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The main turnip growing states are Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.

Botanical Name : Brassica rapa

Family : Cruciferae

Plant Discription : It is a green leaved, distinctly hairy biennial herbaceous plant with fleshy underground roots flat or globular in shape, generally white in colour and soft fleshed with a slender tap root beneath it.

Centre of Origin : Mediterranean region

Pollination System : Cross pollinated

Chromosome No. : 2n=20

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