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Author:   Parvaiz Ahmad
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781119048770

ISBN 10:   111904877
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   03 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of contributors, vii Preface, x About the editor, xii 1 Oilseed crops: Present scenario and future prospects, 1 Sarah Waseem, Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Alvina Gul, and Parvaiz Ahmad 2 Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.): Diversity, seed oil and uses, 19 Ezzeddine Saadaoui, José J. Martín, Nizar Tlili, and Emilio Cervantes 3 Seed composition in oil crops: Its impact on seed germination performance, 34 Natalia Izquierdo, Roberto Benech‐Arnold, Diego Batlla, Raúl González Belo, and Jorge Tognetti 4 Oilseed crops and biodiesel production: Present and future prospects, 52 Abdalbasit A. Mariod and Mohammed Salaheldeen 5 Vegetable oil yield and composition influenced by environmental stress factors, 80 Sandra Balbino 6 Soybean: Growth, development and yield under salt stress, 102 Olimpia Gładysz, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Bartosz Ciorga, and Piotr Goliński 7 Sunflower resistance to the vampire weed broomrape: A Van Helsing quest story, 123 Pascal Labrousse and David Delmail 8 Biochemical and molecular studies on the commercial oil‐yielding desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba, a desert gold), 152 Suphiya Khan, Swati Agarwal, and Vinay Sharma 9 Role of phytohormones in improving the yield of oilseed crops, 165 Mohammad Ashfaq and Suphiya Khan 10 Plant–microbe interaction in oilseed crops, 184 Faisal Islam, Basharat Ali, Muhammad A. Farooq, Rafaqat A. Gill, Jian Wang, and Weijun Zhou 11 Brassicaceae plants: Metal accumulation and their role in phytoremediation, 207 Zeshan Ali, Hina Waheed, Alvina Gul, Farzana Afzal, Kiran Anwaar, and Saiqa Imran 12 Role of organic and inorganic amendments in alleviating heavy metal stress in oilseed crops, 224 Muhammad Rizwan, Shafaqat Ali, Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Adrees, Muhammad Zia‐ur‐Rehman, Mujahid Farid, Rafaqat Ali Gill, and Basharat Ali 13 Biochemical and molecular responses of oilseed crops to heavy metal stress, 236 Zaid ul Hassan, Shafaqat Ali, Rehan Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Farhat Abbas, Tahira Yasmeen, and Muhammad Iqbal 14 The role of oilseed crops in human diet and industrial use, 249 Olufunmilola A. Abiodun 15 Appraisal of biophysical parameters in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) using thermal indices, 264 Tarun Adak and N.V.K. Chakravarty Index, 286

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About the Editor Parvaiz Ahmad, Department of Botany, Sri Pratap College, India

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