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The importance of oilseed crops, which are a diverse group of plants that produce seed oil or vegetable fat, has led to increased scientific interest in improving their yield and quality. Over the past three decades, the oilseeds sector has experienced significant growth, surpassing that of agriculture and livestock products at an annual rate of 4.1%. This growth has made the oilseeds sector one of the most dynamic components of world agriculture. Managing oilseed crops requires a unique approach due to their distinct features and the need for strategies to optimize their production for a sustainable farm economy. This book, Oilseed Crops, aims to provide comprehensive information on these crops, including their background, ecology, cytogenetics, genetic resources and breeding, biotechnology, important characteristics, diseases and pests, production, and products. Additionally, the book covers the development of Designer Oilseed Crops, a new concept for creating novel vegetable fat products using biotechnology, gene editing, and genetic transformatio. The book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, agricultural extensionists, and anyone interested in studying oilseed crops. By providing detailed information on the crops and the challenges associated with their improvement and management, the book will help readers gain a deeper understanding of this important area of agriculture.

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M.V.R. Prasad represents the category of scientists, who are not confined exclusively to the narrow walls of their fields of specialization; but have grown to look at agricultural science as the integrated whole of diverse disciplines for sustainable progress of research. With his specialization in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Dr Prasad strived to work with a multidisciplinary approach to achieving solutions to crop production particularly in dryland-land Agriculture.Possessing over fifty years of experience at the national and international levels in the improvement of oilseed crops, grain legumes and tree species, he has contributed to the amelioration of dryland agriculture through development of crop varieties of groundnut, castor, mung bean, moth bean, guar (cluster beans), cashew nut and Pongamia.Among his research contributions, a particular mention may be made of the development and use of aerial pod-bearing attribute, a novel leaf mutant genotype with higher dry matter production and higher oleic acid content, and selection criteria for efficient groundnut breeding in addition tobreeding productive castor genotypes possessing wilt resistance for the first time in the country. At the international level, Dr Prasad has worked as the International Crop Improvement Specialist and Visiting Professor of IICA (OAS) with EMBRAPA in Brazil. He also worked as the International Cashew Specialist and Technical Adviser of Af.D.B. and World Bank Projects on Cashew Development in Africa. He also participated at the FAO Regional Conference at Bangkok in 1991 and International Safflower Conference held in Beijing in 1993. He was the Leader of the Team constituted by the European Commission to assist the Mozambican Cashew Institute in the preparation of the plans for cashew development in 2007. As the Director of the Directorate of Oilseeds Research (Currently Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research), his rich contributions to strengthening of oilseeds research and production are well known. Dr Prasad has trained a number of scientists and post-graduate students ingenetics and breeding of oilseed crops in India and abroad. He possesses over 130 publications on oilseeds, grain legumes, and problems of dryland agriculture.

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