Abstract
Abstract CS58 is a newly developed, salt-tolerant, high-yielding Indian mustard variety from ICAR- CSSRI, Karnal, India, to harness the yield potential of salt-affected soils of India. It produced 24-25% higher seed yield than the national check varieties CS54 and Kranti and was well received and adopted by farmers in salt-affected areas of the country during on-farm demonstrations.
Highlights
Salinity and sodicity stresses affect an area of 932.2 million hectares in the world (Szabolcs 1989); an area of nearly 6.73 million hectares is affected by these stresses in India (NRSA 1996, Singh et al 2014)
Soil and water salinity stresses contribute to greater yield losses, and this low economic yield is related to susceptibility of the crop (Singh and Sharma 2016)
CS58 was more than 10% superior to the standard checks in terms of seed and oil yield and disease and pest tolerance under saline and alkaline conditions
Summary
Salinity and sodicity stresses affect an area of 932.2 million hectares in the world (Szabolcs 1989); an area of nearly 6.73 million hectares is affected by these stresses in India (NRSA 1996, Singh et al 2014). Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology - 19(4), 451-455, 2019 variety CS58 performed better in the All India Salinity Alkalinity Tolerant Variety Trials (AISATVT) in different salinity and alkalinity stress locations, including the states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, but was well received and adopted by farmers in salt-affected areas of the country. Using these approaches, salt-tolerant varieties and pre-breeding materials of Indian mustard were screened and evaluated under varied saline and alkaline environments in India from 2012-13 to 2015-16 by the multi-disciplinary team of scientists of ICAR-CSSRI
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