Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among others. Global castor oil production is concentrated primarily in a small geographic region of Gujarat in Western India. This region is favorable due to its labor-intensive cultivation method and subtropical climate condit...

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an important non-edible oilseed crop of Euphorbiaceae family. Castor has enormous significance in the country as it plays an important role in the agricultural economies because it enables them to earn substantial foreign exchange through export of castor beans and oils. It is believed that castor is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Afr...

A field investigation was carried out to study the influence of zinc and iron micronutrients on performance rainfed castor, in Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, state, India for three consecutive years during kharif 2011-12, 2012-13 2013-14. There were nine treatments viz., Control (no micronutrient application); soil application FeSO4 @ 15 kg ha-1; 25 ZnSO4 foliar ...

This paper describes a motion controller for differential drive vehicles with a compensation for castor wheel turn forces. The controller has been developed for electric wheelchairs with two front castor wheels, which require large steering forces to move into the direction given by the joystick in situations where a sharp turn of the castor wheels is needed. It computes the required forces to ...

Castor oil was first noted to have oxytocic properties by ancient Egyptians. Derived from the castor plant Ricinus communis, castor oil may possess properties that are useful are in post-term pregnancies This study was performed at Khatam-Alanbia, hospital in shoushtar city in 1381.In this clinical trail 80 pregnant women, who had indication for induction of labor at term were randomly assigned...

All the cultivated Brassica species exhibited powdery mildew severity with highest (43.2%) on juncea followed by B. rapa (28.0%) which is widely in India. Yield losses from 10-90 per cent reduction 6.47 oil content have been estimated different species. Hence, present study was carried out to evaluate oils manage disease and aphids an organically grown mustard crop. Five (castor, groundnut, sun...

The extant beaver, Castor, has played an important role shaping landscapes and ecosystems in Eurasia and North America, yet the origins and early evolution of this lineage remain poorly understood. Here we use a geometric morphometric approach to help re-evaluate the phylogenetic affinities of a fossil skull from the Late Miocene of China. This specimen was originally considered Sinocastor, and...

Genes involved in fatty acids biosynthesis, modification and oil body formation are expected to be conserved in structure and function in different plant species. However, significant differences in the composition of fatty acids and total oil contents in seeds have been observed in different plant species. Comparative genomics was performed on 261 genes involved in fatty acids biosynthesis, TA...