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This book addresses various aspects of the current castor bean research, including genetics, biotechnology, comparative genomics, and more specific topics such as oil metabolism and the ricin toxin. It also presents the whole genome sequencing of the castor bean and its impact on the mining of gene families and future plant breeding. Castor bean (Ricinus communis), an oilseed plant, belongs to the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family. It is a tropical and subtropical crop valued for the high quality and uniform nature of its oil, which is mostly composed of the uncommon fatty acid ricinoleate. Castor bean oil has important industrial applications for the production of lubricants, cosmetics, medicines, and specialty chemicals, and castor bean has also been proposed as a biodiesel crop that does not pose concerns regarding the “food versus fuel” debate. However, it accumulates the type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein ricin in its seeds, and health concerns posed by ricin’s high toxicity have prevented broader cultivation. Recently, there has been renewed interest in castor bean due to potential biosecurity issues.
This book Plant Propagation and Nursery Management' covers including propagation structures; nursery techniques and management; sexual method of propagation; apomixis, polymebryony, chimera and bud sport; selection and maintenance of mother trees; collection of scion wood stick, scion-stock relationship and their influences, and bud wood certification; natural vegetative propagation; conventional artificial vegetative propagation; and biotechnological artificial vegetative propagation (micropropagation).Simple and lucid language has been followed for clear and easy understanding of the beginners. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the end of each chapter under Outcomes Assessment to assess the understanding of the students.
The present textbook covers the syllabus in nine chapters. Simple and lucid language has been used for easy understanding of the beginners. The information contained in the book has been gathered from various published sources and internet websites. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students.
It is an introductory level textbook a first course in plant breeding. So, the size is limited so that it can be taught in one semester. Horticultural plant breeders. The book is simple, lucid and correct in presentation.
This book 'Orchard and Estate Management' covers An Overview; Clean Cultivation, Sod Culture and Sod Mulch; Herbicides; Inorganic and Organic Mulches; Horticultural Systems; Systems of Irrigation; Soil Management; Fruitfulness and Unfruitfulness; Rejuvenation of Old Orchards; Integrated Nutrient Management; Integrated Pest Management; Utilization of Resource Constraints in Existing Systems; and Climate Aberrations and Mitigation Measures of Horticultural Crops. Simple and lucid language has been used for clear and easy understanding of the beginners. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students. The book is written for B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture students, the counterparts of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture also may be benefitted. It may serve as a help book for post-graduate students. Questions are set at the end of each chapter to assess the understanding of the students.
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