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The effects of nitrogen and sulphur on the yield and fatty acid composition of mustard {Brassica juncea L.) oil were studied in a field experiment. Significantly higher grain and oil yields were obtained with N and S application. Applications of nitrogen up to 60 kg ha"' and sulphur up to 40 kg ha"' favourably infiuenced the grain yield. Increasing levels of N decreased the oil content while apphcation of sulphur improved the oil content. The contents of linoleic and linolenic acid were maximum (16.82 and 8.73%, respectively) with 60 kg N along with 40kg S ha""'. No use of fertilizers led to higher contents of undesirable fatty acids such as palmitic (hypercholesterimic) and erucic (do not have food value) acids.

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