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Of major importance in the food economy of the world is the ever-increasing production of oil-rich seeds. With a world production in 1975–76 of over 130,000,000 tons of oilseeds, from which over 27,000,000 tons of oil were extracted, a fuller understanding of the biochemical mechanisms involved in the formation of oils in these seeds has considerable relevance.
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Stumpf, P.K. (1977). Lipid Biosynthesis in Developing Seeds. In: Tevini, M., Lichtenthaler, H.K. (eds) Lipids and Lipid Polymers in Higher Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66632-2_4
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