CASTOR HIGH ERUCIC-ACID, LOW GLUCOSINOLATE SUMMER RAPE

Authors
MCVETTY PBE RIMMER SR SCARTH R
Citation
Pbe. Mcvetty et al., CASTOR HIGH ERUCIC-ACID, LOW GLUCOSINOLATE SUMMER RAPE, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 78(2), 1998, pp. 305-306
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Plant Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084220
Volume
78
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
305 - 306
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4220(1998)78:2<305:CHELGS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Castor summer rape (Brassica napus L.) is a high-erucic acid rapeseed cultivar with canola-quality meal. Castor has an average 4% yield adva ntage over Mercury rapeseed and is 4 g kg(-1) higher in seed oil than Mercury. Castor is adapted to the southern B. napus growing regions of western Canada.