Contribution of Agro-Morphological Traits in Seed Yield of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss) Germplasm under Rainfed Condition

Indian mustard (Brassicajuncea 2n=4x=36) and yellow sarson (Brassica compestris) are the important species largely grown as oilseed crop in subtropical and tropical countries. Oilseed brassica is commonly known as rapeseed and mustard and occupy an important position in the rainfed agriculture in India. The oil content of different forms ranges from 30 to 48 per cent (Singh et al., 2014). The mustard oil extracted from mustard seed is the major cooking oil source in northern, eastern and other parts of India. In Asia mustard and rapeseed are chiefly grown in China, India and Pakistan and also grown in other than Asia also i.e. Europe, Canada and USSR. Indian mustard (B. juncea (Linn) Czern and Coss) popularly known as rai, raya or laha is one of the most important oil seed crops of the world and it occupies considerably large average among the Brassica group of oil seed crops.The genus Brassica has six species (B. campestris, B. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 9 (2017) pp. 2281-2286 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com