57th

FLAX INSTITUTE

OF THE UNITED STATES

March 26-28, 1998

Doublewood Inn

Fargo, North Dakota

PROGRAM

of the

57TH FLAX INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED STATES

Doublewood Inn, Fargo, North Dakota

March 26-28, 1998

March 26, 1998, Thursday, WOODLAND NORTH

7:00 p.m. REGISTRATION, snacks, get-acquainted, and discussion.

NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

March 27, 1998, Friday, WOODLAND NORTH

7:30 a.m. REGISTRATION outside Woodland North

8:20 a.m. CALL TO ORDER. Introductory remarks and announcements. J. F. Carter, President, Flax Institute,

Brady Vick, Presiding.

PLANT LIGNANS IN HUMAN

NUTRITION AND HEALTH

8:30 a.m.

Discovery of and Report of Lignans as Phytoestrogens. K.D.R. Setchell, Professor, Clinical Mass Spectrometry Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039.

9:00 a.m.

Anticarcinogenic Effects and Bioavailability of Flaxseed Lignans. Sharon E. Rickard, Mazda Jenab, Janet Tou, Paula Nesbitt, and Lilian Thompson. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8.

9:30 a.m.

Biosynthesis of Cancer Preventative Lignans. Laurence B. Davin and Norman Lewis, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-6340.

10:00 a.m.

BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

10:20 a.m.

Production of Synthetic Lignans. M. P. Sibi, Chemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105.

10:50 a.m.

Analysis of Flax Lignans after Enzymatic and Chemical Extraction. Neil D. Westcott, Alister D. Muir, and Sandra F. Northrup. Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Sk, Canada, S7N 0X2.

11:20 a.m.

Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Flaxseeds on Experimental Metastasis of Melanoma Cells in Mice. Yan, Lin, Yee, J.A., Li, D., McGuire, M.H., and Thompson, L.U. Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178-0405, and Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8.

11:50 a.m.

DISCUSSION of lignans as phytoestrogens and in anticarcinogenesis.

12:00 a.m.

DISCUSSION.

12:10 Noon

Lunch - POOLSIDE. NEWS CONFERENCE.

12:55 p.m.

RECONVENE IN WOODLAND NORTH

Dennis McIntosh, Presiding

FLAXSEED IN NUTRITION OF POULTRY

AND OTHER ANIMALS

1:00 p.m.

Degummed Flaxseed in Layer Diets. Sheila Scheideler, Animal Science (Poultry) Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0908.

1:20 p.m.

Economics of Feeding Flaxseed for a Full Production Cycle in Laying Hens. Curtis Novak and Sheila Scheideler, Animal Science Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0908.

1:40 p.m.

Essential Fatty Acid Rich Shell Eggs Improve Biochemical Parameters Associated with Cardiovascular Disease in Dyslipidemic Males. Shaleen McNeill, Poultry Department, Texas A. and M. University, College Station, Texas 77843-2472.

2:00 p.m.

Ratios of Linoleic and Alpha Linolenic Acids in the Diet: Implications in the Health of Dogs and People. Douglas M. Bibus, Paul A. Stitt, and Ralph T. Holman. Hormel Institute and University of Minnesota, 801 16^th Avenue N.E., Austin, MN 59072; and ENRECO, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

2:30 p.m.

The Effect of Feeding Flaxseed Oil to Horses on Blood Lipids and Blood Platelet Aggregability. Karen McCrae, D.V.M., and Dr. J.T. Savage, 1108 4^th St.W., Roundup, Montana 59072; and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523.

2:50-3:10p.m.

BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

3:10 p.m.

Can Flaxseed Play an Important Role in Maintaining Skeletal Health? Bahram Arjmandi, Nutrional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078.

VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM THE FLAX

PLANT STEM, SEED OR LINSEED OIL

3:40 p.m.

Storage Stability of Milled Flaxseed. L. J. Malcolmson, R. Przybylski, and J. Daun, Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Manitoba, Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. R3T 2N2.

4:00 p.m.

The Current Status of the Field Crop Fibre Industry in Canada. K. W. Domier, Professor Emeritus, Department of Renewable Resources, 751 General Services Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. T6G 2H1.

4:20 p.m.

Fractionation of Flaxseed with an Intermediate-Sized Batch Dehuller. B. David Oomah and G. Mazza. Formerly Morden, Manitoba, now Food Research Program, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. V0H 1Z0.

4:50 p.m.

Linseed Oil and Linseed Oil-Based Alkyd Ceramer Coatings. Greta Hurtt, Chad Wold, Rob Sailer, and Mark Soucek, Polymers and Coatings Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105.

