From Crop to Biofuels: a Case Study of Sunflower Crude Oil Production in Tuscany
F. Barontini, M. Simone, G. Ragaglini, A. Mancini, S. D'Alvano, F. Triana & C. Nicolella
A chain for the production of crude oil from sunflower, comprising field setup management and seeds processing, was developed at the Interdepartmental Centre for AgroEnvironmental Research "E. Avanzi" (CIRAA) of the University of Pisa, Italy. This paper reports agronomic and technical data for evaluation of the main performance indicators characterizing the chain. A field trial comparing two high oleic hybrids (PR64 H31 and PR65 H41, hereafter named H31 and H41) was conducted during 2009 and...