminated lands are ecologically unstable and are unsuitable for cultivation due to decline in their physico-chemical properties, biological quality and productivity. Phytoremediation is an emerging green technology which is based on potential of plants/trees to remove pollutants from contaminated soils/ecosystem. J. curcas has potential for phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals, salts and hydrocarbons, etc. Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil with non-edible plants like J. curcas is suitable for its integration in different agroforestry systems. Besides having phytoremediation capabilities, J.curcas produces seeds for bio-diesel and its domestication can provide means of ecofriendly, socioeconomic management involving income generation, climate change mitigation, soft farming and sustainable development of reclaimed sites.

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  1. Eco-Restoration Division, National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, India

    Asha A. Juwarkar & S. K. Yadav

  2. Plant Nutrition Division, Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, Karnataka, India

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  2. Crop Improvement Section, Principal Scientist, Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, 500 030, India

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  3. Department of Botany, University of Warangal, Warangal, India

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Juwarkar, A.A., Yadav, S.K., Kumar, G.P. (2012). Jatropha and Phytoremediation of Metal Contaminated Land. In: Carels, N., Sujatha, M., Bahadur, B. (eds) Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4806-8_23

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