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The Castor Bean Genome

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Chittaranjan Kole

    1. Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, ICAR-National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

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  2. Pablo Rabinowicz

    1. Rockville, USA

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Botanical Descriptions of Castor Bean

    • Bhimasen Naik
    Pages 1-14

  3. Genetic Diversity in Castor Bean

    • Prathap Reddy Kallamadi, Mulpuri Sujatha
    Pages 15-32

  4. Classical Genetics, Cytogenetics, and Traditional Breeding in Castor Bean

    • C. Lavanya, A. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Bhramar Dutta, Rajib Bandopadhyay
    Pages 33-65

  5. Recurrent Selection for Improved Oil Content in Castor Bean

    • Grace Q. Chen, Kumiko Johnson, Eva Morale
    Pages 67-75

  6. Molecular Linkage Maps in Castor Bean

    • Xuegui Yin, Jiannong Lu, Rukam Singh Tomar, Rajinder Singh Chauhan, Kwadwo Gyapong Agyenim-Boateng
    Pages 77-104

  7. Genomics of Disease Resistance in Castor Bean

    • Archit Sood, Rajinder Singh Chauhan
    Pages 105-113

  8. Genome Sequence of Castor Bean

    • Agnes P. Chan
    Pages 115-133

  9. Mining Gene Families in the Castor Bean Genome

    • Zhi Zou
    Pages 135-173

  10. Sexual Reproduction in Castor Bean

    • Meilian Tan, Lei Wang, Xingchu Yan
    Pages 175-180

  11. Epigenetic Regulation in Castor Bean Seeds

    • Wei Xu, Aizhong Liu
    Pages 181-195

  12. Oil Biosynthesis and Biotechnology in the Castor Bean

    • Federico García Maroto, Diego López Alonso
    Pages 197-213

  13. Ricin and RCA—The Enemies Within Castor (Ricinus communis L.): A Perspective on Their Biogenesis, Mechanism of Action, Detection Methods and Detoxification Strategies

    • Mohd. Ashraf Ashfaq, P. Soma Sekhar Reddy, Ch. Anil Kumar, Velu Mani Selvaraj, V. Dinesh Kumar
    Pages 215-235

  14. Castor Bean Metabolomics: Current Knowledge and Perspectives Toward Understanding of Plant Plasticity Under Stress Condition

    • Paulo R. Ribeiro, Gisele A. B. Canuto, Valdinei C. Brito, Danilo L. J. Batista, Cristiane D. de Brito, Marta B. Loureiro et al.
    Pages 237-253

  15. Biotechnological Means for Genetic Improvement in Castor Bean as a Crop of the Future

    • Mulpuri Sujatha, Muddanuru Tarakeswari
    Pages 255-272
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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 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

  • Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, ICAR-National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

    Chittaranjan Kole

  • Rockville, USA

    Pablo Rabinowicz

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