Development of Brassica juncea as a suitable oilseed crop for cold dry lands
Cold dry lands occupy over three million hectares of arable lands across Iran. Wheat/pasture and wheat/fallow are dominant cropping system in cold drylands and oilseed crops in rotation are not defined. Low fall precipitation and rapidly decreasing temperatures typical to this region often restrict winter planting of any crop except than wheat in rainfed conditions. As a result,development of spring type Brassica oilcrops has been a high priority in Dryland Agricultural Research Institute. Brassica juncea lines have showed good performance compared to spring type Brassica napus cultivars from origin of Canada and Australia.Evaluation of some accessions of Indian mustard from Canada and Pakistan was not successful because of high erucic acid and glucosinolate contents. Hence, our breeding program has been oriented towards the breeding of canola quality cultivars. This presentation will detail the present status of the research and future perspectives of Brassica juncea development in cold drylands.
Canola Indian mustard Highlands
K.Alizadeh
Dryland Agricultural Research Institute, PO.Box 119, Maragheh, Iran
国际会议
第十二届国际油菜大会( The 12th International Rapeseed Congress)
武汉
英文
414-415
2007-03-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）