Mustard BOROVSKA

White mustard variety (Sinapis alba L.) – an early-maturing type grown for seeds and green mass for use as a cover crop or technical raw material. Plants reach heights of 100 to 120 cm, have green leaves with an average number of lobes, and flower at an early development stage.

The vegetation period is approximately 65–80 days; plants are drought-resistant and resistant to lodging and shattering. Seed yield ranges from 21 to 23 centners per hectare, while green mass yield is 260 to 300 c/ha. Oil content in seeds is high – from 43% to 45%, making them a valuable source of oil for technical purposes.

Morphological characteristics include average petal length and resistance to various diseases such as downy mildew, Alternaria, and cabbage seed weevil. Erucic acid content in oil is practically absent (0.1%), but glucosinolates are present in the meal – 17 µM/g. These parameters make the variety suitable for a wide range of applications, including production of technical oil and cover crop agricultural practices.