Australia: Sesame could rival mungbeans and chickpeas as a crop in the near future

Published 2024년 11월 27일

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CQ University's Dr Tieneke Trotter is pioneering the cultivation of sesame in Australia, with the aim of making it as big as mungbeans and chickpeas. This crop, an oil seed, has the potential to be both domestically produced and exported, replacing imports. Initially, the focus will be on developing a small-scale commercial industry in areas like Emerald, with plans to expand. The crop's adaptability to warm climates and lower moisture needs make it a promising rotation crop. Additionally, it shows promise in breaking disease cycles, particularly for root nematodes. Dr Trotter's research is supported by the CRC for Developing Northern Australia and Agrifutures Australia, with the goal of establishing sesame as a profitable industry within five years.

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CQ University's Dr Tieneke Trotter at Agtech24 in Emerald with some bottles of sesame oil. Picture by Judith Maizey As interest grows in emerging crops, one such crop, sesame, could become as big as mungbeans and chickpeas. All articles from our website & app The digital version of This Week's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox All articles from the other agricultural news sites in your area CQ University senior lecturer in agriculture Dr Tieneke Trotter said she did not sesame becoming the major industry of any area. "We see it fitting into a cropping rotation, it fits really neatly into a cotton rotation where producers are growing cotton and are looking for an alternative or a rotation type crop," she said. "We see it fitting into the sugar rotation as well (and) we see it potentially becoming the size of something that could be similar to maybe chickpeas or mungbeans or even sunflowers in its day." Dr Trotter said as sesame was an oil seed crop it could be used as ...

Source: Queenslandcountrylife