Feasibility Cultivation of Camelina (Camelina sativa) as Medicinal-Oil Plant in Rainfed Conditions in Kermanshah-Iran's First Report

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Ph.D.Student of Plant Breeding, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Ph.D.Student of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran

Abstract

In Iran, more than 90% of raw materials including oils and oil seeds are provided through import. Camelina sativa L. as an oilseed crop, belongs to Brassicaceae family, has been shown in several experiments that need very little water and resistant to chilling injury than other plant oils, especially canola. This Experiment was conducted at research station of Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources in growing season 2013-2014. Seeds of C. sativa, DH1025 line, were cultivated in two sowing dates (6 November and 16November), with a row spacing of 20 cm and 3 cm between plants in a 3-square-meter plots in three replicates at each date. The results of the analysis of variance showed that two different treatments were significant difference for all the traits measured apart from the number of seeds per pod, number of branches, number of pods per plant, number of pods per branch, number of seeds per pod and plant height. The highest yield and biomass was observed in first planting date (6 November) with 217.667 and 514.33 g/m2, respectively.  Feasibility cultivation of C. sativa as a new medicinal-oil plant in rainfed conditions in Kermanshah was the major purpose of this investigation.

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Journal of Medicinal plants and By-Products
Volume 4, Issue 2
September 2015
Pages 215-217

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