AGRON 507 Linseed and niger handout .pptx

AGRON 507 Linseed and niger handout .pptx

1. AGRON 507 M.Sc (Ag.) Course Agronomy of Oilseed, Fibre and Sugar Crops Topic: Linseed and Niger Faculty : Dr Sourav Ghosh, Scientist, ICAR-CRIJAF

2. Rapeseed/ Toria and mustard are the third most important edible oilseed crops of the world after soybean and oil palm. It belongs to the Family : Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Rapeseed-mustard is a group of crops comprising: R apeseed ( toria , brown sarson and yellow sarson) cultivar of Brassica campestris ; Indian Mustard ( Brassica juncea ); black mustard ( Brassica nigra ) and taramira ( Eruca sativa ). Some exotic species of Brassicas like gobhi sarson ( B. napus ), Ethopian mustard or karan rai ( B. carinata ) and white mustard ( Sinapis alba ) have been brought into cultivation in India. Out of these cultivars Indian mustard fits well in cropping system of rainfed areas and accounts for >75% of the total area under rapeseed-mustard cultivation in India. Classification