News about UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: August 20, 2010
Canola reseach plot.
Two UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors have found that Roundup Ready canola can be overly persistent in California, according to an article in Western Farm Press.
Doug Munier of UCCE in Glenn County and Kent Brittan of UCCE in Yolo County studied the herbicide-resistant oil crop to determine its potential for biofuel. However, they found that yields were too low to make canola a profitable irrigated California crop.
"They gave up on canola, but canola did not give up on California,"...
Doug Munier of UCCE in Glenn County and Kent Brittan of UCCE in Yolo County studied the herbicide-resistant oil crop to determine its potential for biofuel. However, they found that yields were too low to make canola a profitable irrigated California crop.
"They gave up on canola, but canola did not give up on California,"...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: August 17, 2010
Feral canola is growing on North Dakota roadsides.
Canola that is genetically modified to be resistant to two herbicides is growing along roadsides in North Dakota, according to a New York Times blog post by Andrew Pollack.
Even though critics of biotech crops point to the situation as "gene pollution," Pollack said the finding may not be a problem at all. And if it is a problem, he wrote, "It’s because a canola plant growing outside of a canola field – on a road or in a field of wheat, for example – could be considered a weed."
The study, presented at a recent meeting of the Ecological Society of America, is based on a sampling of 604 canola plants collected by a University of...
Even though critics of biotech crops point to the situation as "gene pollution," Pollack said the finding may not be a problem at all. And if it is a problem, he wrote, "It’s because a canola plant growing outside of a canola field – on a road or in a field of wheat, for example – could be considered a weed."
The study, presented at a recent meeting of the Ecological Society of America, is based on a sampling of 604 canola plants collected by a University of...
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