The first tung tree seeds were reportedly brought to America from Hankow, China in 1905 by Dr. David Fairchild, who was then a senior agricultural explorer for the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) at that time. The first seeds were distributed to experiment stations in the South.
Can Tung seed be used in other commodity oilseed crops?
The recalcitrance of this tung seed activity to traditional purification methods quickly led to a revised approach wherein the necessary genes from tung could be identified, studied in model systems in the laboratory, and then introduced into other commodity oilseed crops with amenable agronomic characteristics.
How much palm oil is extracted in Indonesia?
in Indonesia. Our average palm oil extraction rates range from 28 to 33% in the laboratory, while the mill extraction rates in North Sumatr average 25%. The kernel extraction rat