OILSEEDS
RESEARCH
PROJECTS IN HAND = 52
RESEARCH AREAS
Development of better varieties with high yield and improved oil
quality.
Production technology up date for new varieties and new crop production
situations.
Development of hybrids in sunflower, Canola and castor for higher
yields.
Designing plant protection strategies for oilseed crop via development
of resistant varieties and use of insecticides/fungicides/herbicides.
Pre-basic seed production.
ACHIEVEMENTS
|
Varieties evolved No. |
Varieties under cultivation |
Promising strains |
|
Name of variety |
Yield potential (kg/ha) |
Av. Yield (t/ha) |
Name of variety |
Yield potential (t/ha) |
| 13 |
Rapeseed
and mustard
Poorbi Raya
Raya
Anmol
Peela
Raya
Khanpur
Raya |
1796
2223
3458
3719 |
890
1050
1654
1037 |
ZBJ
94001
RBJ
96026 |
2296
2243 |
| |
|
|
|
Sunflower
FH-75
FH-81 |
3783
2349 |
| |
Sesame
Til-89
Ts-3 |
1763
2214 |
737
757 |
Sesame
96006 |
2160 |
| |
Groundnut
Banki |
3458 |
1350 |
Groundnut
93-7 |
2694 |
| |
Soybean
Faisal Soybean |
4563 |
2001 |
Soybean
95-1 |
3286 |
NEW
VISTAS
Canola
type hybrids in traditional rape-seed and mustard. This approach
will uplift the national average from 980 kg/ha to 1300 kg/ha with
an increase of 32%.
The pace of sunflower hybrid development will be enhanced through
using modern techniques like RFLP, anther culture and recombinant
DNA. The yield level in sunflower will increase from 1303 kg/ha
to 2000 kg/ha showing an increase of 53%.
Efforts will be made to develop high yielding varieties and better
crop production technology for sesame crop to increase its yield
from 443 kg/ha to 800 kg/ha.
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