5:10 p.m.

DISCUSSION NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

6:15 p.m.

SOCIAL HOUR, WOODLAND EAST

NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

7:00 p.m.

DINNER, WOODLAND EAST

8:00 p.m.

INTRODUCTIONS OF THOSE ATTENDING.

DISCUSSION OR ANNOUNCEMENTS of ongoing or new research at various Institutions and Private Companies.

9:00 p.m.

RECESS until 8:10 a.m., March. 28, 1998 at WOODLAND NORTH.

March 28, 1998, Saturday a.m. in WOODLAND NORTH

8:10 a.m.

CALL TO ORDER and announcements. J. F. Carter,

J. J. Hammond, Presiding

BREEDING, GENETICS, DISEASES AND PRODUCTION OF FLAX

8:20 a.m.

Fertilizer Management for Flax in Manitoba. David W. McAndrew, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

8:50 a.m.

The Application of Nuclear Sterile Recurrent Selection in the Development of "Jinya 6" Flax Cultivar. Tianyue Bo, 18 East Yingbin Road, Institute of Crop Sciences, Datong, Sharxi, 037008, P.R. China.

9:20 a.m.

Recent Development of Anter/Microspore Culture in Flax/Solin. Yorong Chen, Edward Kenaschuk, and Paul Dribnenki, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research

Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

9:40 a.m.

The Development of PCR Markers for Flax Rust Resistance Genes. Georg Hausner, K. Y. Rashid, E. O. Kenaschuk, and J. D. Procunier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

10:00 a.m.

BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

10:20 a.m.

Assessment of Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini in Flax, Race Specific Interaction and Environmental Factors. Ineke Kroes, K. Y. Rashid, and J. J. Hammond, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5; and Plant Sciences Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5051.

10:40 a.m.

Yield Loss in Flax from Pasmo and Efficacy of Chemical Control. K. Y. Rashid and E. O. Kenaschuk, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

11:00 a.m.

Infection and Colonization of Flax Seedling Roots by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini. Ineke Kroes, Robert P. Daayan, and Wouter Lange. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

11:20 a.m.

Powdery Mildew on Flax, First Encounter in Western Canada. K. Y. Rashid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, 100-101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5.

11:40 a.m.

DISCUSSION NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

12:00

LUNCH - WOODLAND EAST

12:45 p.m.

BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FLAX INSTITUTE. Mainly selection of officers, next meeting date and place, suggestions, PROCEEDINGS, etc. (Suggestions to committee of J. J. Hammond, Ch.; K. Y. Rashid; and Sheila Scheideler.)

1:00 p.m.

DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES.

WOODLAND NORTH

Feeding flaxseed to poultry. Are the feeding and production problems, procedures pretty well resolved? Can we get any siginificant flax egg production in the U.S.? What is the outlook in Canada for "flax egg" production and marketing? Is feeding of menhaden oil or algae going to displace flaxseed in poultry rations?
What chance that feeding flaxseed could become

a standard ingredient of the ration for laying hens?

Any chance for flaxseed in the ration for broilers to produce adipose tissue higher in omega 3 fatty acids-a "KY Fried higher omega 3" product? Sheila Scheideler, Leader.
A value-added product such as gum/mucilage for food additive from dry milling of flaxseed? David Oomah, Leader.
A purified lignan from flax from milling and extraction? Will synthetic lignans take any possible pharmacuetical market? Dennis McIntosh, Leader.
Is flaxseed utilization bullish and fate of research on flax? A Cargill or ADM flax buyer?
Use of linseed oil in the industrial oil market -stabilized, likely to go up or down? Mark Soucek,Leader.

Agronomic research planning. J.J. Hammond

3:00 p.m.

ADJOURN OR AS desired. Summary of discussion reports in the Proceedings?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SPONSOR(S) 1998

Provision of some FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE or product donation to this 57th Flax Institute is ACKNOWLEDGED as of March 10, 1998, WITH THANKS TO:

Barlean's Organic Oils, 4936 Lake Terrell Rd., Ferndale, WA 98248

BASF Corporation, 4120 15^th St. S., Fargo, ND 58104

Eversco, Ltd., Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Natures Path Foods/Vita Mills, 7453 Progress Way, Delta, B.C.,

Canada V4G 1E8

North Dakota Oilseed Council, 4023 State Street Bismarck, ND 58501-0620

Omega Nutrition U.S.A., Inc. 6505 Aldrich Road, Bellingham, WA 98226

Poultry Science, INAR, UNL, Lincoln, NE 68583-0908