Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), a member of the Asteraceae family, is an important plant grown in world as source vegetable oil. In addition, it versatile crop that also used biodiesel, animal feed, spice, dye, and medicinal plant. this study, SRAP markers were to determine genetic diversity relationships between four local three registered safflower cultivars for use cross-breeding progra...

Aim: The primary aim of the present study was to screen salt tolerant calli and optimization in-vitro regeneration protocol from selected calli.
 Methodology: cotyledonary leaf explants sterilized by using 1% Bavistin, 0.1% Mercuric chloride 70% ethanol followed washing with distilled water. Sterilized were cultured on Murashige Skoog (MS) medium supplemented different concentration NaCl (...

The present study was carried out to characterize germination capacity of 10 safflower cultivars under saline conditions. Five salt (NaCl) levels (0, 60, 120, 180, 240 mM) were used test seeds. Germination seeds counted every day for 14 days and percentage, Timson’s index, mean time, rate stress index calculated. Cultivar salinity treatments important all parameters; however time interactions n...

Microsomal preparations from the developing cotyledons of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) catalyse the acylation of sn-glycerol 3-phosphate in the presence of acyl-CoA. Under these conditions the radioactive glycerol in sn-glycerol 3-phosphate accumulates in phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylcholine, diacyl- and tri-acylglycerol. The incorporation of glycerol into phosphatidylcholine is via diacy...

The safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is considered a strongly domesticated species with a long history of cultivation. The hybridization of safflower with its wild relatives has played an important role in the evolution of cultivars and is of particular interest with regards to their production of high quality edible oils. Original safflower varieties were all rich in linoleic acid, while va...

Accurate assembly of complete genomes is facilitated by very high density genetic maps. We performed low-coverage, whole-genome shotgun sequencing on 96 F6 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of a cross between safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) and its wild progenitor (C. palaestinus Eig). We also produced a draft genome assembly of C. tinctorius covering 866 million bp (∼two-thirds) of the expec...