Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 1 Breedin
Major world oil crops and their products are among the most valuable commodity in today's world trade. Over the past couple of decades, oilseed production has increased to become the most important world sources of vegetable oils, in response to the risin
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Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 1 Breeding
Editor S.K. Gupta, Ph.D. (P.A.U.) P.D.F. (Cal) Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha Jammu and Kashmir, India [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4614-0355-5 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0356-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0356-2 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011936010 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Over the past decades, the production and the trade of the major world oil crops has increased tremendously in response to growing world population and rising living standard. Technological innovations in breeding major oil crops have led to higher yield and nutritionally superior edible oil. Despite of the fact that recent technological advances made in all the major oil crops, the need and opportunities to increase the production and oil yield are as great today as they have ever been. Realizing the importance of these crops in India, Canada, China, USA, Germany, Polland, Spain, Sweden, France, Australia and rest of the countries of the world, there is urgent need to upto date the knowledge of the recent technologies developed so far in enhancing the production at global level. The objective of editing this volume is to provide the latest references for those interested or involved in the genetic manipulation of these crops. This volume covers 13 chapters which have been well prepared by the leading scientists of the world with long experience and intensive knowledge of the subjects. It also contains the technological innovations not only related to breeding but also to nutritionists, biotechnologists and industrialists as well. S.K. Gupta Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Acknowledgments
I am highly indebted to Prof. B. Mishra, Vice chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu for encouraging me to carry out oilseed research work with the all required facilities. I am also grateful to all the contributors for submission of chapters and advice for preparing this manuscript. Help rendered by Dr. Denis J. Murphy, Biotechnology Unit, Uni
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