what are oilseeds?,,,
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Different oil seeds are grown covering approximately 12% of the total cropped area of India. Main oil-seeds produced in India are:
➮Groundnut: is a Kharif crop and accounts for half of the major oilseeds produced in India. Gujarat is the largest producer of groundnuts.
➮Mustard: is a rabi crop.
➮Sesamum (til): is a Kharif crop in the north and rabi crop in south India.
➮Castor seeds: It is grown as both Rabi and Kharif crop.
➮Linseed: is a rabi crop.
- Coconut
- Soyabean
- Cotton seeds
- Sunflower
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- Rapeseed is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae, cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of toxic erucic acid.
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