Potential New Iowa Multi-Use Crops for Oils and Hydrocarbons

Authors

Russell A. Buchanan, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Many green plants contain, on a dry weight basis, more than 5 percent oil plus hydrocarbon that is not concentrated in storage organs. In these plants, oils and hydrocarbons (botanochemicals) are distributed throughout major plant tissues often as the major component of a latex. Although there has been little past interest in processing whole plants for botanochemicals, there is now great interest in these new and renewable sources of raw materials and energy. Various plant species are being regarded as potential "gasoline trees", as possible domestic sources of natural rubber and plastic, as new sources of industrial feedstocks or even as potential fuels.

Publication Date

April 1981

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

47

Last Page

52

Copyright

© Copyright 1981 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Buchanan, Russell A. (1981) "Potential New Iowa Multi-Use Crops for Oils and Hydrocarbons," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 18: No. 1, Article 22.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol18/iss1/22