Salicornia bigelovii Torr.: An Oilseed Halophyte for Seawater Irrigation

Autor:	James W. O'Leary, Robert O. Kuehl, M. Carolyn Watson, T. Lewis Thompson, Edward P. Glenn
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Irrigation Multidisciplinary food.ingredient biology Salicornia bigelovii fungi Soybean meal food and beverages Biomass biology.organism_classification complex mixtures Sunflower Soybean oil Crop food Agronomy Halophyte parasitic diseases
Zdroj:	Science. 251:1065-1067
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
DOI:	10.1126/science.251.4997.1065
Popis:	The terrestrial halophyte, Salicornia bigelovii Torr., was evaluated as an oilseed crop for direct seawater irrigation during 6 years of field trials in an extreme coastal desert environment. Yields of seed and biomass equated or exceeded freshwater oilseed crops such as soybean and sunflower. The seed contained 26 to 33 percent oil, 31 percent protein, and was low in fiber and ash (5 to 7 percent). The oil and meal were extracted by normal milling equipment, and the oil was high in linoleic acid (73 to 75 percent) and could replace soybean oil in chicken diets. The meal had antigrowth factors, attributed to saponins, but could replace soybean meal in chicken diets amended with the saponin antagonist, cholesterol. Salicornia bigelovii appears to be a potentially valuable new oilseed crop for subtropical coastal deserts.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::79f729e6d1cd657e0968b350ee61755a https://doi.org/10.1126/science.251.4997.1065 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Plný text ve formátu PDF