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(Limnanthes Alba): (Limnanthes Its Research and Development Its Research Potential New Oilseed Crop for the New Oilseed Potential Station Bulletin 648 OR C 0O OREGON AOOOIJ3O4O4933 HE 0 / Ag8 /0 4 B 87 . l6198' 640 Meadowfoarn 'TATt1i (Limnanthes alba): Its Research and Developmentas a Potential New Oilseed Crop for the Willamette Valley of Oregon : ', Station Bulletin 648 November 1981 Agricultural Experiment Station Oregon State University, Corvallis Preface Few new crops have been discovered, domesticated, .and developed by modern society. The recent farm scale production of meadowfoam in western Oregon is an interesting exception. Research experimentation plus farm-scale production of meadowfoam have shown this crop is well adapted to western Oregon. This report summarizes the technical information related to the agronomic development of meadowfoam during the last 20 years. The topics of economics, processing, and marketing are not addressed in this bulletin, but will be reported later as data become available. In the meantime, meadowfoam should be considered as a new crop with as many uncertainties about its potential uses and profitability as was the case for crops such as the soybean and sunflower in the 1920s. However, research to date indicates meadowfoam could be a potentially valuablenew crop for western Oregon. Authors: Gary D. Jolliff is associate professor of crop science; Ian J. Tinsley is professor of agricultural chemistry; Wheeler Calhoun is associate professor of crop science; and Jimmie M. Crane is research technician, Crop Science Department. All authors are at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331. Grateful acknowledgment is hereby given to the many people who have cooperated to make these studies possible. Over the years, these have included: United States Department of Agriculture, Science and Education Ad- ministration, Agricultural Research Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois Drs. L. H. Princen, J. A. Rothfus, and Robert Kleiman Plant Genetics and Germplasm Institute, Beltsville, Maryland Drs. George White and T. A. Campbell National Program Staff Dr. Quentin Jones Bohemia, Inc., Eugene, Oregon Brian Mott, Hal McCall, and Frank Trecino Oregon State University Drs. A. P. Appleby, D. M. Burgett, P. R. Cheeke, J. D. Lattin Messrs. R. R. Lowry, M. L. Montgomery, and B. D. Brewster Oregon State Department of Agriculture Leonard Kunzman, George Moose Pacific Northwest Regional Commission Lana Overby Oregon Department of Environmental QualityField Burning Research Advisory Committee S. K. O'Connell, Scott Freeburn, Drs. D. 0. Chilcote, and H. W. Youngberg David C. MalpassWillamette Valley farmer University of CaliforniaDavis Dr. S. K. Jamand M. T. K. Arroyo The information herein includes listings of commercial products. Their use implies no endorsement by the authors or by Oregon State University. Contents INTRODUCTION 1 Meadowfoam Identified as a Potential New Crop 1 New Crop Screening in Oregon 1 Oregon Interest in Meadowfoam 1 Unanswered Questions 2 MEADOWFOAM SEED OILA CHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE 2 Fatty Acid Composition 2 Unique Aspects of Meadowfoam Seed Oil 2 Oxidative Products 3 Waxes 3 General Derivatives 3 Replacement of Oils 3 THE MEADOWFOAM PLANT 3 habitat Survey 4 Introduction and Initial Plantings 5 Germplasm Collection and Distribution 6 Variety Development 6 Agronomic Characteristics 9 Adaptation of Meadowfoam to the Willamette Valley 10 Adaptation to Research 10 PRODUCTION 10 Adaptation of Meadowfoam to Farming Systems 10 Planting 10 Fertilization 11 Weed Control 12 Insect and Disease Pests 13 Pollination 13 Harvesting 14 MEADOWFOAM SEED MEALA FEEDSTUFF 14 Poultry and Rabbits 14 Lambs 15 SUMMARY 15 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba): Its Research and Developmentas a Potential New Oilseed Crop for the Willamette Valley of Oregon Gary D. Jolliff, Ian J. Tinsley, Wheeler Calhoun, and Jimmie M. Crane INTRODUCTION New Crop Screening in Oregon There are many reasons for interest in new Between 1963 and 1979, the new crops project crops. An early objective of the U.S. Department at the Oregon State Agricultural Experiment Sta- of Agriculture was to "procure, propagate, and tion tested several hundred plant introductions distribute among the people new and valuable (including 532 accessions, 122 species, and 57 seeds and plants" (USDA, 1862). The meaning of genera). Several of the plants which had shown "valuableseedsandplants"haschanged some promise in the USDA investigations grew throughout history. Production of food, feed, and satisfactorilyatthe Oregon StateUniversity fiber for domestic consumption in the 1800s by Hyslop Crop Science Field Laboratory near Cor- America as a developing nation was very impor- vallis, Oregon. tant. During the last quarter century, agricultural Meadowfoam was the only plant found to be export commodities have become increasingly im- well adapted to poorly drained "white land" in the portant. The energy situation is now causing a mid-tosouthernWillametteValley.This change in perspective as "valuable seeds and agricultural area was recently