It has branched stems that become woody at maturity. Camelina oil biofuels the aviation industry is committed to achieving carbonneutral growth by 2020 biofuels may reduce lifecycle ghg emissions by up to 85% vs. Camelina sativa, a climate proof crop, has high nutritive. Dec 14, 2015 youve heard of olive oil and coconut oil, but have you ever heard of camelina sativa seed oil.
When coldpressed into camelina oil, camelina sativa tastes delicious and boasts both a lengthy shelf life and a smoke point of 475 f 240 cone of the highest on the market. This page was last edited on 7 february 2020, at 15. Most species of this genus have been little studied, with the exception of camelina sativa, historically cultivated as an oil plant. Camelina oil has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes, for food and for lamp oil during the bronze age and is native from finland to romania and east to the ural mountains. Camelina camelina sativa, a member of the mustard family, is best adapted to cooler climates and can be grown in the. Bonap north american plant atlas of the biota of north america program. Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family brassicaceae.
This is due to its short growing season, drought tolerance, cold tolerance, and resistance to many of the insect and pest species that cause yield reductions in other brassica oilseed species. Camelina seed oil is very similar to flax in appearance and properties but it has a much more stable shelf life and is not prone to rancidity. The average yield was 180450 kg per acre 4451112 kg per hectare. The seeds of camelina sativa have high percentage of essential fatty acids. Camelina sativa, a member of brassicaeae, has a unique seed oil profile, with the majority of the fatty acids being linolenic c18. Between 2004 20 different field experiments with camelina were carried out at nardi fundulea, including five years 200920 yield trial in organic farming, and a three year 20082010 yield trial in low input farming established. This report presents statistics on the annotation products, the input data used in the pipeline and. That is the high content of polysaccharides or mucilage, which makes it similar to flax, linum usitatissimum and complicates the aqueous processing. Camelina sativa can prosper in many different climates and soils. Camelina oil can be used in daytime creams for dry and damaged skins, emollient hand creams, antiwrinkle creams, body oils and shampoos for damaged and fragile hair. Of these species, camelina sativa has been previously identified as being a promising species for droughtprone areas of the american high plains. Winter camelina yields up to 1,700 lbs seed per acre in minnesota 20 to 34 bushelsacre and does not have the high levels of antinutritional glucosinolate and erucic acid characteristic of some other mustard seeds.
While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Diseases of camelina sativa false flax article pdf available in canadian journal of plant pathology 314. Ye nativa deuropa del norte y asia central, pero introduciose en america del norte, posiblemente como una maleza nel sector del llinu. Crantz is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus camelina family brassicaceae. Camelina official adapt 2030 website keeping your families. It is considered a common weed in many areas, but other areas embrace it for the use of its oils as a food, fuel or for its possible medicinal value. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Stems are generally smooth or only sparsely hairy near their base hitchcock and cronquist 1973. Recently, interest in its oil, meal and the developed products. Camelina sativa in brassibase tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the brassicaceae. Camelia, first romanian camelina camelina sativa, l. Camelina plants are heavily branched, growing from one to three feet tall producing seed pods containing many small, oily seeds. Camelina oil has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes, for food and for lamp oil during the bronze age and is native from finland to romania and east to. Moreover, camelina crop has shown resistance to pests and diseases which affect other crops from the same family. There is interest in using this oil for industrial purposes, human nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. Camelina sativa emerged from this trial as a promising oilseed crop for production across montana and the northern great plains. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. We report the development of an agrobacteriumbased floral dip transformation method, requiring no vacuuminfiltration step.
Camelina has just recently been introduced to montana. Youve heard of olive oil and coconut oil, but have you ever heard of camelina sativa seed oil. Camelina sativa was not always the highest yielding oilseed crop but it was the most economical crop to. It can be cultivated both in winter and spring season, having a remarkable capacity to adapt and resist to difficult climate conditions. Evaluation parameters included input costs, production costs, harvest costs, and yield.
The emerging biofuel crop camelina sativa retains a highly. There is interest in using this oil for industrial purposes, human. Oct 30, 2014 of these species, camelina sativa has been previously identified as being a promising species for droughtprone areas of the american high plains. Camelina camelina sativa also called false flax, is a herbaceous plant of the cruciferaceae family. Camelina sativa is a member of the mustard family, a distant relative to canola, and an exciting new player on the biofuels scene. Camelina sativa gold of pleasure pfaf plant database. It is excellent for all types of sensitive skin cares. Seeds and the fruit siliculas of camelina sativa ssp.
Byproducts from oil extraction are high in protein about 35% and can be used for animal feed. Natural sources such as sativa deliver superior quality of camelina oil obtainable. The plants database includes the following 2 subspecies of camelina sativa. Its ability to survive in a diverse range of habitats enables it to be introduced fairly easily into new environments. And i could notice that information about the species camelina sativa was shown in two pages. There is interest in using this oil for industrial purposes, human nutrition, and. Sep 14, 2012 camelina sativa is a promising underexploited oilseed crop with potential to become a biofuel feedstock. Plantations international camelina sativa seed acclimatization project in yogyakarta, indonesia. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. Brassicaceae, capparaceae and cleomaceae of north america update, database version 2011 acquired.
