Breeding and agrotechnics of rape (Brassica napus L.). Winter rape - distribution, cultivation and investigation in Bulgaria

Abstract

Grown for its oil content, oilseed rape (OSR) or rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is the most significant plant of
the genus Brassica. If more nations and more land can be used to grow rape, then breeders must find ways
to make the crop less acidic ("0" type) and less glycosinolytic ("00" type"). A successful crop, rapeseed has
only just been reintroduced to our nation. Researchers looked at the possibilities of the newly-introduced
winter and spring rape cultivars. Researchers looked at and developed methods for growing novel hybrids
and variations in Europe and throughout the globe. Rapeseed breeding in Bulgaria has been restarted with
the use of newly gathered and evaluated beginning material. The focus of the study was on rapeseed heterosis
and the development of parental forms.