*Corresponding author E-mail : [email protected] INTRODUCTION The genus Brassica comprises an important group of cultivated vegetable and oilseed crops and have great economic importance worldwide. The cultivated species of Brassica include cabbage, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, turnip, swede, oilseed rape, various mustards and other leafy vegetables (Hong et al. 2008). As oils...

Brassica carinata is a non-food, low-carbon, none-to-low indirect land-use change impact oilseed feedstock grown for sustainable biofuels, bioproducts, and high protein seed meal. Understanding growth development critical to the of best management practices maximum productivity profitability double-cropped farming systems. Field experiments were conducted during 2017–2018 (Year 1) 2018–2019 2) ...

Herein, we present the production of jet and diesel range hydrocarbons from non-edible hexane-extracted Brassica carinata oil. The influence four heterogeneous catalysts (two noble metal catalysts: Pd/C Ru/C, two transition Ni/C Ni/SiO2-Al2O3) was investigated at 400 °C. were characterized using XRD, Raman spectroscopy, TEM, SEM, TGA, TG-TPR, BET specific surface area pore size analyzer. upgrad...

Many abiotic factors impact the yield and growth of Brassica carinata (commonly referred to as or Ethiopian mustard). Very little is known about how mineral nutrients its growth, more specifically, sufficiency values for fertility over plant’s cycle life stages. This study explored impacts that plant nutrients, specifically micronutrients, can have on development distinct stages (rosette, bolti...

A promising feedstock for large-scale production of sustainable jet biofuel is the inedible oilseed Brassica carinata (referred to simply as “carinata”), but transitioning fuel entails significant economic uncertainty and requires substantial up-front capital requirements biorefinery construction. Furthermore, other feedstocks attempting compete within established fossil market, historically vo...

Leaf samples from five Brassicaceae species (Brassica carinata, Brassica oleracea, rapa, Eruca vesicaria and Sinapis alba) were analyzed to determine their contents of glucosinolates trace elements, the bioaccessibility these compounds. Considerable variability in total glucosinolate profiles was observed species, with amounts ranging 8.5 µmol/g dw oleracea 32.9 alba. Bioaccessibilities predomi...

To increase the resilience of our food system, we must better understand how ecosystem services such as pest control and pollination provided by a diverse insect community contribute to crop yield. We examined landscape heterogeneity relates pollinator diversity, diversity yield Brassica carinata, new biofuel within common farming practices. Over two years, planted 35 × 1 acre sites in roughly ...