Industrial Oil Crops

Industrial Oil Crops presents the latest information on important products derived from seed and other plant oils, their quality, the potential environmental benefit, and the latest trends in industrial uses. This book provides a comprehensive view of key oil crops that provide products used for fuel, surfactants, paints and coatings, lubricants, high-value polymers, safe plasticizers and numerous other products, all of which compete effectively with petroleum-derived products for quality and cost. Specific products derived from oil crops are a principle concern, and other fundamental aspects of developing oil crops for industrial uses are also covered. These include improvement through traditional breeding, and molecular, tissue culture and genetic engineering contributions to breeding, as well as practical aspects of what is needed to bring a new or altered crop to market. As such, this book provides a handbook for developing products from renewable resources that can replace those currently derived from petroleum. Led by an international team of expert editors, this book will be a valuable asset for those in product research and development as well as basic plant research related to oil crops.

Up-to-date review of all the key oilseed crops used primarily for industrial purposesHighlights the potential for providing renewable resources to replace petroleum derived productsComprehensive chapters on biodiesel and polymer chemistry of seed oilIncludes chapters on economics of new oilseed crops, emerging oilseed crops, genetic modification and plant tissue culture technology for oilseed improvement

CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Industrial Oil Crops
CHAPTER 2. Biodiesel and Its Properties
CHAPTER 3. Polymeric Products Derived From Industrial Oils for Paints, Coatings, and Other Applications
CHAPTER 4. Castor (Ricinus communis L.)
CHAPTER 5. Brassica spp. Oils
CHAPTER 6. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
CHAPTER 7. Crambe (Crambe abyssinica)
CHAPTER 8. Camelina (Camelina sativa)
CHAPTER 9. Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
CHAPTER 10. Tung (Vernicia fordii and Vernicia montana
CHAPTER 11. Emerging Industrial Oil Crops
CHAPTER 12. Successful Commercialization of Industrial Oil Crops
CHAPTER 13. Applications of Doubled Haploidy for Improving Industrial Oilseeds
CHAPTER 14. Genetic Transformation of Crops for Oil
CHAPTER 15. Engineering Oil Accumulation in Vegetative Tissue