56th
FLAX INSTITUTE
OF THE UNITED STATES
March 20-22, 1996
Doublewood Inn
Fargo, North Dakota
Program
of the
56TH FLAX INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED STATES
Doublewood Inn, Fargo, North Dakota
March 20-22, 1996
March 20, 1996, Wednesday, WOODLAND NORTH
7:00 p.m. REGISTRATION and get-acquainted discussion
NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
March 21, 1996, Thursday, 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,
Dr. Stephen Cunnane, Presiding
ESSENTIALITY AND METABOLISM OF
ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID
8:30 a.m. Omega 3 Fatty Acid Deficiency in Humans. Ralph Holman,
the Hormel Institute and the University of Minnesota, 801 16th
Ave. N.E., Austin, MN 55912.
9:00 a.m. Linolenic Acid Metabolism in Dogs. Douglas M. Bibus,
Glenn Topp, Ralph T. Holman, and Paul Stitt, the Hormel
Institute and the Univ. of Minnesota, 801 16th Ave. N.E.,
Austin, MN 55912.
9:20 a.m. Searching Literature about Flaxseed and Flaxseed on
Internet. Paul Stitt, Enreco, Manitowoc, WI 54220.
APPARENT HEALTH BENEFITS TO PEOPLE FROM CONSUMPTION
OF NUTRIENTS FROM FLAXSEED--DIRECT OR INDIRECT
9:40 a.m. Flaxseed in Experimental and Clinical Lupus Nephritis.
W. F. Clark, Nutrition and Kidney Disease Research Group,
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Victoria
Hospital, 375 South Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A
4G5.
10:00 a.m. Flaxseed in Experimental Chronic Transplant Rejection. A.
Parbtani, Nutrition and Kidney Disease Research Group,
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Victoria
Hospital, 375 South Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A
4G5.
10:20 a.m. BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
10:40 a.m. Further Assessment of Flaxseed Effects on Serum Lipids in
a Controlled Study. Stephen Cunnane, D. Popovich, T.
Wolever, and D. Jenkins, Department of Nutritional Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
M5S 1A8.
11:00 a.m. Human Plasma Lipid Modification Following Consumption
of Eggs from Hens Fed Flaxseed or Marine Oil. Mary Van
Elswyck, et al., Poultry Science Department, Texas A. and M.
University, College Station, TX 77843.
11:20 a.m. Consumption of n-3 Fatty Acid Rich Shell Eggs Enhances
Plasma Phospholipid n-3 Fatty Acid Content and Alters
Platelet Aggregation in Humans. Sandra Hatch, et. al.
Poultry Science Department, Texas A. and M. University,
College Station, TX 77843.
11:40 a.m. Stability of Flaxseed Oil Used in Cooking/Stir-Frying. Mary
Hadley, Food and Nutrition Department, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND 58105.
12:00 noon DISCUSSION
12:10 p.m. Lunch in WALNUT ROOM
12:55 p.m. RECONVENE IN WOODLAND NORTH
Dr. Brady Vick, Presiding
1:00 p.m. Serum Lipid Response to Omega 3 Fatty Acid Enriched
Eggs in Hypercholesteremic Humans. Nancy Lewis and Kim
Schalch, Nutritional Science & Dietetics, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583.
1:20 p.m. Predictable Impacts of Dietary a-Linolenate. William E. M.
Lands, Director, Division of Basic Research, National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Willco Bldg., Suite
402, 6000 Executive Blvd., MSC 7003, Bethesda, MD 20892-
7003.
1:50 p.m. Dietary 18:3n-3 and Brain Development in Rats. J.
Jumpsen, A. Parrett, E. Lien and M. T. Clandinin, Department
of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2P5.
LIGNANS AND GUMS OF FLAXSEED
2:10 p.m. Variation in the Concentration of the Flax Seed Lignan,
Secoisolarciresinol Diglucoside, with Variety, Location and
Year. Neil D. Westcott and Alister Muir, Saskatoon Research
Station, Agriculture Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon,
Sask., Canada S7N 0X2.
2:30 p.m. Quantitation of the Lignan, Secoisolarciresinol Diglucoside,
in Baked Goods Containing Flax Seed or Flax Meal. Alister
D. Muir and Neil D. Westcott, Saskatoon Research Station,
Agriculture Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Sask.,
Canada S7N 0X2.
2:50 p.m. BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
3:10 p.m. Characterization of the Gum/Mucilage from Flaxseed.
Wayne Moore, Cereal Science Dept., North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND 58105.
FEEDING FLAXSEED TO POULTRY AND FISH
3:30 p.m. Use of Pectinase in Poultry Rations Containing Flaxseed.
Sheila Scheideler and Dirya Juroni, Animal Science Dept.,
INAR, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583.
3:50 p.m. Early Reproductive Performance of Laying Hens Fed
Flaxseed. Gail Kennedy, et. al. Poultry Science Department,
Texas A. and M. University, College Station, TX 77843.
4:10 p.m. Simultaneous Flaxseed and Marine Algae Supplementation
for the Production of n-3 Fatty Acid Rich Eggs. Jason
Mooney, et al., Poultry Science Department, Texas A. and M.
University, College Station, TX 77843.
4:30 p.m. Principles of Feeding Flaxseed to Cold Water Fish, e.g.,
Arctic Char and Rainbow Trout. Terry A. Dick, Department
of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T
2N2.
