🦴 Radish

• Raphanus sativus

• Family: Cruciferae

• Origin: Europe

• Sporohytic self-incompatability

• Good source of vitamin C (15-40 mg/100 gm).

• Mustard saw fly and painted bug are the pest of radish.

• Roots of radish prepared for seed production is known as Steckling

• Brown heart is common in radish is due to boron deficiency

  

• Seed rate: 5.5-11 kg/ha.

  

Varieties

• Temperate varieties are biennial in nature.
• Tropical varieties can produce seeds both in tropical and temperature region of India.
• Asiatic Varieties:
  • Arka Nishant: Resistant to white rust, pithiness, premature bolting forking (Multiple diseases resistant).
  • Pusa Chetki: Suitable for growing in hotter months.
  • Pusa Desi
  • Pusa Rashmi
  • Newari
  • Japanese White
  • Punjab Safed
• European Varieties:
  • Chinese Pink
  • Rapid Red, White tipped: Globe shaped
  • Scarlet long
  • Scarlet Globe
  • White Icicle
  • Pusa Himani
• Hybrid Varieties:
  • Pusa himani (Only variety which can be grown throughout the year)
  • Pusa rashmi: Green type X Desi type
  • Pusa Safed: White-5X x Japanese White

Turnip

• Botanical Name: Brassica raga
• Family: Cruciferae
• Origin: Indo-China
• Inflorescence: Terminal raceme
• Turnip has strong sporophytic self-incompatability.
• NaCl and CO₂ is used to overcome self-incompatability.
• Thinning is important in turnip to maintain optimum plant to plant spacing and required population.
• Two types:
  • Asiatic
    • Pusa kanchan
    • Pusa swab
    • Punjab Safed
  • European
    • Golden Bold
    • Pusa Swarnima
    • Pusa Chandrima
• It can be grown at an elevation of 1500 msl or above but it is not suitable for growing in low lands of wet tropics.