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unusual facts about Canola


Cannola

Canola, the edible cooking oil from rapeseed (Brassica campestris)


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Arbuscular mycorrhiza

Members of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), like cabbage, cauliflower, canola, and crambe, don’t have arbuscular mycorrihizal fungi on their roots.

Economy of Hamilton, Ontario

Bunge is an oilseed processing plant and Canada’s largest canola processor.

Genetically modified organism containment and escape

In 1997, Percy Schmeiser discovered that canola growing on his farm was genetically modified to be resistant to Roundup although he had not planted GM seed.

IntercontinentalExchange

IntercontinentalExchange Inc., the "upstart Atlanta-based energy bourse" purchased the privately held 120-year-old Winnipeg Commodity Exchange, known for its canola futures contract for $40 million.

Matt Dunstone

This year, he will be unable to defend his championships at the 2014 Canadian Juniors after losing in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to Braden Calvert.

Maurice Moloney

Prof. Maloney holds over 300 patents in plant biotechnology worldwide and led the Cell Biology group at Calgene to develop the world’s first transgenic oilseeds, which resulted in RoundUp Ready Canola and other novel crops.

Recombinant DNA

;Herbicide-resistant crops : commercial varieties of important agricultural crops (including soy, maize/corn, sorghum, canola, alfalfa and cotton) have been developed that incorporate a recombinant gene that results in resistance to the herbicide glyphosate (trade name Roundup), and simplifies weed control by glyphosate application.

Rita Wong

There is also a poem, 'canola queasy' dedicated to Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer sued by Monsanto because he intentionally propagated genetically engineered canola that had blown into his fields.

Tammy Lobato

She questioned whether the Victorian Chief Scientist, Sir Gustav Nossal, was independent enough to advise the Government of Victoria on the subject, and has been critical of Victorian Premier John Brumby for approving genetically modified canola plantations in Victoria.


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