Castor, an oil seed crop is currently confined to oriental countries to a vast extent in terms of cultivation and oil production but the demand is constantly mounting from the western countries so as to produce precious chemical derivatives from it.It is a crop relatively suitable for cultivation in West as well but has been strongly ignored on account of its toxic properties including allergens and toxins.Research efforts have been continuously made to overcome the defined, negatives of castor and yielded appreciable results in recent years particularly in USA.
Such committed actions in castor biology are not restricted to research levels but tend to proceed further when a collaborative agreement has been made between a Canadian bio-products company Lubbock-Castagra and Texas AgriLife Research to produce castor seed with less toxin and high, sustainable yield. Reports from concerned authourities said that encouraging the crop improvement in castor would restore the abandoned castor cultivation with desired modifications in cropping patterns of the Texas state and directly reduce the burdens of import of this plant oil commodity from countries including India.CEO of Canadian Castagra-Lubbock, Mr:Peter Roosen further added that the oil extracted from this quantitatively toxin compromised, castor would be exploited for the production of renewable bioplastics and hence carrying a tremendous potential for the generation of employment in green technology sector.Presently,the castor crop with reduced levels of toxin is at the trial stage in Texas and evaluation studies are being undertaken for a bulk cultivation, expected in 2012.
It is inspiring to watch such an activity adopted by the legal bodies in developed nations to complement the defects what they are experiencing in their environment with respect to castor. Similar sort of co-ordinated plans are mandatory to maximize the revenues from castor in India.This is well punched with reference to the promotion of end derivatives of castor oil in which India is placed way behind the Westerners in the production tally.It not alone ensures economic exchanges of profits but depicts India an industrially competitive nation at the global level.
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Dear Colleague,
I noted in the castor oil blog that it stated that the new castor line that Texas AgriLife Resarch and CastAgra signed the agreement on, it says the castor is toxin free. That is not accurate. The castor line that this project is built around is indeed much lower in ricin, 80-90% less than traditional castor, but it does have the ricin toxin. This reduced-ricin castor is a good step toward minimizing castor safety issues, but we will still need to manage it with care, and ensure that we have the lowest possible chance for contamination of food and cattle feed.
Thank you!
Calvin Trostle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Extension Agronomist
Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center
1102 East F.M. 1294
Lubbock, Texas USA
Respected Sir/Madam
Sincere thanks for your valuable suggestions to improve the writings of our blogs in castor.We commit to avoid any such scientific errors in the future.
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