Jatropha is better option for non saline wastelands while Salvodora and Salicornia are good for saline inland marshes
Thousand ha of land is lying as wasteland between Ahamedabad to Bhavnagar but Prosopis juliflora , Salvadora prominent. On inland wasteland areas CSMCRI has done very good Jatropha cultivation. Now the technology for biodiesel has been perfected and patented its ideal plant for wastelands provided proper agotechnology is employed. However Salicornia is good for inland marshes while Salvadora is well supported in saline areas of extreme nature. There is need to colonise wasteland using a combination of petro crops, oil yielding plants and wasteland colonizers
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