Abstract
Niger is one of the wild-growing, eco-friendly and less labour needed crops. It is one of the best sources for animal and human consumption. This crop is diversified from Ethiopia but is now gaining attention to increasing production in other countries. Nonetheless, Niger is not produced globally till now due to lack of knowledge about its beneficial characters other than the oilseeds crop. Niger is a newly emerging crop with many advantageous characters that need more study and understanding. Crop improvement with breeding programmes for biotic and abiotic resistance to better adaptation needs more emphasis on its study. Productivity and yield compromising due to stresses are concerned areas of study with more focus on biotic conditions. Insect pests, pathogens and weeds harshly decrease the productivity and growth of the Niger crop. Niger is a good crop that needs less consumption with more giving products used in various fields. But it is not that familiar when compared to other oilseed crops. Here we concern a brief introduction to biotic conditions and their preventive measures for great productivity. We also describe methods of controlling biotic stresses through chemical, plant breeding, biotechnology, mechanical and cropping methods.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Abebe D (1992) Ethiopia’s oilseed genetic resources in Oilseed Research and Development in Ethiopia. Proceedings of The First National Oilseed Workshop, Addis Abeba. 13–23
Agrawal N, Tripathi R, Jain M (2020) Molecular marker tools for breeding program in crops. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2172-0_20
Anonymous (2014) 4th Advance estimates, agriculture statistics division, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, New Delhi
Baagoe J (1974) The genus Guizotia (Compositae). A taxonomic revision. Bot Tidsskrift 69:1–39
Bayeh M, Medhin TG (1992) Insect pests of Niger, linseed and Brassica. In Oilseed Research and Development in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the First National Oilseed Workshop, Addis Abeba. pp 174–177
Belayneh H (1991) Oilcrop germplasm: a vital resource for the plant breeder. In: Engels JMM, Hawkes JG, Worede M (eds) Plant genetic resources of Ethiopia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 344–354
Bhan A, Kolhe SS (2008) Impact of integrated weed management on the performance of sunflower, weed dynamics and mycoflora. Indian J Weed Sci 40(1&2):112–112
Bisen R, Panday AK, Jain S, Sahu R (2015) Prog Res, 10 (III), 1536–1539
Caton BP, Mortimer M, Hill JE (2004) A practical field guide to weeds of rice in Asia. International Rice Research Institute, pp 22–23
Chavan VM (1961) Niger and Safflower. Indian Central Oilseeds Committee, Hyderabad
Dawid C, Hille K (2018) Functional metabolomics—a useful tool to characterize stress-induced metabolome alterations opening new avenues towards tailoring food crop quality. Agronomy 8:138
Doggett H (1987) Niger/Noug research methodology. Oil Crops: Niger and Rapeseed/Mustard. In: Proceedings of the Third Oil Crops Network Workshop held at Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. 210–219
Fessehaie R (1992) Weed science research on Niger, linseed and rapeseed. in Oilseed research and development in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the First National Oilseed Workshop, Addis Abeba. pp. 136–151
Getinet A, Sharma SM, Heller J, Engels JMM (1996) Niger Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 5. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben/International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. 59p
Getinet A, Teklewold A (1995) An agronomic and seed-quality evaluation of Niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) germplasm grown in Ethiopia. Plant Breed 114:375–376
Gnanvel T, Anbhazhagan R (2006) Integrated weed management in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Agric Sci Digest 26(1):67–68
Gupta KN (2017) Management of Alternaria and cercospora leaf spot in Niger. Bioinfolet 14(1):111
Gupta KN, Bisen R, Tiwari A (2018) A review: current status of Niger diseases and their integrated management. Int J Chem Stud 6(6):2131–2135
Haile W (1993) Niger leaf miner (Sphaeroderma guizotiae Selman), important pest of Niger indigenous to northwestern Ethiopia. Oil Crops Newsl 10:66
Hussain F, Usman F (2019) Fungal Biotic stresses in plants and its control strategy, Abiotic and Biotic stress in plants, Alexandre Bosco de Oliverira, IntechOpen
