Herbaceous Edible Oilseed-Bearing Plants: Origin, Botanical Insights, Constraints, and Recent Progress

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 3, 2024

Carbohydrates, lipids (mostly fats and oils), proteins, vitamins, minerals, water are the six main classes of nutrients found in foods. After carbohydrates, oils important source major calories required human diet. Oils act as a vehicle for some vitamins possess range bio-active compounds. These edible oil-yielding plants can be categorized into non-woody (herbaceous) woody (non-herbaceous) oil-bearing plants. This chapter mainly focuses on herbaceous oilseed (crop)plants such pea(ground)nut (Arachis hypogaea L.), Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. Coss.), rapeseed campestris L.) (syn. B. rapa), soybean (Glycine max flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum sunflower (Helianthus annuus sesame (Sesamum indicum safflower (Carthamus tinctorius niger (Guizotia abyssinica L.). It aims to (a) overview key insights origin, botany benefits mentioned (crop)plants; (b) highlight constraints their growth productivity (quantitative-qualitative); (c) enlighten mitigation-approaches minimizing constraints-accrued impacts; (d) briefly achievements breeding programmes focused these oilseed-bearing (crops)plants; also (e) present aspects least explored subject.

Language: Английский

Introductory Chapter: Edible Oilseeds Research – Updates and Prospects

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 23, 2024

Language: Английский