Oil Seed Crops

Oil Seed Crops
    Oil seed crops are grown for the purpose of oil. The seeds of these crops are rich in fatty acids and are used to extract vegetable oil to meet edible oil, industrial and plant protection requirements.
    Fig: Classification of Oil Seed Crops.
Edible Oil Seed Crops
1. Ground nut/Pea nut : Arachishypogaea
2. Soybean : Glysine max
3. Sunflower : Helianthus annus
4. Safflower : Carthamustinctorius
5. Sesamum : Sesamumorientale
6. Niger : Guizotiaabyssinica
7. Mustard : Brassica juncea
8. Rape : Brassica campestris

Non Edible Oil Seed Crops
1. Linseed/Flax :Linumusitatisium
2. Castor :Recinuscomunis
3. Cotton :Gossypiumhirsutum


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