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CS58: new high yielding, salt and alkaline tolerant cultivar of Indian mustard

Abstract

CS58 is a newly developed, salt-tolerant, high-yielding Indian mustard variety from ICAR- CSSRI, Karnal, India, to harness the yield potential of salt-affected soils of India. It produced 24-25% higher seed yield than the national check varieties CS54 and Kranti and was well received and adopted by farmers in salt-affected areas of the country during on-farm demonstrations.

Keywords:
Brassica juncea; salt and alkaline tolerance; high seed and oil yield

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