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Evaluation of Oilseed Varieties for Rainfed Black Soil Tract of Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Eight varieties in sunflower, nine in safflower, twelve in castor and four in gin- gelly were evaluated for their suitability to the rainfed black soil tract of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu during 1976-77 to 1978-79 in the North East monsoon season (October-December). The seed yield data showed that EC 68414, EC 68413, Composite and 'Mordern Variety of sunflower; Co. 1, K1 and CTS 7205 of safflower, 50-6-4, 30-8-4 and 40-28-11 of castor and Si 1740 gingelly are promising and can be recommended for the rainfed black soil tract.

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