Article: Deadly ricin sows `seeds' of suspicion with popular castor bean.

Article: Functional characterization and expression analysis of the amino ...
Plant Physiology;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... RcAAP3, an amino acid permease cDNA from castor bean (Ricinus communis). RcAAP3 is 1 ... expressed in source and sink tissues of castor bean, and that the pattern of expression ... process of partitioning. Studies in castor bean (Ricinus communis) have suggested ...

Transcript: Profile: Background of the castor bean plant, a ...
NPR Morning Edition;  January 9, 2003 ;     683 words ... ... 09-2003 Profile: Background of the castor bean plant, a poisonous plant that produces ... communis, also known as the castor oil or castor bean plant. In its garden party colors ... the sales staff is well aware that the castor bean plant is poisonous. Ms. MEYERS: Yes ...

Article: Castor bean, an age-old beauty
Southern Living;  August 1, 2000 ;     588 words ... ... roots. Popular in the Victorian era, castor bean flanked many a walkway leading up to ... breeze that stirs on a hot summer day. Castor bean can reach 10 feet high and 6 feet wide ... a row, it can form a thick hedge. Castor bean also makes a fine specimen in a formal ...

Article: OPINION: Castor bean is controversial.
Creston News Advertiser (Creston, IA);  August 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... we learned quickly it is called a castor bean or castor oil plant. One man told me ... also learned there are several more castor bean plants growing in yards in the area ... But, as an example of the rarity of castor bean poisoning, in recent years there have ...

Article: Brazil: castor bean harvest to grow 400% this year.
South American Business Information;  February 21, 2000 ;     375 words ... ... harvest this year 150,000 tons of castor bean, a 400% increase in comparison with 1999. The castor bean market generates sales of R$75mil ... resumed operations recently. The national castor bean processing capacity is estimated at ...

Article: China Develops Castor Bean Production
Xinhua English Newswire;  October 30, 1996 ;     301 words ...China expects to become the largest castor bean producer in the world, thanks to a ... in castor-oil plant cultivation. Castor bean plantations have been built in more ... recent years, China's annual output of castor bean averaged 300,000 tons, second only ...

Article: XINJIANG URUMUQI CASTOR BEAN PROCESSING PROJECT
AsiaInfo Services;  June 23, 1997 ;     219 words ... ... Services 06-23-1997 Xinjiang Urumuqi Castor Bean Processing Project XINJIANG, June 23, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- Project: Castor Bean Deep Processing Chinese sponsor: Xinjiang ... residue while processing 40,000 tons castor bean, annually. The total investment will ...