Linseed: A Multipurpose-Multisector Crop of Industrial Significance

Linseed: A Multipurpose-Multisector Crop of Industrial Significance provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable products. The book's sections present the use of linseed as food products and discuss a number of important topics, including genetic engineering and breeding advances, pre-harvest processing methods, advanced extraction and quality assessment, metabolic engineering, bioactivity, new food product development, chemistry, and functionality. The book also covers the use of linseed in the textile sector and modified linseed oil products, animal feed products, cosmetics, and personal use products, along with their industrial significance.

Food waste and the challenges of linseed crop production and processing into a number of industrial products are also discussed. This book acts as a comprehensive resource for food scientists, researchers, scholars, and industrial people related to food, nutraceutical, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and health practitioners, especially dieticians and nutritionists.

• Provides a general overview of linseed as a multipurpose-multisector crop for obtaining a number of valuable product
• Covers the knowledge on the waste/by-products generated during the production and processing of linseed
• Explores detection and identification of bioactive components from linseed

Dr Sapna Langyan is working as a scientist at ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India. She holds an experience of more than 11 years in agricultural research. She aims to contribute towards food and nutritional security of the world and alleviating malnutrition through research support. She has more than 30 research papers, book chapters, conference proceedings and many others in reputed national and international journals and also holds editorship of many reputed journals including Frontiers. She has also edited one book on ‘Maize: Nutrition dynamics and novel uses’. She has been awarded many prestigious awards, fellowship and grants throughout her research career by premier science academies and by the Govt. of India.

Dr. Ashok Kumar is presently working as Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. He has served as Head, Division of Germplasm Evaluation, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi. He is also coordinating Network Project on “Leveraging genetic resources for accelerated genetic improvement of linseed using comprehensive genomics and phenotyping approaches” under Mission Programme on “Minor Oilseeds of Indian Origin” sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He has long working experience of more than 35 years with various aspects of plant genetic resources management. Under Professional Enhancement Programme on Plant Genetic Resources, he has visited USA under Indo US-USAID Project. He has more than 150 publications comprising research papers in national and international journals, book, book chapters, training manuals, invited lectures, extended summaries, abstracts etc., to his credit. In addition, he has participated and presented papers in national and international seminars, symposia, conferences etc.