AGRONOMY (Z;" ' - Higher Education Commission

the oil and low Elu@inobte in the m€.1. Canol. oil ii now the world s third
larE€st source of edible oil .fie. soybe.n .nd paln oil (Nowuo 191). Dredeb
have been lucKtul i! produ.int "double arc" or "doqble lo/, .ultiv.E by
reducinS the ddc acid conteot! from 60,2X in oit and glu.osinot.!e6 .ontent,
rrcn norc than 100 u mol/t to ld $.n 30 u hol/g in ne!t. Th* ol!v.6.re
called c "CANOLA" (Crnnd'an oil low in a.ids). Tt€ Canoti wns ar 6Br
tra.lemark Egister€d with Canola council of Canada (Thonas/ 1986).
In P.kirh& canol. has b€€n inkodlced by rh€ A.rini Agdcuttqrc
R€s€arch and Development P.osr{m (DARD) of P6tistan Agricdtural Rese.rh
Council (PARq with ie.[nnal collabontion of C.n.dinn Inr€marioml
Developnent Agency (CIDA), where prelininary studi$ have estabtished its
suas as .n o se