Varietal Evaluation of Different Genotypes of Linseed for Yield Performance in Aurangabad District of Bihar

Linseed is locally known as Tissi, common Flax and Alsi. It belongs to family Linaceae. It is a rabi oil seed crop. It has medicinal and industrial importance. It is rich source of essential fatty acid (alfa-linolenic acid) known as Omega-3 fatty acid, antioxidants and fibre. The present study was carried out in KVK Aurangabad district of Bihar during the year 2017-2018 on the varietal evaluation of different genotypes of linseed for yield performance. The experiment was laid out at the five farmers field. Four linseed varieties (T1-Ruchi, T2-Sabour Tissi, T3-BRLS-102 and T4-Shekhar) were evaluated and screened for their agronomic performance, Net return, B:C ratio and correlation amongst yield and its contributing traits were calculated. Among the four genotypes, the no. of seeds per plant was found to be maximum BRLS-102 (8.35) in followed by Shekhar (8.25) and Sabour Tissi-1 (7.46) which is at par with Ruchi (6.0). The average yield performance of BRLS-102, Sabour Tissi-1, Shekhar and Ruchi was (10.61q/h), (10.08 q/h), (9.58q/h) and (9.10 q/h) respectively. Among the four genotypes of linseed, the net return and B:C ratio has also found to be maximum with BRLS-102 (24,150), (2.32) followed by Sabour Tissi-1 (22,030), (2.20): Shekhar (20,030), (2.09) and which is at par with the genotype Ruchi (18,110)(1.99).

The new genotypes (BRLS-102) & Sabour Tissi-1 possess the potential to become future varieties for cultivation in Aurangabad district of Bihar.