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Oil Crops

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Johann Vollmann

    1. Inst. Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien, Austria

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  2. Istvan Rajcan

    1. Dept. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Plant Breeding (HBPB, volume 4)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Oil Crop Breeding and Genetics

    • Johann Vollmann, Istvan Rajcan
    Pages 1-30

  3. Modifying Vegetable Oils for Food and Non-food Purposes

    • Edgar B. Cahoon, Thomas E. Clemente, Howard G. Damude, Anthony J. Kinney
    Pages 31-56

  4. Soybean

    • Elroy R. Cober, Silvia R. Cianzio, Vincent R. Pantalone, Istvan Rajcan
    Pages 57-90

  5. Oilseed Rape

    • Wolfgang Friedt, Rod Snowdon
    Pages 91-126

  6. Other Brassicas

    • Leonardo Velasco, José M. Fernández-Martínez
    Pages 127-153

  7. Sunflower

    • José M. Fernández-Martínez, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Leonardo Velasco
    Pages 155-232

  8. Flax

    • Scott D. Duguid
    Pages 233-255

  9. Cotton

    • Steve Hague, Lori Hinze, James Frelichowski
    Pages 257-285

  10. Peanut

    • Barry L. Tillman, H. Thomas Stalker
    Pages 287-315

  11. Castor

    • Dick L. Auld, Mauricio D. Zanotto, Thomas McKeon, John B. Morris
    Pages 317-332

  12. Oil Palm

    • Aik Chin Soh, Choo Kien Wong, Yuk Wah Ho, Chieh Wean Choong
    Pages 333-367

  13. Coconut

    • Lalith Perera, Suriya A.C.N. Perera, Champa K. Bandaranayake, Hugh C. Harries
    Pages 369-396

  14. Olive

    • Luciana Baldoni, Angjelina Belaj
    Pages 397-421

  15. Safflower

    • Hans- Henning Mündel, Jerald W. Bergman
    Pages 423-447

  16. Poppy

    • Jenö Bernáth, Éva Németh
    Pages 449-468

  17. Hull-Less Oil Seed Pumpkin

    • Tamás Lelley, Brent Loy, Michael Murkovic
    Pages 469-492

  18. Maize for Oil

    • Elizabeth A. Lee
    Pages 493-506

  19. New Crops Breeding: Lesquerella

    • David Dierig, Dennis T. Ray
    Pages 507-516

  20. Cuphea

    • Winthrop B. Phippen
    Pages 517-533
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About this book

When one is privileged to participate long enough in a professional capacity, certain trends may be observed in the dynamics of how challenges are met or how problems are solved. Agricultural research is no exception in view of how the plant sciences have moved forward in the past 30 years. For example, the once grand but now nearly forgotten art of whole plant physiology has given way almost completely to the more sophisticated realm of molecular biology. What once was the American Society of Plant Physiologists’ is now the American Society of Plant Molecular Biology; a democratic decision to indemnify efforts to go beyond the limits of the classical science and actually begin to understand the underlying biological basis for genetic regulation of metabolic mechanisms in plants. Yet, as new technologies open windows of light on the inner workings of biological processes, one might reminisce with faint nostalgia on days long past when the artisans of plant physiology, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and other scientific disciplines ebbed and waned in prominence. No intentional reference is made here regarding Darwinism; the plant sciences always have been extremely competitive. Technology is pivotal. Those who develop and/or implement innovative concepts typically are regarded as leaders in their respective fields. Each positive incremental step helps bring recognition and the impetus to push a scientific discipline forward with timely approaches to address relevant opportunities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien, Austria

    Johann Vollmann

  • Dept. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

    Istvan Rajcan

About the editors

Johann Vollmann is a native of Vienna, Austria. He is teaching courses on plant breeding as an associate professor at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. His main research interests are in the genetic improvement of quality characteristics of soybean and in pre-breeding of minor oil crops. Johann Vollmann has been a co-developer of soybean and camelina germplasm adapted to Central European conditions. He also served as a secretary general to EUCARPIA, the European Association for Research in Plant Breeding.

Istvan Rajcan grew up in Novi Sad, Serbia and moved to Canada in 1991. He completed his Ph.D. degree in canola breeding and biotechnology at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He is a Professor and soybean breeder in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph and teaches plant breeding. Main areas of interest are genetics of modified seed composition for functional foods and bioproducts and crop adaptation to mega-environments. He serves on the editorial board four international journals including Theoretical and Applied Genetics. He has won several research awards, trained 13 graduate students and developed 30 soybean varieties.

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