The oil, in its crude form, was and still is used as lamp oil and lubricant. Botanically, Brassica campestris, Brassica rapa and Brassica napus are identical.

Two inventors from Madison, WI, Juan Enrique Romero Lanuza, and John Lawrence Sernyk, obtained US patent 6169190 for their discovery "Oil of Brassica napus" early January. This is an improvement ...

BASF introduced a new brand of canola aimed at the hotter, drier areas of the U.S. and Canada.  InVigor Gold will be the ...

This study used field trials to investigate how the fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) affects the flower-visiting behavior of insects on rapeseed Brassica napus L.

Rapeseed oil is extracted from the seeds of the Brassica napus plant, which is related to mustard, turnips and other cabbage plants. In Canada, rapeseed oil was refined to make it more suitable for ...