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Canola vs monola vs crambe
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Details of Trial
 
Aim To compare and evaluate varieties of monola, canola and crambe.
Description Crambe (Crambe abyssinica) is a broadacre oilseed crop that produces inedible oil that has a number of industrial uses. The products derived from the oil are used to manufacture a multitude of industrial consumer items such as lubricants; heat transfer fluids; surfactants and coatings; cosmetics; polyesters; plastics and nylons.
Location Northern Wimmera / Marnoo
Trial Site Marnoo (southern site 2005) (Trial site details only available in members area)
Crop Type Oilseeds / Canola
Category Varieties
Soil Type

 Wimmera self-mulching clay
Start Date 31 May 2005
End Date 31 Dec 2005
Conducted By BCG
 
Progress throughout the season
  1. Update added: 18 Aug 2005 - What does crambe look like? Canola Monola Crambe
  2. Update added: 1 Sep 2005 - Canola is beginning to run up and flower The canola is starting to run up and flower, while the monola and crambe are cabbaging.
  3. Update added: 21 Sep 2005 - Canola is flowering Look at the difference between canola, monola and crambe. Canola Monola Crambe
  4. Update added: 7 Oct 2005 - Crambe is flowering Trt* Variety Oilseed type 1 MC130 CONV Conventional monola
  5. Update added: 15 Nov 2005 - Crambe has a yield limitation because there is only one seed per pod
  6. Update added: 27 Nov 2005 - Last update before harvest
 
Full Trial Description

Varieties of canola, monola and crambe (see Table 1) were sown at 5kg/ha on 31 May 2005.

Table 1. Varieties sown.
Treatment Variety Oilseed type

1

 MC130 CONV Conventional monola

2

 MT410 TT monola

3

 MT311 TT monola

4

 Beacon TT canola

5

 Tornado TT canola

6

 Thunder TT canola

7

 TP004 TT canola

8

 CLF44C73 Clearfield canola

9

 46C76 Clearfield canola

10

 Rocket Clearfield canola

11

 Drover Conventional canola

12

 RR013 Conventional canola

13

 Outback Conventional canola

14

 Kimberly Conventional canola

15

 Sapphire Conventional canola

16

 RQ11 Conventional canola    

17

 Crambe Crambe

18

 Crambe94053      Crambe
 
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