Confident in camelina’s potential

About this episode

Christina Eynck discusses the benefits and challenges of growing camelina, including variety development and its potential uses.

Camelina is an oilseed crop that originated in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia in similar climates to the prairie provinces in Western Canada. It’s well-adapted to the southern regions of Canada because it has good drought tolerance and it’s well-adapted to the northern regions of the country because it has good frost tolerance and a short growing season.  In this episode, Christina Eynck, research scientist and plant breeder at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, discusses the benefits and challenges of growing camelina. She speaks to the advances plant breeders have made in variety development for the crop. She discusses spring and winter biotypes - and how growers can know how to choose the best option for their farm.  Learn about the crop’s development, end-use products, biofuel potential and more. Never miss an episode of Inputs by subscribing to the podcast on  Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts.

People in this episode

Guest: Christina Eynck

Topics covered

• camelina
• oilseed crop
• plant breeding
• agriculture
• biofuel

Keywords

• drought tolerance
• frost tolerance
• growing season
• biotypes
• end-use products

Mentioned in this episode

Products: camelina

Places: Europe, Asia, Western Canada, Canada

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