By-products from oil-seed crops
Several by-products are produced either during oil extraction or during the industrial uses of oil-seeds: (i) Protein-rich meal is produced during oil extraction from oil seed with anti-nutritional agents like glucosinolates. The demand for this meal for animal feed has increased.
There is a hope that glucosinolate metabolism can be manipulated to improve the nutritional value of this meal.
Such an improvement may be essential, because it may not be economically viable to grow rapeseed for industrial use alone, unless protein-rich meal obtained as a by-product can find a ready market.


