The water footprint of bioenergy from Jatropha curcas L

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R E E Jongschaap et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Sep 1;106(35):E92.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0907272106. Epub 2009 Aug 26.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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