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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1) What is Camelina?
Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. One species,
Camelina sativa, is a historic and potentially important oil plant. Camelina is
becoming an increasing popular seed for biofuels production.
Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. One species,
Camelina sativa, is a historic and potentially important oil plant. Camelina is
becoming an increasing popular seed for biofuels production.
3) What is Canola?
Canola is a trademarked quality description of a group of cultivars of rapeseed
variants from which low erucic acid rapeseed oil and low glucosinolate meal are
obtained. Also known as “LEAR” oil (for Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed), Canola was
initially bred in Canada in the 1970's, hence the name “canola” is derived from
“Canadian oil, low acid”. Canola is another increasingly popular seed in the
biofuels industry.
Canola is a trademarked quality description of a group of cultivars of rapeseed
variants from which low erucic acid rapeseed oil and low glucosinolate meal are
obtained. Also known as “LEAR” oil (for Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed), Canola was
initially bred in Canada in the 1970's, hence the name “canola” is derived from
“Canadian oil, low acid”. Canola is another increasingly popular seed in the
biofuels industry.
2) What is Safflower?
Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many
long sharp spines on the leaves.
Safflower has a strong taproot which enables it to thrive in dry climates, but the
plant is very susceptible to frost injury from stem elongation to maturity.
Traditionally, the crop was grown for its flowers, used for coloring and flavoring
foods and making red (carthamin) and yellow dyes, especially before cheaper
aniline dyes became available, and in medicines. For the last fifty years or so, the
plant has been cultivated mainly for the vegetable oil extracted from its seeds. In
April 2007 it was reported that genetically modified safflower has been bred to
create insulin.
Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many
long sharp spines on the leaves.
Safflower has a strong taproot which enables it to thrive in dry climates, but the
plant is very susceptible to frost injury from stem elongation to maturity.
Traditionally, the crop was grown for its flowers, used for coloring and flavoring
foods and making red (carthamin) and yellow dyes, especially before cheaper
aniline dyes became available, and in medicines. For the last fifty years or so, the
plant has been cultivated mainly for the vegetable oil extracted from its seeds. In
April 2007 it was reported that genetically modified safflower has been bred to
create insulin.
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