New Delhi, India
August 28, 2008
Source: Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR)
The scientists of National
Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard, Bharatpur in Rajasthan have
developed a hybrid of Indian mustard namely NRC Sankar sarson
(NRCHB 506) through heterosis breeding using moricandia
cytoplasmic genetic male sterility system.
This is the first mori candia CMS based hybrid of Indian mustard
in India and important milestone in Brassica research programme
of the country.
The developed hybrid was identified for release primarily for
Rajasthan and U.P. states. Dr. K. H. Singh, Senior Scientist and
key breeder of this NRC Sankar sarson hybrid, reported that the
hybrid had shown superiority for oil yield by a margin of about
26, and 20 per cent over existing popular varieties of the
region viz., Maya and Varuna, respectively in 11 trials across 5
states.
The yield recorded in yield evaluation trials was up to 32 q /ha
at some of the location. This hybrid is of medium maturity
duration of 133 days, medium tall 190 cm and has 40.6 per cent
high oil content. It has shown wide adaptability.
Dr. Arvind Kumar, Director of National Research Centre on
Rapeseed-Mustard under Indian Council of Agricultural Research
informed, the development of hybrid in Indian mustard which is
the second most important oilseed crop of the country would help
in enhancing the productivity of this crop.
He further added, it would be instrumental in bringing the self
sufficiency in the edible oils in country. The hybrid NRC Sankar
sarson was identified for release by Varietal Identification
Committee chaired by Dr. P. L. Gautam DDG (Crop Science), ICAR
during 15th Annual Group Meeting of All India Coordinated
Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard held at OUAT, Bhubaneswar
recently.
In the group meeting, another hybrid namely DMH 1 developed by
Dhara Vegetable Oil and Food Co. Ltd was also identified for
release for Punjab, Haryana and parts of Rajasthan. Besides, Six
varieties including four of mustard (B. juncea), LES-1-27 (Low
erucic acid) for zone II and III (Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi,
Rajasthan, UP and MP), RB-50 (Rainfed condition), RGN-145 (Late
sown conditions) for zone II (Punjab, Haryana and parts of
Rajasthan); NRCHB-101 (Late sown conditions) for zone III (Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, parts of Rajasthan) and one of B.
napus, ONK-1 for zone I (Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir)
and one of B. rapa var. yellow sarson, YSH-0401 have also been
identified for release.
Rapeseed-Mustard is an important oilseed crop commodity
contributing 26.1 and 29.1% respectively to the total oilseed
hectarage and production in India. During 2005-06 the
productivity of rapeseed-mustard was about 2.3 times i.e. from
483 kg/ha to 1117 kg/ha, as compared to that of 1967-68 with
five fold increase in production. There has been a remarkable
increase in rapeseed-mustard production and productivity during
the last two decades. The area and production under
rapeseed-mustard was 6.33 mha and 6.69 mt during 2006-07 with a
productivity of 1057 kg/ha.
Bharatpur in Rajasthan based National Research Centre on
Rapeseed-Mustard also has under its umbrella, All India
Coordinated Research Project-Rapeseed-Mustard with 21 research
and 18 verification centres at present across the country. |
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