Special Issue on Oil Crops  

Oil crops are plants that are grown mainly for the extraction of the oil they produce. Oil crops consist of canola, soybean, peanut, sesame, sunflower and so on. While the best known application of oil crops is in the production of edible oils, they can also produce inedible oils and even biofuels. Crop oil is widely used in industry, medicine, national defense except for human consumption. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in this area of oil crops.  

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring oil crops. In this special issue, potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Oil crop breeding
• Cultivation
• Nutrition
• Collection and evaluation of germplasm resourses
• Genetics 
• Stress resistance

Authors should read over the journal’s Authors’ Guidelines carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue – Oil crops” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

Submission Deadline	April 30th, 2015
Publication Date	June 2015

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