Breeding of a double low variety Huyou No.16 of Brassica napus L.

Huyou No.16(Brassica napus L.),a new variety with low erucic acid and low glucosinolate contents was successfully bred through the cross of Huiyou No.50×8801 by Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute,Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.The variety contains 41.22% of oil in seeds with 0.74% of erucic acid in oil.The glucosinolate content in the meal of the variety was 21.02 μmol/g.In Shanghai rapeseed regional trial,the average seed yield of the variety was 2 583.0kg/hm~2,which increased 12.04% over that of the Ck,Huyou No.12.In the national rapeseed regional trial,the average seed yield was 1 956.0kg/hm~2,which increased 10.1% over that of the CK,Zhongyou 821.