Plants oilseeds

Filamentous fungi are ubiquitous in nature, and are found in soils from temperate and tropical regions. While some of these fungi are pathogenic, others are not. Mycotoxin contamination has been found in cereal plants, oilseed crops and grasses [7-12]. Most commodities have been shown to be... 

Grant, L, and W.D. Beversdorf. 1985. Heterosis and combining ability in spring planted oilseed rape. Genome 32 1044-1047. 

Examples of allergic solvents are terpene products with high sensitivity potential, which can cause positive test reactions (patch-test) or even allergic diseases (contact sensitization and dermatitis). Allergic dermatitis can even be provoked by d-limonene in the air. Terpenes and terpenoid substances are found especially in natural products , e.g., cosmetic products, foods, and plants (oilseed rape). ... 

BioStreet Canada Proposed plant Oilseed 22 Vegreville Alberta... 

Producing VLC PUFAs in transgenic plants oilseeds producing high levels of EPA and DHA along with reduced amounts of co-6 EAs will not only be useful for medicinal and nutraceutical appUcations in human health, they are also a good source as fish feedstock. 

An alternative method of produciag hydrocarbon fuels from biomass uses oils that are produced ia certaia plant seeds, such as rape seed, sunflowers, or oil palms, or from aquatic plants (see Soybeans and other oilseeds). Certain aquatic plants produce oils that can be extracted and upgraded to produce diesel fuel. The primary processiag requirement is to isolate the hydrocarbon portion of the carbon chain that closely matches diesel fuel and modify its combustion characteristics by chemical processiag. 

Oily crops such as soybeans and canola (oilseed rape) cannot be extracted with aqueous buffers, because the extraction solvent cannot permeate the hydrophobic plant tissue matrix. In these cases, homogenization in acetonitrile-hexane is recommended. This solvent mixture is able to extract sulfonylureas from these samples with a minimum of co-extracted oil. After extraction, the sulfonylureas partition into the acetonitrile phase while most of the oil stays in the hexane phase. Further cleanup is accomplished using a silica SPE cartridge and normal-phase conditions. 

Trinexapac-ethyl is a plant growth regulator used to prevent lodging in cereals and oilseed rape. Other uses... 

Monsanto/1996 Oilseed rape Plant Genetic Systems/1995 Oilseed rape (Canola)... 

Fig. 5. Flow diagram of the extraction of PHA from oilseeds using PHA organic solvents. The final products obtained from the plant, i.e., PHA, oil and meal, are indicated in bold...

The plant of choice which can be used for PHA production will be influenced by a number of factors. Of prime importance is cost, i. e., in which crop will PHA production be cheapest. The answer to this question is likely to be different depending on the agricultural economics of each country. For example, if one considers oilseed crops, rapeseed may be the best crop for Northern European countries and Canada, sunflower for Southern European countries, and soybean for the USA. Other important factors which may influence the choice of target plant are the nature of the metabolic pathway that needs to modified for synthesis of a particular PHA, the procedure used for PHA purification, and the other uses of the crop besides PHA production. 

Cuthbert, J.L. and McVetty, P.B.E. (2001). Plot-to-plot, row-to-row and plant-to-plant out-crossing studies in oilseed rape , Can. J. Plant Sci., 81, 657-664. 

Oilseed rape has been selected as the model plant for our production system because of its high protein content, rapid sprouting, large number of seeds, efficient... 

Efficient seed production and high yields Oilseed plants are efficient seed producers. 

In the quest to find other plants that are suitable as bioreactors, various monocoty-ledonous and dicotyledonous species have been tested. These include corn [16], rice and wheat [17], alfalfa [18], potato [19, 20], oilseed rape [21], pea [22], tomato [23] and soybean [24]. The major advantage of cereal crops is that recombinant proteins can be directed to accumulate in seeds, which are evolutionar specialized for storage and thus protect proteins from proteolytic degradation. Recombinant proteins are reported to remain stable in seeds for up to five months at room temperature [17] and for at least three years at refrigerator temperature without significant loss of activity [25]. In addition, the seed proteome is less complex than the leaf proteome, which makes purification quicker and more economical [26]. 

Castilla y Leon, and Castilla la Mancha. This part is also the most significant for industrial plants such as biomass crops and oilseed rape. In the southernmost regions of Castilla La Mancha and Catalunya, dry fruit trees and vineyards increase in significance, while the Ebro River delta supports a well-developed rice farming activity. Diffuse pollution originated by pesticides application in the basin has been widely studied [1-3]. A historical pollution from chemical plants manufacturing solvents and chlorinated pesticides in the southern part of the river basin is also well known [4]. Automobile, textile, food, and wood industry as well as mining activities are important in the northern part. 

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