Production and utilization of protein in oilseed crops : proceedings of a seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on the Improvement of the Production of Plant Proteins : organised by the Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchting at

This publication contains the proceedings of a seminar on 'Production and Utilization of Protein in Oilsead Crops', held at Braunschweig from 8 to 10 July, 1980. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Commission of the European Communities, as part of the EEC Common Research Programme on Plant Protein Improvement. Methods for the intensive production of meat and milk have been adopted to an increasing extent in EEC coun±ries over the past two decades, their success is based on animal diets of high quality, balanced for energy and protein contents. The substantial improvements in cereal yields in EEC over this period has kept pace with the increasing demand for dietary energy in concentrated animal foodstuffs, but provision of the necessary protein supplementation has required ever-increasing imports of soybean products. Grain legumes and oilseed meals are the two main sources of concentrated protein for the animal feeds industry, and there is an urgent need for increased EEC production of both. Seminars on grain legumes have been held at regular intervals since 1976; the meeting at Braunschweig, now reported, was the first to consider in detail the potential contribution from oilseed crops suitable for EEC conditions. Local arrangements for the seminar were made by Professor Dr. M. Dambroth, Dr. C. Sommer, and their colleagues at the Institut fUr Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzuchtung, Braunschweig - Volkenr6de. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Potentials and Restrictions of Breeding for Protein Improvement in Rapeseed....Pages 3-16 The Crop Physiology of Rapeseed....Pages 17-42 Problems in Simultaneous Breeding for Oil and Protein Content in Sunflower....Pages 43-49 Aspects and Progress of Oil Crop Breeding in Spain....Pages 50-57 The Use of Tissue Culture in Breeding Oilseed Crops....Pages 58-65 Aspects of Plant Regeneration from Single Cells and Protoplasts of Brassica napus ....Pages 66-76 Short Communication....Pages 77-77 Short Communication....Pages 78-78 Application of Protoplast Fusion in the Improvement of Rapeseed Yield....Pages 79-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Breeding for Low Content of Glucosinolates in Rapeseed....Pages 91-106 New Methods of Quantitative Analysis of Glucosinolates....Pages 107-126 Content and Pattern of Glucosinolates in Resynthesised Rapeseed....Pages 127-135 Breeding Aspects of Sunflower in Middle Europe....Pages 136-157 Experience in Soyabean Breeding in Middle Europe....Pages 158-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Regulation of Pod and Seed Numbers in Oilseed Rape....Pages 179-189 Plant-Water Relations of Rapeseed....Pages 190-202 Short Communication....Pages 203-204 Main Factors Limiting Sunflower Yield in Dry Areas....Pages 205-226 Yield Stability in Soya Bean in North-Eastern Italy....Pages 227-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Nutritive Value of Protein Feedingstuffs from Oilseed Crops....Pages 243-262 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Use of Oil Meals for Determining Protein Requirements or as Supplements for Rat and Pig Diets....Pages 263-290 Short Communication Nutritional Value of Rapeseed Meal....Pages 291-292 Nutritional Problems Related to Double Low Rapeseed in Animal Nutrition....Pages 293-310 Rapeseed Meal in Poultry Rations....Pages 311-346 Rapeseed Meal as a Protein Supplement for Dairy Cows — Results from Feeding Experiments in Sweden....Pages 347-364 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 Closing Session....Pages 367-377 Back Matter....Pages 378-382