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with low ratios of potentially harmful erucic acid and glucosinolates that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada’s top edible oils and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world. At the time of Downey's work to develop canola, Canada was importing 95 per cent
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Downey is the breeder and co-breeder of 13 rapeseed/canola varieties, five condiment mustard varieties, and one alfalfa variety. He has been breeding
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on the prairies to make industrial oil for the war effort, used as a lubricant on steam-powered ships and trains. It now rivals wheat as the leading moneymaker for
Saskatchewan farmers. Canola now covers 20 million acres in Canada and contributes billions of dollars to the economy.
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