Brassica carinata: Biology and agronomy as a biofuel crop

R Seepaul, S Kumar, JE Iboyi, M Bashyal… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental consequences of using nonrenewable fossil fuels have motivated a
global quest for sustainable alternatives from renewable sources. Carinata has been …

Impacts of break crops and crop rotations on oilseed rape productivity: A review

H Hegewald, M Wensch-Dorendorf, K Sieling… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, the economic benefit has prompted farmers to grow oilseed rape
(OSR). Consequently, the global OSR production increased considerably, and today the …

Simultaneous profiling of seed‐associated bacteria and fungi reveals antagonistic interactions between microorganisms within a shared epiphytic microbiome on T …

MG Links, T Demeke, T Gräfenhan, JE Hill… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In order to address the hypothesis that seeds from ecologically and geographically diverse
plants harbor characteristic epiphytic microbiota, we characterized the bacterial and fungal …

Canola root–associated microbiomes in the Canadian prairies

CY Lay, TH Bell, C Hamel, KN Harker, R Mohr… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Canola is one of the most economically important crops in Canada, and the root and
rhizosphere microbiomes of a canola plant likely impact its growth and nutrient uptake. The …

[HTML][HTML] Replacing dietary soybean meal with canola meal improves production and efficiency of lactating dairy cows

GA Broderick, AP Faciola, LE Armentano - Journal of dairy science, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous research suggested that crude protein (CP) from canola meal (CM) was used more
efficiently than CP from solvent soybean meal (SBM) by lactating dairy cows. We tested …

Legumes can reduce economic optimum nitrogen rates and increase yields in a wheat–canola cropping sequence in western Canada

MS Luce, CA Grant, BJ Zebarth, N Ziadi… - Field Crops …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inclusion of legumes in crop rotations is a sustainable approach to reducing nitrogen (N)
fertilizer requirements and increasing subsequent crop yields. However, the magnitude of …

Yield and production gaps in rainfed wheat, barley, and canola in Alberta

T Chapagain, A Good - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Improving crop yields are essential to meet the increasing pressure of global food demands.
The loss of high quality land, the slowing in annual yield increases of major cereals …

[HTML][HTML] Feeding canola meal to dairy cows: A meta-analysis on lactational responses

R Martineau, DR Ouellet, H Lapierre - Journal of dairy science, 2013 - Elsevier
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the effects of the substitution of a
protein source by canola meal (CM) on lactational responses (CM minus control) in dairy …

Major management factors determining spring and winter canola yield in North America

Y Assefa, PVV Prasad, C Foster, Y Wright… - Crop …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Canola (Brassica napus L. cv.'Canola') production has both economic and agronomic
advantages. The objectives of this review were to summarize the key management factors …

Defining optimal sowing and flowering periods for canola in Australia

JM Lilley, BM Flohr, JPM Whish, I Farre… - Field Crops …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasingly variable rainfall and temperatures and larger farm size in Australia have
prompted earlier sowing of canola (Brassica napus L.). Improved agronomy and the release …