BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION
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Black gram, soyabean. Provides proteins.
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sunflower, ground nut. Provides fats.
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lentil, linseed. Provides carbohydrate.
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mustard, chana. Provides Vitamin and minerals.
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Detailed explanation-1: -They provide with necessary fats. Oil seeds include soybean, ground nut, sesame, castor, mustard, linseed, and sunflower. Sunflower is an oil-yielding plant. Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil extracted from sunflower seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Oilseeds are generally, seeds grown primarily for the production of edible (i.e. cooking) oils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Noun. oilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds) The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil.
Detailed explanation-4: -The diverse agro-ecological conditions in the country are favourable for growing 9 annual oilseed crops, which include 7 edible oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed & mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower and niger) and two non-edible oilseeds (castor and linseed).
Detailed explanation-5: -Groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum, soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and sunflower, are the major oilseeds produced in India. In India, approximately 12 percent of the total cropped area is used to cultivate oilseeds.