Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017
The level of glucosinolates in the seed of many double low varieties of rapeseed is still very close to 20 μM/g, which will be the limit for EEC subsidy from 1992. Besides the effects on the price, the high level of glucosinolates in rapeseed meal, and their possible products of decomposition, may limit their usefulness in feeding strategies and programmes for pigs.
The possibility that the agronomical conditions under which the rapeseed it grown and harvested may influence the glucosinolate content of the seed, and hence alter its nutritional value to pigs, was investigated in the present experiment. Substantial variation in glucosinolate levels between batches of seeds of the same variety has been found in different years, depending upon the site and conditions under which the crop is grown.
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