Building a castor (Ricinus communis L., Euphorbiaceae) germplasm collection in Spain

Contribution for the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC): New Crops: Bioenergy, Biomaterials, and Sustainability, held in Washington D.C, October 13-16, 2013. More details at http://www.aaic.org/2013_meeting.htmCastor plant (Ricinus communis L.) is a member of the spurge family and a minor non-food oilseed crop at the world scale, and this plant has great potential as a raw material for biorefineries. Over 95% of the castor oil production is based in India. china, mozambique, and Brazil, but there is potential to grow R. communis in semiarid temperature regions.Peer reviewe