Oil Seed Crops

Oilseed Crops offers essential insights into sustainable biotechnological advancements that are vital for enhancing oil production and meeting the skyrocketing global demand for food, fuel, and energy.

Plants, particularly oilseed crops, have played a crucial role in biotechnology since the early 20th century, providing sustainable resources for food, fodder, and fuel. The book Oilseed Crops delves into using biotechnological methods to enhance both edible and non-edible oils sustainably. It offers an in-depth look at the global oil plant market, growth influencers, adulteration detection, and yield improvement strategies. Highlighting significant advancements in oilseed research―such as plant-microbe interactions, drought-resistance, and molecular biotechnologies―the book focuses on increasing oil yields and discusses the production of biofuels from non-edible oilseeds to meet rising biofuel demands.

Yogesh Suryawanshi, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Yoga and Naturopathy Department, Vishwakarma University, Pune, India, with over three years of teaching and research experience in seed oil research. He has published over ten research articles in international journals, and his interests include plant biotechnology, plant tissue culture, hydroponic techniques, secondary metabolites, essential and seed oil, FAME identifications, oil variability, TBO’s variability, medicinal and aromatic plants.

Mohd Shahnawaz, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, University of Ladakh, Kargil Campus, India, with several years of teaching and postdoctoral research experience. He has published over 20 research articles, nine book chapters, and 11 books of international repute. Additionally, he serves as a reviewer and editor for several international journals and has been awarded a number of research fellowships. His research interests include integrative medicine, ecology, microbiology, plant biotechnology, and bioremediation.

Jyoti Parihar, PhD, is an associate professor and the head of the Department of Pedagogy in Biosciences, Government Post Graduate College of Education, Jammu, India, with over 24 years of undergraduate teaching experience. She has presented her work at various national and international conferences in addition to publishing three book chapters, two edited books, and more than ten research papers in journals of repute. Her research interests include medicinal plant biotechnology, plant secondary metabolites, oilseed crops, and different domains of pedagogy in biosciences.

Refaz Ahmad Dar, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Government Degree College Beerwah, Budgam, India, with over ten years of teaching experience. He has presented his work in various parts of the country and published dozens of papers, book chapters, and three books of international repute. Additionally, he is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. His research interests focus on microbial biotechnological strategies to enhance the contents of plant secondary metabolites of medicinal plants and oilseed crops.

Shallu Samyal, PhD, is an associate professor and head of the Department of Botany, Government College For Women, Jammu, India, with over 22 years of experience. She has presented at various national and international conferences and has published several book chapters and over ten research papers in journals of repute. Additionally, she is a reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals. Her expertise is in mycology, mycotoxicology, and plant pathology of fruits and dried commodities.

Avinash B. Ade, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India, with over 25 years of teaching experience in plant ecology, cytogenetics, genetics, plant pathology, and bioremediation. He serves as a referee for a number of national and international journals and has published over 65 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, numerous book chapters, and over ten books. His research interests include ecology and cytogenetics with a specialization in plant-microbe interaction and bioremediation.