Genetic Diversity in Jatropha curcas Populations in the State of Chiapas, Mexico.

Authors: Isidro Ovando-Medina, Adriana Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Lourdes Adriano-Anaya, Francisco Espinosa-García, Juan Núñez-Farfán, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa 

Publication date: 2011/12/1

Journal name: Diversity (14242818

Description: 
Abstract Jatropha curcas L. has become an important source of oil production for biodiesel 
fuel. Most genetic studies of this plant have been conducted with Asian and African accessions, where low diversity was encountered. There are no studies of this kind focusing in the postulated region of origin. Therefore, five populations of J. curcas were studied in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. One hundred and fifty-two useful markers were obtained: overall polymorphism= 81.18% ...

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