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University of Saskatchewan find ways to convert canola and mustard meals into oil

University of Saskatchewan find ways to convert canola and mustard meals into oil

February 15, 2023 |

In Canada, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan revealed that canola and mustard meals have some special chemical characteristics that allow them to convert into an oil product that is potentially useful. A problem, though, is that the oil produced is thick and doesn’t blend easily with petroleum, which is necessary for use in machinery […]

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ARS researchers look at presscake from mustard-related plant as biobutanol feedstock

ARS researchers look at presscake from mustard-related plant as biobutanol feedstock

August 19, 2020 |

In Illinois, researchers at the Agricultural Research Service are looking at Lesquerella, a Southwest U.S. native plant from the mustard family, as a potential feedstock for biobutanol. The crop was first identified for its potential due to the high hydroxy fatty acid content in its oil but the challenge was with its presscake that had […]

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Researcher develop enzyme from mustard seed waste for laundry and biofuels

Researcher develop enzyme from mustard seed waste for laundry and biofuels

February 27, 2020 |

In the UK, an international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents. By using an enzyme produced from a by-product of mustard seeds, they hope to develop a low-cost naturally derived version of lipase, the second largest commercially produced enzyme, […]

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Danish researchers remove toxicity from mustard seeds to pave way for future biodiesel production

Danish researchers remove toxicity from mustard seeds to pave way for future biodiesel production

March 14, 2017 |

In Denmark, researchers at the University of Copenhagen working with Bayer CropScience have removed toxins from mustard plants that could in turn make them prolific oil producers, even surpassing canola. Though mustard’s distinct taste, produced by toxins, is enjoyed by humans the toxins are hazardous to animals so the meal resulting from pressing for oil […]

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Pass the Mustard: Why carinata is taking root as biofuel

Pass the Mustard: Why carinata is taking root as biofuel

May 22, 2014 |

By Don Konantz, President & CEO, Calyx Bio-Ventures, Vancouver, British Columbia  Navigant Research forecasts that the “global biofuels production will reach 61 billion gallons by 2023, replacing nearly 6% of global transportation fuel production from fossil sources and generating $70 billion in new revenue over the next decade.” The demand for an appropriate crop that […]

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Mustard 21 Canada receives $4.9M as it explores industrial mustard for biofuel

Mustard 21 Canada receives $4.9M as it explores industrial mustard for biofuel

October 7, 2013 |

In Canada, Mustard 21 Canada has received an investment of $4.9 million to cover research and development as the company explores industrial mustard use for biofuels. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers are to collaborate on these projects, including developing a mustard with high oil and protein content, early maturing properties, and disease resistance. The funding […]

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Researchers inject heat-resistant traits into mustard, tobacco plants

Researchers inject heat-resistant traits into mustard, tobacco plants

April 18, 2012 |

In North Carolina, researchers from are studying Pyrococcus furiosus, microorganisms that live n the scalding waters of ocean volcanic vents, in an attempt to develop traits that will allow plants to survive in harsher conditions, opening up non-traditional areas as potential land for biofuel feedstock production. Research, which was originally started to develop plants that […]

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Mustard biodiesel promising for idled San Joaquin Valley lands

Mustard biodiesel promising for idled San Joaquin Valley lands

August 30, 2011 |

In California, California State University-Fresno has undertaken a comprehensive four-year study to determine if canola and mustard for biodiesel would be suitable crops for the western side of the San Joaquin Valley that is challenged by selenium-laden irrigation effluent. The results show that the 40 acre test plots produced an average of 2.2 tons of […]

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Yield10, Mitsubishi ink camelina-for-SAF MOU: Has camelina’s hour arrived?

Yield10, Mitsubishi ink camelina-for-SAF MOU: Has camelina’s hour arrived?

February 5, 2023 |

News has arrived from Yield10 Bioscience and Mitsubishi that they are noodling over a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels; the two companies have now progressed to a memorandum of understanding of a deal which would ultimately be aimed at supporting Mitsubishi’s stated goal o mass produce […]

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Bunge, CoverCress, Chevron taking us into the future and into the past

Bunge, CoverCress, Chevron taking us into the future and into the past

May 9, 2022 |

The arrival of revolutionary cover crops and use cases recall the days of the Neolithic. When news arrived that Bunge and CoverCress signed commercial partnership to support the expansion of CCI’s CoverCress technology, a new winter oilseed crop, and that Bunge Ventures recently increased its stake in CCI through a Series C-1 round, we were […]

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