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (1992) Niger: Package of practices for increasing production. Extension Bulletin No. VII, Directorate of Oilseeds Research, ICAR
Jakhmola SS (1981) Niger grain fly, Diozina sororcula (Wiedemann), a serious pest of Niger in Central India. J Bombay Nat His Soc 80:439–440
Kolte SJ (1985) Diseases of annual edible oilseed crops. Vol. III. Sunflower, safflower and Niger diseases. CRC Press Inc., Roca Baton, FL
Kumar V, Bisen R (2016) Genetic study for yield and yield attributing traits in Niger germplasm. Int J Agric Sci 8(56):3044–3046
Kumar V, Bisen R (2019) Principal component analysis of Niger germplasm. J Entomol Zool Stud 7(6):1204–1207
Lenk M, Wenig M, Mengel F, Haubler F, Vlot A (2018) Arabidopsis thaliana immunity-related compounds modulate disease susceptibility in barley. Agronomy 8:142
Misar A, Tosh GC, Mohanty DC, Patro GK (1981) Herbicidal and selective affect of pronamide for control of dodder in niger. Proc 8th Asian Pacific Weed Sci. Soc. Conf, Banglore, pp 255–257
Patil CB, Joshi BP (1978) Niger yields can be doubled. Indian Farming 27:9
Patil CB, Patil BB (1981) Niger cultivation in Maharashtra. Indian Farming:13–14
Rajpurohit TS, Nema S, Khare MN (2005) Current status of diseases of sesame and Niger and their management Paper presented in National seminar on Strategies for enhancing production and export of sesame and Niger. pp 44–45
Ramadan MF, Morsel JT (2002) Proximate neutral lipid composition of Niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) seed. Czech J Food Sci 20:98–104
Ranganatha ARG, Panse RK, Panday AK, Deshmukh MR (2014) Strategies for Maximizing Sesame and Niger Production. In: Recent Advances in Weed Management. Directorate of Weed Science Research, Jabalpur
Saharan GS, Mehta N, Sangwan MS (2005) Diseases of oil-seeds. Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp 475–479
Schmutterer H (1971) Contribution to the knowledge of the crop pest fauna in Ethiopia. Angewandte Entomologie 67:371–389
Seegeler CJP (1983) Oil plants in Ethiopia. Their taxonomy and agricultural significance. Centre for Agricultural Publication and Documentation, PUDOC, Wageningen
Sharma SM (1982) Improved technology for sesamum and Niger. Indian Farming 32:72–77
Sharma SM (1989) Niger seed in India. Three Meetings, Oilseeds held at Pantnagar and Hyderabad, India. IDRC/CRDI/CIID.159–165
Sharma SM (1990) New potential areas of Niger in India. In Proceedings of the three meetings held at Pantnagar and Hyderabad India, (A. Omran, ed.). IDRC-MR 252e. Pp. 169–170
Sharma SM, Sengar RBS (1989) Control of diseases of Niger. Indian Farming 29:13–14
Shiva Shankar K, Subramanyam D (2011) Weed flora and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) as influenced by pre and post-emergence application of herbicides. Indian J Weed Sci 43(1&2):105–109
Stewart RB, Yirgu D (1964) Index of plant diseases in Ethiopia. Haile Sellassie I University, College of Agriculture, Experiment Bulletin No.30
Tosh GC, Patro GK (1975) Control of dodder (Cuscuta chinensis Damk) in Niger (Guizotia abyssinica L. F. Cass) with Chlorpropham. Weed Res 15:207–209
Tosh GC, Patro GK, Misra A (1977) Effect of Pronamide and Chlorpropham on cuscuta in Niger. Weed Abstracts 1978. Abstract No. 4024
Tosh GC, Patro GK, Misra A (1978) Control of cuscuta in Niger seed. Weed Abstract No. 1202
Venkata Ramana A (1995) Retrospect and prospect of niger research in Andhra Pradesh (In) Niger production Technology (Ed. Reddy PS, Sharma SM, Singh Mev 1995)
Yirgu D (1964) Some diseases of Guizotia abyssinica in Ethiopia. Plant Dis Rep 48:672
Yitbarek S, Truwork A (1992) Field evaluation of fungicides on Niger for the control of shot hole (Septoria sp.). Oil Crops Newsl 9:26–29
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Goyal, V.K., Agrawal, N., Jain, M., Bisen, R., Tripathi, R. (2022). Niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass.) an Oilseed Crop under Biotic Stress. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Ahammed, G.J., Nahar, K. (eds) Managing Plant Production Under Changing Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5059-8_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5059-8_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-5058-1
Online ISBN: 978-981-16-5059-8
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)