Molecular Breeding in Minor Oilseed Crops: Opportunities ... - icrisat
Molecular Breeding in Minor Oilseed Crops: Opportunities ... - icrisat
Molecular Breeding in Minor Oilseed Crops: Opportunities ... - icrisat
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India’s position with respect to it’s share compared<br />
to world (2008-09)<br />
Crop<br />
Area % of<br />
world (rank)<br />
Production %<br />
of world (rank)<br />
Sunflower 8 (IV) 3.1 (X)<br />
Safflower 50 (I) 37 (I)<br />
Sesame 23 (I) 18.5 (I)<br />
Castor 58 (I) 71 (I)<br />
L<strong>in</strong>seed 23 (II) 7.4 (IV)<br />
This clearly <strong>in</strong>dicates the importance of these crops<br />
We are the world leaders <strong>in</strong> production and thus should be the first to<br />
adopt the recent techniques <strong>in</strong> these crops<br />
Ironically, least <strong>in</strong>formation (of MAS) is available <strong>in</strong> these crops
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