Reply to Jongschaap et al.: The water footprint of Jatropha curcas under poor growing conditions

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Arjen Y Hoekstra et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Oct 20;106(42):E119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909626106.

No abstract available

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

The water footprint of bioenergy from Jatropha curcas L.
Jongschaap RE, Blesgraaf RA, Bogaard TA, van Loo EN, Savenije HH. Jongschaap RE, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 1;106(35):E92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0907272106. Epub 2009 Aug 26. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009. PMID: 19717469 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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