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Production
technology of
linseed
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Linseed was extensively cultivated in ancient
Ethiopia and ancient Egypt
Linseed originated in the Mediterranean region
into India
Linseed oil used in Egypt to wrap mummies
Early in Egypt grew small home plots
Began to commercially processed starting
around 750
France, Belgium, Russia, and Egypt grow a lot
of the fiber linseed currently
Declined when cotton gin become populer
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It’s a long day plant and cultivated in 34
countries of the world
It’s the one of the major Agro-industrial crop
Its seed contain 33 to 43% of oil drying type
and 24% protein
Its oil has high percentage of unsaturated fatty
acid
It is mainly used in paint and varnish
industrial
Its oil contains 75% Linolineic acid and 17%
Linoleic acid
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In Pakistan linseed is growing on marginal and
sub-marginal lands under irrigated as well as
rained condition of Punjab and Sindh provinces
with 762 and 2929 ha (2012-13) respectively
In Punjab, it is cultivated mainly in district of
Faisalabad, Toba Take Singh, Gujarat, Mundi BahUd-Din, Sargodha, Narowal, Sahiwal, Layyah,
Bahawalpur , and Bahawalnager
Whereas in Sindh it is grown in Jacobabad,
Shikarpur, Larkana, and Dado district
In KPK D.I Khan, kohat, and karak
In Baluchistan Nasirabad, Jafarabad Dera Murad
Jamal
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Botanical Name : Linum usitatissimum
Family : Linaceae
Local name :
Alshi
Chromosome no. : 2n= 30
Self pollinated
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Cultivated plants grow to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 inch)
tall with slender stems
The leaves are glaucous green, slender
lanceolate 20 to 40 mm long and 3 mm broad
The flower are pure pale blue 5 to 25 mm in
diameter with 5 petals
The fruit is round-dry capsule 5 to 9 mm in
diameter containing several glossy brown
seeds shaped like apple pip 4 to 7 mm long
Linseed crop love to grow
in temperate and sub
temperate zone
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Pure fertile soil is required for linseed with 1 to
1.5 organic matter in the soil
Soil should be free of weeds
Land should be well prepared with 3
ploughing and 2 planking
Land should be well leveled for the equally
distribution of fertilizer and water
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Irrigated Areas :
15 Oct to 15 Nov
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Rainfed Areas :
1st Oct to 15 Nov
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Irrigated Areas :
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Rainfed Areas :
6kg /acre &
8kg/acre &
15kg/ha
20kg/ha
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We can sowing linseed crop with drill
Plant to Plant Distance :
Row to Row Distance :
10 cm
30 to 45 cm
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3 to 4 irrigation depends upon the rain fall
1st irrigation 15 to 20 days after germination
2nd irrigation at flowering time
3rd irrigation at the time of seed developing
Punjab
N
23
Sindh
23
23
12
Baluchistan
35
23
12
KPK
35
P
23
23
K
12
12
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Termites
Surface grasshopper
Aphid
Mustard sawfly
Painted bug
Cabbage butterfly
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Wilt
Alternate Blight
White Rust
Downy Mildew
Powdery Mildew
Stem Rot
Seedling Blight
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Harvesting is done when moisture contant
remain 10% in the capsule and colour turn into
brown
Normally harvesting is done in last of APRIL to
first week of MAY
Harvesting is done with Hands and combine
harvester
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Linseed maximum yield capacity is 1500 to
2000 kg per ha ( 15 to 20 Munds/ acre )
But its national average yield during 2012-13
was 710kg / ha
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Pakistan 2010
Kohenoor
Chandni 1988
N-55
C-429
RLC-4
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PARC
NARC
AARI
IDRC
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FIBER
Textile-Rope-Paper
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FOOD
Human food from seed-fiber-oil and
livestock feed
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PHARMECY
Heart health-skin treatmentcosmetics use-for ornamental purpose
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(Omega-3 Fatty Acid is present in linseed oil)
It may help to prevent certain cancer
Its also helpful for mental health
It helps to control the low cholesterol
It maintain the blood pressure
Linseed In Animal Feed
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Livestock and chicken
Aids digestion and
fortifies eggs
Linseed oil is also use as
painting agent
specializer paper
particleboard
vernish
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No availability of high yielding varieties
No availability of good seed
Lake of awareness about production
technology
Improper marketing
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