Benefits Conventional Farming

benefits conventional farming



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how to increase productivity of jatrobha (a plant)? will benefit by grafting with another plant? if so which?

jatrobha is a plant which is potential biodiesel product. the conventional plant has very low producvtivity. if by grafting we can increase the productivity it will help the farming community quite lot. as such experiemnets as regards grafting with same family or other matching plant family may be suggested. if any one has done any research in this direction related addresses may be provided.

Well, for starters, I believe you mean jatropha with a P instead of a B.

It is a large family of plants within itself already, I’m sure if you poke around a little bit on the internet you’ll find certain members of the family that grow faster/better than others.

Check the University of Florida website, IFAS, they store all kinds of plant info on their agricultural site.

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