STUDY AND UTILIZATION OF THE CRUCIFEROUS OIL PLANT RESOURCE OF THE GRASSLAND OF WEST SICHUAN
川西草原十字花科油料植物资源的研究和利用

Recently,the Institute of Botany of Sichuan University has conducted a systematic investigation of the wild cruciferous oil plant resource of the grassland of West Sichuan and collected the specimens of plants and seeds belonging to about 12 genera and 20 species. According to the results of seed oil analysis and plant introduction, the following oil plants are selected for further study and utilization. They are the edible oil plant species Descurainia sophia and Thlaspi arvense, the high quality edible oil plant species Rorippa elata,and the oil plant species Malcolmia africana and Lepidium apetalum which can be used in indurstry.