Oil-seed crop: Camelina sativa
1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0926-6690(96)00203-8
ISSN1872-633X
Autores Tópico(s)Fatty Acid Research and Health
ResumoFalse flax and gold of pleasure are the popular names for Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz. Seeds and capsules of Camelina sativa ssp. C. linicola (Schimp. and Spenn.), have been found in archaeological excavations from the Bronze Age in Scandinavia and Western Europe. C. sativa was grown as an agricultural crop in European countries and Russia before the Second World War and up to the fifties. The recent search for new sources of essential fatty acids, particularly OMEGA-3 fatty acids, led to a renewed interest in this crop. C. sativa seed consists of about 43% oil in dry matter. The content of unsaturated fatty acids in the oil is about 90%. About 50% of the total fatty acids are polyunsaturated-linoleic acid (18:2n− 6) and α-linolenic acid (18:3n− 3). The content of erucic acid (22:1n − 9) in the oil is about 3.0%. The content of tocopherols is about 700 mg/kg. The cultivation of the crop is characterized by a low input. Nitrogen demand is moderate to low and chemical plant protection is not needed. Under experimental conditions, the yield of seed amounted to 2.6 and 3.3 t DM/ha, obtained from summer and winter varieties, respectively. The environmental benefits of the crop and a multipurpose applicability of the oil make C. sativa a promising oil-seed crop.
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