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Abstract
Oil crops are crops grown for obtaining oil from their seeds and fruits. They include the family of marigolds (cotton), marigolds (sunflower, marigold), marigolds (perilla, lallemansia), marigolds (rapeseed, mustard), legumes (soybean, groundnut). ) includes annual and perennial plants belonging to the flax family (flax) and various other botanical groups. Some of these are trees that produce solid oil (coconut and oil palm, cocoa, nightshade), and others are herbaceous plants that produce liquid oil (soybean, sunflower, flax). The oil accumulates in seeds, fruits, and some pods (chufa) of oil crops. The amount of oil accumulated in the seeds and fruits of oil crops (in % of absolutely dry matter): hemp 18-20, seed 17-29, soybean 13-37, sunflower 29-57, peanut 41-57, rapeseed 48-50, poppy 46 — 56, 35-52 in oiled flax, 48-55 in hemp, 50-65 in sesame.