Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology

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.