NEPTUNE HIGH ERUCIC-ACID, LOW GLUCOSINOLATE SUMMER RAPE

Authors
MCVETTY PBE RIMMER SR SCARTH R VANDENBERG CGJ
Citation
Pbe. Mcvetty et al., NEPTUNE HIGH ERUCIC-ACID, LOW GLUCOSINOLATE SUMMER RAPE, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 76(2), 1996, pp. 343-344
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Plant Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084220
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
343 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4220(1996)76:2<343:NHELGS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Neptune summer rape (Brassica napus L.) is a high-erucic acid rapeseed cultivar with canola-quality meal. Neptune has an average 10% yield a dvantage over Hero rapeseed and is 4 g kg(-1) higher in seed oil than Hero. Neptune is adapted to the southern B. napus growing regions of w estern Canada.