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Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

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Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

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Full title

Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

Publisher

Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy

Journal title

Agronomy journal, 2012-07, Vol.104 (4), p.853-880

Language

English

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Publisher

Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is one of the oldest cultivated crops, but currently it represents only 0.15% of the vegetable oil produced in the world. Castor oil is of continuing importance to the global specialty chemical industry because it is the only commercial source of a hydroxylated fatty acid. Castor also has tremendous future potential as...

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Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1024141693

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1024141693

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ISSN

0002-1962

E-ISSN

1435-0645

DOI

10.2134/agronj2011.0210

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