Oilseed Crops

About the EditorParvaiz Ahmad, Department of Botany, Sri Pratap College, India

• List of contributors, vii Preface, xAbout the editor, xii1 Oilseed crops: Present scenario and future prospects, 1Sarah Waseem, Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Alvina Gul, and Parvaiz Ahmad2 Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.): Diversity, seed oil and uses, 19Ezzeddine Saadaoui, José J. Martín, Nizar Tlili, and Emilio Cervantes3 Seed composition in oil crops: Its impact on seed germination performance, 34Natalia Izquierdo, Roberto Benech‐Arnold, Diego Batlla, Raúl González Belo, and Jorge Tognetti4 Oilseed crops and biodiesel production: Present and future prospects, 52Abdalbasit A. Mariod and Mohammed Salaheldeen5 Vegetable oil yield and composition influenced by environmental stress factors, 80Sandra Balbino6 Soybean: Growth, development and yield under salt stress, 102Olimpia Gładysz, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Bartosz Ciorga, and Piotr Goliński7 Sunflower resistance to the vampire weed broomrape: A Van Helsing quest story, 123Pascal Labrousse and David Delmail8 Biochemical and molecular studies on the commercial oil‐yielding desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba, a desert gold), 152Suphiya Khan, Swati Agarwal, and Vinay Sharma9 Role of phytohormones in improving the yield of oilseed crops, 165Mohammad Ashfaq and Suphiya Khan10 Plant–microbe interaction in oilseed crops, 184Faisal Islam, Basharat Ali, Muhammad A. Farooq, Rafaqat A. Gill, Jian Wang, and Weijun Zhou11 Brassicaceae plants: Metal accumulation and their role in phytoremediation, 207Zeshan Ali, Hina Waheed, Alvina Gul, Farzana Afzal, Kiran Anwaar, and Saiqa Imran12 Role of organic and inorganic amendments in alleviating heavy metal stress in oilseed crops, 224Muhammad Rizwan, Shafaqat Ali, Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Adrees, Muhammad Zia‐ur‐Rehman, Mujahid Farid, Rafaqat Ali Gill, and Basharat Ali13 Biochemical and molecular responses of oilseed crops to heavy metal stress, 236Zaid ul Hassan, Shafaqat Ali, Rehan Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Farhat Abbas, Tahira Yasmeen, and Muhammad Iqbal14 The role of oilseed crops in human diet and industrial use, 249Olufunmilola A. Abiodun15 Appraisal of biophysical parameters in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) using thermal indices, 264Tarun Adak and N.V.K. ChakravartyIndex, 286