Oilseed crops / Sarah Waseem, Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Alvina Gul, Parvaiz Ahmad -- Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) / Ezzeddine Saadaoui, José J Martín, Nizar Tlili, Emilio Cervantes -- Seed composition in oil crops / Natalia Izquierdo, Roberto Benech-Arnold, Diego Batlla, Raúl González Belo, Jorge Tognetti -- Oilseed crops and biodiesel production / Abdalbasit A Mariod, Mohammed Salaheldeen -- Vegetable oil yield and composition influenced by environmental stress factors / Sandra Balbino -- Soybean / Olimpia Gładysz, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Bartosz Ciorga, Piotr Goliński -- Sunflower resistance to the vampire weed broomrape / Pascal Labrousse, David Delmail -- Biochemical and molecular studies on the commercial oil-yielding desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba, a desert gold) / Suphiya Khan, Swati Agarwal, Vinay Sharma -- Role of phytohormones in improving the yield of oilseed crops / Mohammad Ashfaq, Suphiya Khan -- Plant-microbe interaction in oilseed crops / Faisal Islam, Basharat Ali, Muhammad A Farooq, Rafaqat Ali Gill, Jian Wang, Weijun Zhou -- Brassicaceae plants / Zeshan Ali, Hina Waheed, Alvina Gul, Farzana Afzal, Kiran Anwaar, Saiqa Imran -- Role of organic and inorganic amendments in alleviating heavy metal stress in oilseed crops / Muhammad Rizwan, Shafaqat Ali, Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Adrees, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Mujahid Farid, Rafaqat Ali Gill, Basharat Ali -- Biochemical and molecular responses of oilseed crops to heavy metal stress / Zaid ul Hassan, Shafaqat Ali, Rehan Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Farhat Abbas, Tahira Yasmeen, Muhammad Iqbal -- The role of oilseed crops in human diet and industrial use / Olufunmilola A Abiodun -- Appraisal of biophysical parameters in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) using thermal indices / Tarun Adak, NVK Chakravarty.

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Oil Seed Crops: Yield and Adaptations under Environmental Stress is a state-of-the-art reference that investigates the effect of environmental stress on oil seed crops and outlines effective ways to reduce stress and improve crop yield. With attention to physiological, biochemical, molecular, and transgenic approaches, the chapters discuss a variety of oil seed crops and also cover a broad range of environmental stressors including microbes, salt, heavy metals, and climate change. Featuring up-to-date research from a global group of experts, this reference provides innovative recommendations for mitigating environmental stress and promoting the healthy growth, development, and adaptation of crops.