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RAPESEED AND MUSTARD
Botanical Name: Brassica spp
Family: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
Rapeseed and mustard are the third most important edible oilseed crops of the world after soybean and oil palm. ‘Rape’ is a Latin word means turnip. ‘Mustard’ also a Latin term ‘must’/‘mustum’ denotes expressed juice of grapes and ‘ardens’ means hot and burning. Rapeseed and mustard comprise of 6 species as given below.
1. Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.]
2. Toria (B.rapa L. ssp. toria); Yellow sarson (B.rapa L. ssp. Yellow sarson); Brown sarson (B.rapa L. ssp. Brown sarson). B.rapa is synonym to B. campestris
3. Gobhi sarson (B. napus L.)
4. Karan rai (B. carinata Brown)
5. Black mustard (B. nigra (L.) Koch)
6. Taramira (Eruca sativa Mill.)
Botanical Name: Brassica spp
Family: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
Rapeseed and mustard are the third most important edible oilseed crops of the world after soybean and oil palm. ‘Rape’ is a Latin word means turnip. ‘Mustard’ also a Latin term ‘must’/‘mustum’ denotes expressed juice of grapes and ‘ardens’ means hot and burning. Rapeseed and mustard comprise of 6 species as given below.
1. Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.]
2. Toria (B.rapa L. ssp. toria); Yellow sarson (B.rapa L. ssp. Yellow sarson); Brown sarson (B.rapa L. ssp. Brown sarson). B.rapa is synonym to B. campestris
3. Gobhi sarson (B. napus L.)
4. Karan rai (B. carinata Brown)
5. Black mustard (B. nigra (L.) Koch)
6. Taramira (Eruca sativa Mill.)