Effect of Salt Stress (Potassium Chloride) on the Ecological and Physiological Characteristics of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Varieties

Salinity, which is a significant abiotic stress factor, among the most important factors that limit product quality and yield. In this study investigated phenological physiological changes occurred in three different safflower varieties were exposed to KCl at concentrations of 0, 50, 100 150 mM. It was found that, based on increasing salt concentrations, decrease all parameters mM KCl. The SOD CAT activities showed increase high Balcı Dinçer varieties. APX GR parallelism varieties, they increased concentration applications Among resistant variety application Dinçer, while sensitive one Remzibey. closer terms its tolerance against stress.