Abstract
Camelina (Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz) is a Brassicaceae oilseed crop with valuable agronomic and biotechnological attributes that make it an attractive renewable feedstock for biofuels and bio-based materials. Camelina seeds contain 30-40 % oil and can achieve oil yields per hectare that surpass established oilseed crops such as soybean. Camelina is also productive under conditions of limited rainfall and low soil fertility. As a short season, frost tolerant oilseed, Camelina is amenable to double cropping systems and fallow year production. Simple, nonlabor intensive Agrobacterium-based transformation methods have recently been described for Camelina that can be used in combination with breeding to rapidly improve seed quality and agronomic traits to advance Camelina as a production platform for biofuels and industrial feedstocks in geographical regions such as the North American Great Plains that currently have little oilseed production for edible vegetable oils.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Plants and BioEnergy |
| Publisher | Springer New York |
| Pages | 131-140 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781461493297 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781461493280 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Bio-based materials
- Biodiesel
- Biofuels
- Camelina
- Fatty acids
- Oilseed crop
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)