5:10 p.m. The Use of Flaxseed in Tilapia Nutrition. David Klinkebiel,
Carrington Research and Extension Center, Box 219,
Carrington, ND 58421.
5:30 p.m. DISCUSSION NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
6:15 p.m. SOCIAL HOUR, WALNUT ROOM
NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
7:00 p.m. DINNER WALNUT ROOM
8:15 p.m. INTRODUCTIONS of those persons attending
DISCUSSION if desired
Levels of Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids in the Blood
Related to Heart Disease. Edward Siguel, M.D., School of
Medicine, Boston University, 80 East Concord St., Boston, MA
02118-2393.
9:15 p.m. RECESS until 8:00 a.m., March 22, WOODLAND NORTH
March 22, 1996, Friday, a.m., WOODLAND NORTH
8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER and announcements. J. F. Carter
J. J. Hammond, Presiding
MODIFIED LINSEED OIL IN COATINGS
8:05 a.m. Anticorrosive Primers on Alkyd Base Using Modified
Linseed Oil and Inhibitive Inorganic Pigments as Chromate
Replacements. U. G. Hermann, G. P. Bierwagen, D. J. Mills,
and V. H. Hauser, Department of Polymers and Coatings,
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105.
USING FLAX STEM FIBER
8:25 a.m. New Uses for Oilseed Flax Fibres. Ken Domier, Department
of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General
Services Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1.
8:45 a.m. 1995 Performance Trials of 31 European and North
American Fiber Flax Cultivars in Connecticut. George
Stephens, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New
Haven, CT 06504
FLAX: PRODUCTION, BREEDING AND
GENETICS AND DISEASE CONTROL
9:05 a.m. Effect of Pre- and Postplant Tillage with and without
Herbicides on Weed Control in Flax. P. H. Carr, J. Harris,
and G. B. Martin, Carrington Research and Extension Center,
Carrington, ND 58421.
9:25 a.m. Tillage System Effect on Flax Genotype Selection. D. W.
McAndrew, E. O. Kenaschuk, K. Y. Rashid and G. H. Gubbels,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Center, Unit 100-
101, Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, Canada, R6H 1Y5.
9:45 a.m. Seed Treatment for Fusarium Wilt Control in Flax. K. Y.
Rashid and E. O. Kenaschuk, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, Research Center, Unit 100-101, Route 100, Morden,
Manitoba, Canada, R6H 1Y5.
10:05 a.m. BREAK NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
10:25 a.m. Flax Tolerance to ALS Inhibitors (thifensulfuron and
imazethapyr). D. A. Wall, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Research Center, Unit 100-101, Route 100, Morden, Manitoba,
Canada, R6H 1Y5.
10:45 a.m. Towards Cloning Two Genes of the Cyanogenic Glucoside
Pathway in Flax (Linum usitatissimum). J. Doug Procunier,
C. Dwain Campbell, B. Dave Oomah, Edward O. Kenaschuk
and J. C. Paul Dribnenki, Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture
Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T
2M9.
11:05 a.m. The Development of High Palmitic Fatty Acid Solin
Varieties. Yousif Hormis and Gordon Rowland, Crop
Development Centre, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, S7N OWO.
11:25 a.m. Analysis of Genetic Relationships in Flax (Linum
usitatissimum) Using RAPD Markers. C. Dwain Campbell,
J. Doug Procunier, B. Dave Oomah, Edward O. Kenaschuk,
and J. C. Paul Dribnenki, Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture
Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T
2M9.
11:45 a.m. A New Gene for Resistance to Flax Rust. K. Y. Rashid and
E. G. Kenaschuk, Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture Canada,
195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2M9.
12:05 p.m. DISCUSSION
12:15 p.m. LUNCH POOLSIDE
12:45 p.m. BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FLAX INSTITUTE mainly
selection of officers, next meeting date and place,
suggestions, PROCEEDINGS, etc.
1:00 p.m. DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES in Woodland
North (see detailed handout)
A. People research of via animals regarding omega-3 EFA
and dietary fiber effects re CHD, anticarcinogenesis,
renal diseases, inflammatory diseases, blood sugar
modification or influence, laxation, skin care, etc.
Stephen Cunnane.
B. Research with animals fed whole flaxseed, flaxseed
meal, and/or flaxseed oil, etc. Emphasis to poultry
products, pork or other animal products high in
PUFA's, fish from farming, and feed (food) for pets,
"show animals", horses, zoo animals, etc. Sheila
Scheideler.
C. More research versus WHEN expanded PROMOTION,
ADVERTISING, etc... Dale Zetocha.
3:00 p.m. ADJOURN or as completed, finished. Reports of
Discussion sections, if desired, for the Proceedings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SPONSOR(S) 1996
Provision of some FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE or product donation to this 56th Flax
institute is ACKNOWLEDGED as of March 5, 1996, WITH THANKS TO:
Barlean's Organic Oils, 4936 Lake Terrell Rd., Ferndale, Washington 98248
BASF Corporation, 4120 15th St. S., Fargo, ND 58104
ENRECO and Manitowoc Ovens, P.O. Box 2107, Manitowoc, WI 54221-2107
North Dakota Oilseed Council, 4023 State Street, Bismarck, ND 58501-0620
Omega Nutrition U.S.A., Inc., 6505 Aldrich Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226
Poultry Science, INAR, UNL, Lincoln, NE 68583-0908
SK Foods, Box 1236, Wahpeton, ND 58074
HELP! Please advise
Jack Carter of "flax
workers" who should be
added or removed from
membership list for 56th
Proceedings