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Factors affecting the composition of canadian oil seeds

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

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Importance of climate, plant breeding, and economics to production of oil seeds in Canada is considered. The influence of temperature and rainfall on the oil content and fatty acid composition of linseed and rapeseed is discussed. Major changes in the fatty acid composition of rapeseed oil can be effected by modern techniques in plant breeding and selection, i.e. erucic acid content can be reduced from approximately 40% to 0. The impact on the oil meal market of continued selection for high oil in crops and varieties is discussed.

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  1. Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    H. R. Sallans

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Issued as NRO No. 7785.

Presented at the AOCS Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1962.

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Sallans, H.R. Factors affecting the composition of canadian oil seeds. J. Am. Oil Chemist’ Soc. 41, 215–218 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024652

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