Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jatropha Curcas, Jatropha, Cardoon, Clonostachys Rosea F. Rosea, Camelina Sativa, Camelina, Copaifera Langsdorffii, Table of Biofuel Crop Yields. Excerpt: Camelina Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae . One species, Camelina sativa , is a historic and potentially important oil plant. Biodiesel and jet fuel The US State of Montana has recently been growing more and more camelina for its potential as a biofuel and bio-lubricant. Plant scientists at the University of Idaho and other institutions study this emerging biodiesel. Studies have shown camelina-based jet fuel to reduce carbon emissions from jets by about 80 %. The United States Navy chose camelina as the feedstock for their first test of aviation biofuel , and successfully operated a static F414 engine, which is the engine for the F/A-18, in October 2009 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The US Air Force also began testing the fuel in its aircraft in March 2010. KLM, the Royal Dutch Airline, was the first airline in the world to operate a passenger-carrying flight using biofuel. On the 23 of November a Boeing 747 flew, carrying a limited amount of passengers, with one of its four engines running on a 50:50 mix of biofuel and kerosene. Camelina has also been approved as a cattle feed supplement in the US Species Gallery References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Camelina Camelina sativa , usually known in English as camelina , gold-of-pleasure , or false flax , also occasionally te…

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