Genetic Engineering for the Improvement of Oil Content and Associated Traits in Jatropha curcas L.

Shaik G. Mastan; Mangal Singh Rathore; Swati Kumari; Reddy P. Muppala; Nitish Kumar

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-3104-6_6

Genetic Engineering for the Improvement of Oil Content and Associated Traits in Jatropha curcas L.

Shaik G. Mastan, Mangal Singh Rathore, Swati Kumari, Reddy P. Muppala, Nitish Kumar

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Interminably increasing petroleum rates and exhaustion of fossil reserves have ignited a global search for substitutes to renewable fuel sources. Many oil-generating plants, crops and trees have been considered for biofuel; among these Jatropha curcas is regarded as one of the most promising oilseed plants as its seeds contain oil content up to 35%. Because fossil oil consumption is increasing day-by-day, there is an urgent need to enhance the oil content. Transgenic technology is one of the advanced techniques that have been applied to enhance oil content and modify the composition of fatty acids in seed oils. Increasing seed oil content can be done by modifying the enzyme’s level expression in the triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathway. In this chapter, an effort is made to highlight the potential of transgenic technology towards the enhancement of the oil content and in altering the candidate gene expression for biosynthesis of triacylglycerol.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	95-110
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9789811331039
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3104-6_6
State	Published - Mar 30 2019

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