Case Study Of Flaxseed In India

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Flax/linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) is one of the oldest cultivated plants grown for food, industrial and medicinal value. It is commonly known as Alsi. Flaxseed is an important crop of genus Linum belongs to the family linaceae. During 2013, the total global linseed area was 2270.35 thousand hectare and production was 2238.94 thousand tons with average productivity of 936.16 kg/ha (Anonymous, 2013). In India, linseed is one of the most important industrial oilseed crop and stands next to rapeseed and mustard in terms of area and production. In India it is cultivated in an area of 338 thousand hectares with production and productivity of 147 thousand tons and 434.91 kg/ha, respectively (Anonymous, 2013). The most frequent seed colours in …show more content…

1) were crossed directly and reciprocally among each other as Nagarkot x Surbhi, Nagarkot x Binwa, Binwa x Nagarkot, Surbhi x Nagarkot, T-397 x Surbhi, T-397 x Binwa, Binwa x T-397 and Surbhi x T-397 to develop F1, F2 and back crosses for studying inheritance of seed colour in three environments i.e. CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Palampur, Rice and Wheat Research Centre (RWRC), Malan (Himachal Pradesh) and Shivalik Agricultural Research and Extension Centre, Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). However, for flower colour eight true breeding genetically diverse genotypes of flax viz., HimAlsi-2 (white), Chambal (blue), HimAlsi-1 (white), Nagarkot (blue), Surbhi (white), T-397 (blue), Belinka (white) and Jeevan (blue) were crossed directly and reciprocally among each other as HimAlsi-2 x Chambal, HimAlsi-2 x Nagarkot, HimAlsi-2 x T-397, HimAlsi-2 x Jeevan, Chambal x HimAlsi-2, Nagarkot x HimAlsi-2, T-397 x HimAlsi-2, Jeevan x HimAlsi-2, HimAlsi-1 x Chambal, HimAlsi-1 x Nagarkot, HimAlsi-1 x T-397, HimAlsi-1 x Jeevan, Chambal x HimAlsi-1 , Nagarkot x HimAlsi-1 , T-397 x HimAlsi-1 , Jeevan x HimAlsi-1, Surbhix Chambal, Surbhix Nagarkot, Surbhix T-397, Surbhix Jeevan, Chambal x Surbhi, Nagarkot x Surbhi, T-397 x Surbhi, Jeevan x Surbhi, Belinkax Chambal, Belinkax Nagarkot, Belinkax T-397, Belinkax Jeevan, Chambal x Belinka, Nagarkot x Belinka, T-397 x Belinka, Jeevan x Belinka, to develop F1, F2 and back crosses for studying inheritance of flower colour in three environments. The material was grown in randomised block design with three replications during Rabi 2014–15 at experimental farm of Department of Crop Improvement, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Palampur, RWRC, Malan and Shivalik Agricultural Research and Extension Centre, Kangra with row to row and plant to plant spacing of 30 and 5 cm respectively. The

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