described by Tsutsui plants"are viewed assourcesof renewable (1979). industrial raw materials and energy. Oregon Interest in Meadowfoam Meadowfoam Identified as a Potential New Crop Meadowfoam is of special interest to producers The analysis of meadowfoam (Limnanthes who farm the approximately 80,000 hectares douglasii R.Br.) seed oil was first reported by (200,000 acres) of this land on which annual USDA research scientists at the Northern Regional ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) seed produc- Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois, working on tion is the only adapted cash crop. Annual ryegrass an extensive program to search for new industrial seedproductionfrequentlyexceedsdemand, raw materials from plants (Earle et al., 1959). A resulting in depressed prices. Therefore, it can be prime reason for seeking new crops at that time economically advantageous to the region to reduce was to help alleviate troublesome surpluses of the annual ryegrass acreage. In addition, there is several major crops (White and Wolff, 1968). That no crop residue problemafter meadowfoam research effort resulted in the chemical screening harvest. Since the plant is not fibrous, threshing of 6,500 species of wild plants (Princen, 1979). A pulverizes the dry vegetation, leaving only a trace significant number of plant species were identified of fine particles. Thus, the acreage diverted from as excellent candidates for the production of ryegrass would not require sanitation by open field desirableproducts.Substantialinterestin burning. meadowfoam as a source of industrial oil was Meadowfoam may also fill a need for the first aroused when the oil was used to derive liquid wax crop in a double-cropping system involving the esters which had properties very similar to those of late plantings of bush beans or other irrigated can- jojoba (Simmondsia chinensLs [Link] Schneider) nery crops (sweet corn, table beets, carrots, etc.) in (Miwa and Wolff, 1962). the Willamette Valley. Bean growers have express- In 1971, meadowfoam was named as the most ed a need for an annual winter cover crop that promising substitute for sperm whale oil which does not promote continued growth of bean had been banned as a U.S. import by the En- pathogens. dangered Species Conservation Act of1969. Having a choice of crops to grow in a farming However, budgetary limitations kept research pro- operation also aids in spreading the producers' jects on meadowfoam very small (Cook, 1971). risks and workload. The economy of Oregon could 1 benefit from additional income if meadowfoam is provide unique advantages on the one hand or produced as a source of industrial raw materials. where, on the other hand, it might serve as a sim- ple replacement for oils presently in use. Unanswered Questions Higher costs for petroleum have caused the Fatty Acid Composition U.S. chemical industry to consider the potential of The fatty acid composition of meadowfoam agricultural crops to supply basic chemical feed seed oil is summarized in Table 1, along with that stocks (Grounds, 1980). of other oils that might be considered its closest Questions about meadowfoam prices, markets, "relatives," chemically speaking. processing, and uses are logical to ask, but are dif- ficult to answer. Even though meadowfoam was produced on a farm scale (35 acres) in 1980, com- Table 1. mercial development of this new crop will require Fatty acid composition of meadowfoam and related oils. years of effort. Private industry generally is not High Erucic willing to invest in developing new crops until a Fatty Rapeseed significant financial incentive is visible (Rothfus, Acid (Canadian) Crambe Meadowfoam 1980). Soybeans, for example, required more than % 14:01 0.1 Tr a century for full development of production and 16:0 2.5 1.7 0.2 marketing in the United States, even though the 16:1 0.2 0.3 0.2 soybean plant had been domesticated several thou- 18:0 2.6 ... Tr sand years earlier. By contrast, meadowfoam was 18:1 16.3 16.7 2.0 domesticated less than 30 years ago. Similarly, ma- 18:2 15.3 7.8 0.2 18:3 8.9 6.9 jor new uses of corn syrup have been developed 20:0 0.8 1.3 2.0 just recently, even though this crop has led the na- 20:1 11.62 2.9 65.0 tion for decades in total value of production. 20:2 Tr 0.4 While USDA chemists worked on some of these 22:0 1.4 2.7 new uses for corn products, and predicted the 22:1 40.0 55.7 20.0k potential for their use, the appropriate economic 22:2 0.6 ... 10.0 and political environment in industry was essential 'This abbreviation designates the number of carbons in the fatty acid chain (14) and the number of double bonds (0). for the actual commercialization to take place. 211 Establishing a price for meadowfoam is dif- 35 ficult because markets change. For example, 433% 5,67% M3 meadowfoam oil might be valued comparably to 5,13 rapeseed oil in an active market channel. But it Note that the oil contains two forms of 22:1, might be worth two or three times as much as erucic acid (M3) and an isomer (5) which cor- rapeseed oil if ways are found to capitalize on its responds in the double bond location to the major unique composition.
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