Turnip Questions and Answers
Horticulture
Turnip
| S.N. | Question | Answer |
| 1 | Botanical name? | Brassica rapa |
| 2 | Family? | Cruciferae |
| 3 | Origin? | Indo-China |
| 4 | Inflorescence? | Terminal raceme |
| 5 | Chromosome number? | 2n=20 |
| 6 | Seed rat? | 3-4 kg /hac |
| 7 | Spacing? | 30-40 x 10-15 |
| 8 | Turnip has strong? | Sporophytic Self incompatibility |
| 9 | NaCl and CO2 is used to overcome? | Self incompatibility |
| 10 | An important practice in turnip to maintain optimum plant to plant spacing and required population? | Thinning |
| 11 | Method of Sowing? | Direct sowing on bed, in lines or on ridge |
| 12 | Sowing Depth Sow seeds at depth of? | 1.5 cm |
| 13 | Disease? | Crown rot |
| 14 | Turnip roots after attaining marketable size i.e. when they are in diameter? | 5-10 cm |
| 15 | Generally roots are reached to marketable size in? | 45-60 day |
| 16 | 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 |
Two types of varieties–
| Asiatic Varieties | ||
| Pusa kanchan | Pusa swati | Punjab Safed |
| European Varieties | ||
| Golden Bold | Pusa Swarnima | Pusa Chandrima |
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