Linseed Tag

29 Jul

Posted at 06:21h in Crop Cultivation
Puja Kumari, Ram Niwas* and Ramesh Nath Gupta 1,950 views

अलसी की वैज्ञानिक खेती Flax is an oldest grown fiber crop in the world. It is a self pollinated crop and the scientific name of flax is Linum usitatissimum L. (n= 15) Usitatissimum means ‘most useful’. Synonyms of flax are Linseed, Common flax, Lint bells, Toad flax, Flax weed and Alsi (in hindi). It belongs to the family Linaceae and genus Linum. Most believed that flax originated from Mediterranean Sea near India. Flax is an annual herbaceous plant of 12 to 48 inches height, leaves are linear, ovate or lanceolate attenuated at both end , flowers are small about 2.5 cm long and bluish violet in colour. The flowers have five petals;...

05 Sep

Posted at 06:37h in Crop Cultivation
Babita Chaudhary 22,502 views

अलसी (फ्लैक्‍स रेशा फसल) की खेती कैसे करें? Flax is a fibre crop, which is a member of the genus Linum and belongs to the family Linaceae. Botanically, flax and linseed are same but when it is cultivated for oil then it is known as Linseed and when it is cultivated for fibre it known as Flax. Oilseed and fiber varieties are specialized development of this species. The flax cultivars grown primarily for seed/ oil purpose are relatively short in height and possess more secondary branches and seed capsule. The flax cultivars grown for fiber purpose are tall growing with straight with 100-125 cm height and have fewer secondary branches. Flax or linseed...