Identification of toxic and non-toxic lines in Jatropha

India spent Rs. 2,96,431 Crore to import 143.813 MMT of crude oil during AprilNovember, 2016 showing a marked increase of 9.31% in quantity terms and 4.84% decrease in value terms over the same period of last year. Interspecific hybridization as prebreeding approach has been proved as an important approach to widen variability and potential plants emerged as derivatives have been effectively utilized in genetic improvement of Jatropha.