Efficiency of self-pollination in breeding of winter mustard (Brassica juncea L.)

The efficiency of self-pollination in the winter mustard breeding was studied. It was established that the forced self-pollination of plants made possible to isolate the valuable breeding material which exceeds the initial populations of crop on such traits as productivity and oil content of seeds. The new cultivar of winter mustard Juna was developed. It exceeds initial cultivar Snezhinka on such traits as productivity, oil content of seeds, and is characterized by the absence of erucic acid in oil of seeds.