1]Generative-Require seeds.

2]Vegetative-stem cutting and microcutting
These two methods have influenced by various levels of labour oriented,well
establishment of plants,land preparation,depth of sowing,age and seed quality.

Again in generative method of propagation there are two methods.Those are direct sowing on land and transplanting from nursery.In the case og vegetative method of propagation we have two methods.The first one is Branch cutting and the second one is Microcutting propagation i.e in-vitro.

Selection of quality planting material is based on several basics.When we go for planting jatropha the seed material should be adaptable to that particular area. When we are multiplying through seed we should be very careful as jatropha is highly cross pollinated crop and it is hard to get genitically uniform seed material. We should be very careful in case of seed born diseases, diseases in mother plant where we are collecting seed . Finally we should check yield and oil content data before plantation.

There are so many advantages of micropropagation in jatropha for commercial micropropagation we have to go for selection of plus trees initially. Later we have to establish culture and multiplication. Then we go for rooting and transplantation after that we transfer that grown plants in laboratory to green house for acclimatization then they are ready for planted in the open land.

By Propagating the jatropha in micropropagation method we have more benefits. We can produce large number of plants in smaller area and at the same time we can get the material irrespective of seasons another advantage is we can disease resistant plants if we select for material from disease resistant mother plant. Make sure that temperatures and light should be maintained in a laboratory as per the requirement of growing tissue