IN VITRO CLONAL PROPAGATION OF A PROMISING AGROFUEL PRODUCING-PLANT : JATROPHA CURCAS L.

In the present investigation, in vitro clonal propagation of two-month-old Jatropha curcas L. was
achieved employing nodal explants. Axillary shoot bud proliferation was best initiated on Murashige and Skoog’s (MS) basal medium supplemented with N6-benzyladenine (BA) and adenine sulphate. This medium allowed the production of 3.1 ± 0.5 shoots per nodal explant with 3.5 ± 0.8 cm average length after 3-4 weeks.