Crop seeds

U.S. exports of the other oilseeds are smaller and foUow different patterns (50). Exports accounted for only 2—3% of the cottonseed crop and 16—31% of the processed oil production for 1991—1994. Of the peanut crop ca one-half is consumed domestically as whole nut products and 15—20% is exported. Only about 10% of the sunflower seed crop is exported. From 1991 to 1994 an average of 70% of the oil was exported, but only about 11% of the meal was shipped overseas. 

The dry seed crops that have been used as host plants for molecular farming include the cereals maize, rice, wheat and barley (see also Chapter 4), and the grain legumes soybean, pea, pigeon pea and peanut. Maize, rice, wheat, barley, soybean and pea have been investigated as general production platforms, while pigeon pea and peanut have been used solely for the expression of animal vaccine candidates. The major... 

Biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester (FAME)) production is based on transesterification of vegetable oils and fats through the addition of methanol (or other alcohols) and a catalyst, giving glycerol as a by-product (which can be used for cosmetics, medicines and food). Oil-seed crops include rapeseeds, sunflower seeds, soy beans and palm oil seeds, from which the oil is extracted chemically or mechanically. Biodiesel can be used in 5%-20% blends with conventional diesel, or even in pure form, which requires slight modifications in the vehicle. 

Relationship between cone crop and seed crop 6 Cone insect damage to developing cones 7a Small-mammal damage to developing cones... 

An alteration of the balance between pine and oak, a change in squirrel populations, or a reduction in any of the mast crops brought about by oxidant air pollution obviously could have a major impact on this forest, particularly on tree reproduction and successional patterns. Reduction in conifer seed crops as a result of air pollution has been suggested in other forests, where cone production was lowered and size, weight, and germination ability of the seeds were reduced. ... 

Francis, C. M. and Campbell, M. C. (2003). New high quality oil seed crops for temperate and tropical Australia. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton, Australia, http //www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/NPP/03-045sum.html. 

Powell, A. M. (1987). Marama bean (Tylosema esculentum, Fabaceae) Seed crop in Texas. Econ. Bot. 41, 216-220. 

Nalewaja, J.D. (1996). Phenoxy herbicides in flax, millet, rice, wild rice, seed crops, sugarcane, pea, and fallow in the United States. In O.C. Burnside, ed., Biological and Economic Assessment of Benefits from the Use of Phenoxy Herbicides in the United States. Washington, DC USDA Special NAPIAP Report l-PA-96, pp. 137-147. 

Across the street from my garden and our farm is a large conventional farming operation. The grower plants a rotation of wheat, alfalfa, sunflowers, and corn with an occasional watermelon seed crop. Last year the field was planted with yellow corn for... 

Uses post-emergence control of annual and perennial broadleaf weeds in cereals, maize, sorgum, grassland, established turf, grass seed crops, orchards, cranberries, asparagus, sugar cane, rice, forestry, and on noncropland, etc. 

Uses herbicides/insecticides pre- or post-emergence control of broadleaf weeds in cereals, maize, lucerne, clover, trefoil, grass leys, potatoes, peas, onions, garlics, peas, leeks, soya beans, orchards, groundnuts, strawberries, vineyards and other crops for control of strawberry runners and raspberry suckers and overwintering forms of insect pests on fruit trees also used as a desiccant for leguminous seed crops destruction of potato haulms as a pre-harvest hop defoliant, etc. 

Synonym Compitox, Duplosan, Hedonal, Iso-Cornox, Kilprop, MCPP, Mecopex, Mepro, Methoxone, Propal Chemical Name ( )-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propanoic acid ( )-2-(4-chloro-otolyl-oxy)propionic acid Uses herbicide for post-emergence control of broadleaf weeds in wheat, barley, rye, herbage seed crops, grassland, and under fruit trees and vines, etc. 

Uses as fungicide for control of mildews, rusts on cereals, ornamentals, fruits and other crops and also used for other diseases of turf and grass seed crops, etc. 

Uses Technical diquat dibromide is more than 95% pure and forms white to yellow crystals. It is used to desiccate potato vines and seed crops, to control flowering of sugarcane, and for industrial and aquatic weed control. It is not residual (i.e., it does not leave any trace of herbicide on or in plants, soil, or water). Diquat dibromide is a nonselective, quick-acting herbicide and plant growth regulator, causing injury only to the parts of the plant to which it is applied. Diquat dibromide is referred to as a desiccant because it causes a leaf or entire plant to dry out quickly. 

Benetrix, F., Kaan, F., Autran, J.C. 1994. Changes in protein complexes of durum wheat in developing seed. Crop Sci 34 462-468. 

Similar results were observed in a more recent work10 when BOA, DIBOA, and rye extract activities were studied. The results showed that BOA and DIBOA inhibit germination only in the small- to medium-seeded species Amaranthus palmeri, Digitaria sanguinalis, Echinochloa indica, Lactuca sativa, and Lycopersicon esculentum. Large-seeded crops, including cucurbits and Zea mays,... 

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