It is extracted from seeds of camelina sativa, a plant native to europe, which grows well in cold and arid climates. Camelina sativa is a flowering plant in the family brassicaceae and is usually known in english as camelina, goldofpleasure, or false flax, also occasionally wild flax, linseed dodder, german sesame, and siberian oilseed. Camelina sativa is an oilseed crop that is currently being commercially produced in the usa as a feedstock for biodiesel. This plant is cultivated as oilseed crop mainly in europe and in north america. Although camelina sativa is a member of the brassica family, it has one significant difference from the others. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. A more recent study at the university of minnesota puts yields at 600 to 1,700 kgha range at. I was working on camelina sativa page to add some content about cultivation for example.
Camelina has been developed as a crop due to its high oil content, 3040%, and unique oil properties. Camelina originated in northern europe but is now distributed across most of the united states and canada. Camelina oil was first used in northern europe hundreds of years ago for food, medicine and lamp oil. Crantz is an annual or winter annual in the brassicacea, or mustard family. Camelina false flax, goldofpleasure, camelina sativa l. Further economic importance includes its potential as a petroleum substitutealcohol. Apr 23, 2014 camelina sativa is an oilseed crop with important industrial applications. Beyond its use as a dietary supplement, light salad dressing, and accent in various cold dishes, camelina oil is perfect for cooking, baking, and frying. Camelina sativa, a climate proof crop, has high nutritive value and multipleuses. Production systems, prospects and challenges in the usa great plains volume 2 issue 2 2015 augustine k obour1, henry y sintim2, eric obeng1 and valtcho d jeliazkov zheljazkov3 1agricultural research center hays, kansas state university, usa 2department of plant sciences, university of wyoming, usa. The customary winnowing of flax seeds selects forms of c.
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs. Transformation of the oilseed crop camelina sativa by. Updated for itis by the flora of north america expertise network, in connection with an update for usda plants 20072010 reference for. Byproducts left over after oil extraction from seeds known as camelina meal or expeller cherian et al. However, several authors have emphasized the importance of plant. Camelina sativa meal to broiler chickens the effect of feeding camelina meal to broiler birds led to conflicting results in growth performance table. The seeds and oil composition of camelia first romanian. The refseq genome records for camelina sativa were annotated by the ncbi eukaryotic genome annotation pipeline, an automated pipeline that annotates genes, transcripts and proteins on draft and finished genome assemblies.
Crantz is an annual oilseed crop in the brassicaceae family that has been cultivated since 4000 bce. Camelina seed oil is very similar to flax in appearance and properties but it has a much more stable shelf life and is not. An illustrated flora of the northern united states, canada and the british possessions. It is in flower from june to july, and the seeds ripen in august. Camelina sativa camelina seed yields per hectareacre data on crop production is still somewhat limited since the usda did not start data collection until 2007. Camelina sativa is an oilseed crop with important industrial applications. Apr 05, 2016 camelina oil was first used in northern europe hundreds of years ago for food, medicine and lamp oil. It is also known as gold of pleasure and false flax.
Camelina sativa is a promising underexploited oilseed crop with potential to become a biofuel feedstock. Camelina sativa is an annual in the mustard family and attains heights of 1 to 3 feet. New flora of vermont memoirs of the new york botanical garden 110. Collaborative floristic effort of north american botanists. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Camelina sativa is an oil seeded plant belonging to the brassicaceae family.
Present in lower 48 states of continental usa except for ak, al, ca, co, fl, ga, in, ms, nv, tn, tx and hi. False flax and gold of pleasure are the popular common names for the crop. It is an annual or winter annual that attains heights of 30 to 90 cm tall fig. Usdanrcs database of plants of the united states and its territories. It has agronomic lowinput features3 and an unusual fatty acid composition with high levels of alphalinolenic acid4 visavis unusually high cholesterol and brassicasterol. Camelina is an oilseed crop belonging to family brassicaceae. Crantz camelina in rangeland ecosystems by philip browning davis a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in land resources and environmental sciences montana state university bozeman, montana april, 2010. The camelina species, commonly known as false flax, are native to mediterranean regions of europe and asia. The seeds are yellow to yellowbrown with athousand grain weight t. Camelina sativa is a flowering plant in the brassicaceae family and typically known as camelina. We report the development of an agrobacteriumbased floral dip transformation method, requiring no vacuuminfiltration step, with transformation efficiencies up to 0. Crantz is an oilseed crop used for biofuel production. Crantz is a reemergent oilseed crop that is also becoming important as a model for applied projects based on studies in. Crantz is a reemergent oilseed crop that is also becoming important as a model for applied projects based on studies in arabidopsis thaliana, since the two species.
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