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The development of domestic castor bean production

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Shatter resistance, earliness, high yield and plant form best adapted to mechanical harvesting have been the principal and already partly achieved objectives in breeding castor beans, which, along with improvements in harvesting and hulling machinery, increase the prospects for greater domestic production of this crop.

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  1. see Economic Botany1: 116. 1947;2: 273. 1948;6: 175. 1952. [Editor].

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  1. The Baker Castor Oil Company, San Diego, California

    W. E. Domingo

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This paper has been reviewed by Mr. Milo Arms. Mr. L. G. Goar, Mr. Albert Hoffman, Dr. P. F. Knowles, Mr. Harry Smith, Dr. D. L. Van Horn and Mr. R. O. Weibel.

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Domingo, W.E. The development of domestic castor bean production. Econ Bot 7, 65–75 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984991

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