A variety of oil flax Nilin

A variety of oil flax Nilin was developed by a method of multiple individual selection from a sample of Stavropol research agricultural institute (granted us in 2002) in a hard infectious conditions. Seeds of the variety Nilin contain 2.9% of linolenic acid compared to 68% of a standard-variety VNIIMK 620; it characterizes the variety Nilin as a variety of food usage direction. Plant height is 80 cm and more, this proposed to use straw of the variety Nilin for fibre. Seeds are brown, this is a feature of the variety, as all varieties with low linolenic acid content registered in the State variety register of the Russian Federation have white seed cover. Proposed zones of production of the oil flax variety are the Northern-Caucasus, Central Chernozem, Bolga-Vyatsky, Middle Volga, Ural, and Western Siberia regions.