Carinata, the Sustainable Crop for a Bio-based Economy: Production Recommendations for the Southeastern United States

This document is SS-AGR-384, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2014. Revised October 2015, December 2018, January 2019, and August 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This research is supported by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of Energy grant SRD007 and focuses on the development of best management practices, demonstration of commercial potential, and feasibility of the presscake as a feedstuff. Our research partner, Applied Research Associates, FL, USA, was also supported through this grant to develop efficient conversion methods for B. carinata oil into "drop-in" bio-jet and bio-diesel fuels. The selection of regionally adaptable carinata genotypes with superior agronomic performance and high oil concentration is done in collaboration with Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. and Mustard 21 Canada Inc.

R. Seepaul, research assistant scientist, Agronomy Department, North Florida REC; I. M. Small, assistant professor, Plant Pathology Department, NFREC; P. Devkota, former assistant professor, West Florida REC; H. Y. Sintim, assistant professor, Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia; M. J. Mulvaney, associate professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University; S. George, research coordinator, NFREC; R. Leon, professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University; S. V. Paula-Moraes, associate professor, WFREC; I. L. Esquivel, assistant professor, Entomology Department, NFREC;  R. Bennett, Nuseed; A. Pokrzywinski, Nuseed; D. Geller, public service associate, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia; J. J. Marois, professor emeritus, NFREC; and D. L. Wright, professor (deceased), Agronomy Department, NFREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.