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Rapeseed oil is the preferred oil stock for biodiesel production in most of Europe, accounting for about 80% of the feedstock, [citation needed] partly because rapeseed produces more oil per unit of land area compared to other oil sources, such as soybeans, but primarily because canola oil has a significantly lower gel point than most other ...
Rutabaga (/ ˌ r uː t ə ˈ b eɪ ɡ ə /; North American English) or swede (English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed). Other names include Swedish turnip , neep ( Scots ), and turnip ( Scottish ,and Canadian English , Irish English , Cornish English and Manx English ...
Illustration of Brassica rapa from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu. Brassica rapa is a plant species that has been widely cultivated into many forms, including the turnip (a root vegetable), komatsuna, napa cabbage, bomdong, bok choy, and rapini.
The closely related Brassica napus (rapeseed) is considered a better oilseed crop in comparison. Brassica carinata has been used to develop an aviation biofuel for jet engines. [ 10 ] On October 29, 2012, the first flight of a jet aircraft powered completely by biofuel, made from Brassica carinata , was completed.
This group is the more common of the two, especially outside Asia; names such as napa cabbage, dà báicài (Chinese: 大白菜, "large white vegetable"); Baguio petsay or petsay wombok (); Chinese white cabbage; "wong a pak" (Hokkien, Fujianese); baechu (Korean: 배추), wongbok; hakusai (Japanese: 白菜 or ハクサイ) and "suann-tang-pe̍h-á" (Taiwanese) [2] usually refer to members of ...
Toxic oil syndrome (TOS) or simply toxic syndrome (Spanish: síndrome del aceite tóxico or síndrome tóxico) is a musculoskeletal disease.A 1981 outbreak in Spain which affected about 25,600 people, with over 4,000 dying within a few months and a few thousand remaining disabled, is thought to have been caused by contaminated colza (rapeseed) oil.
Dasineura brassicae, the brassica pod midge, is a rapeseed pest. [1] Gallery. Female with the ovopositor visible. Larva on the ground. Pupae on the ground. References
The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot.Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties are grown as feed for livestock.