New High-Yielding Rapeseed Variety Produced in Iran
“Our company follows the goal of research on the mother and certified seed of rapeseed of Delgan variety for cultivation in dry, moderate, hot and humid regions in the Northern parts of the country,” said Hossein Akbari Moqaddam, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“Delgan rapeseed is one of the open-pollinated variety of oilseeds and its performance competes with imported hybrid varieties,” he added.
Noting that the price of rapeseeds produced by his company is half the price of the seeds imported into the country, Akbari Moqaddam said, "Delgan rapeseed with good agricultural features can play a major role in providing a part of the oil needed in the country which is now being imported.”
Rapeseed, also known as oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of erucic acid.
The term canola denotes a group of rapeseed cultivars that were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and which are especially prized for use as human and animal food. Rapeseed is the third-largest source of vegetable oil and the second-largest source of protein meal in the world.
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