Editors:
- Presents comprehensive information on genomics, classical genetics, traditional breeding, genetic engineering, molecular mapping and breeding in a single volume on castor bean, a leading industrial oilseed crop
- Describes the whole genome sequencing of castor bean and its impact on the mining of gene families and future plant breeding
- Includes useful details on genomics of sexual reproduction, metabolomics, gene imprinting, and DNA methylation
- Discusses important breeding biotechnological issues specific to castor bean, such as oil biosynthesis, the ricin toxin and nutritional quality
Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes (CPG)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
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 concernsposed by ricin’s high toxicity have prevented broader cultivation. Recently, there has been renewed interest in castor bean due to potential biosecurity issues.
Editors and Affiliations
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Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, ICAR-National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
Chittaranjan Kole
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Rockville, USA
Pablo Rabinowicz
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Castor Bean Genome
Editors: Chittaranjan Kole, Pablo Rabinowicz
Series Title: Compendium of Plant Genomes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97280-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97279-4Published: 01 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97280-0Published: 18 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2199-4781
Series E-ISSN: 2199-479X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 272
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture