Camelina is a short-season crop (85 to 100 days) that is well adapted to production in the temperate climate zone. It is generally grown as an early summer annual oilseed crop but can be grown as a winter annual in milder climates (Hunter 2010). It is likely best adapted to cooler climates where excessive heat during flowering is not important.
Winter Camelina - Crops and Soils
Grown as a cover crop, camelina can be mixed with winter rye to produce more biomass. Camelina seeds are extremely small and dense (~400,000 seeds/lb.), an important consideration when adjusting seeding equipment. Rows should be spaced 6-8″ apart with skip rows every 30″ if soybeans will be relay cropped the following year.
Guide for Producing Dryland Camelina in Eastern Colorado – …
Eastern Colorado’s wheat-based, cropping system covers more than 4 million acres and spring-planted camelina would fit well into a dryland crop rotation. Unlike spring canola and Indian brown mustard, camelina is tolerant of flea beetles and other insects. Camelina can be grown under tilled or no-till dryland conditions.
In the United States, camelina is primarily grown as a bio-fuel crop. The seed contains 30–40% oil. Camelina oil is used to produce biodiesel, and the meal co-product can be used as a livestock feed. Camelina oil also has use as a biolubricant and in industrial and cosmetic products.
Flowers of camelina provide nectar and pollen to pollinators in the spring. Provides an additional cover crop to cereal grains that can overwinter in a mix. Camelina produces a natural herbicide called glucosinolate, which reduces weed germination. Overwintering success is enhanced when mixed with a small grain cover crop.
Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) is a relatively new oilseed crop, with limited emergence information available. A A 70-d incubator study investigated the impact of temperature (0, 2, 4, and 16 °C), seeding depth (3 and 6 mm), and cultivar (Blaine
Winter camelina is a mustard-type plant closely related to canola that produces high concentrations of oil in its seeds. The seeds can be sown in autumn, they germinate and emerge relatively quickly after sowing given adequate soil moisture. Seedlings typically produce “rosettes” before the deepfreeze arrives in November.
Camelina | Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
Camelina is a short-season crop that takes only 85 to 100 days to mature and requires as little as 11 inches of rain to produce a crop. Oilseed yields, however, increase with increased rainfall. It has typically been grown in the northwestern U.S in rotation with other short-season crops, such as wheat, barley, peas and lentils.
Camelina sativa - Wikipedia
Camelina sativa is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae usually known as camelina, gold-of-pleasure, or false flax, but also occasionally as wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame, or Siberian oilseed. It is native to Europe and areas of Central Asia, but cultivated as an oilseed crop mainly in Europe and in North America.
Camelina agronomy 101 - Top Crop Manager
2014年11月6日 · The market is still in development stages, but research is putting up the building blocks of agronomy should the market for camelina (Camelina sativa) grow. Eric Johnson, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at Scott, Sask., has been researching camelina agronomy for several years, and has developed a better understanding of ...