Planting density, through its impact on the level of available environmental factors may have significant impacts on grain yield in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). In order to investigate the impacts of plant density on grain yield, yield components and growth characteristics of safflower, a randomized complete block design field experiment with four replicates was conducted in spring-summ...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctoius L.) is an Iranian native crop that is adapted to different environmental conditions of this country. Sixteen safflower varieties/lines were spring-planted in 6 research stations including Sararood (Kermanshah), Maragheh, Ghamlo (Kordestan), Khodabandeh (Zanjan), Shirvan (North Khorasan)and Khohdasht (Lorestan) with and without drought stress conditions each in a R...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is cultivated in a wide range of geographical conditions in the world from Africa to Europe, India and China. Previous studies have shown that diversity in indigenous Iranian germplasm is limited for some traits therefore germplasm collections from other origins need to be considered. An experiment was conducted to evaluate agronomic and morphological traits ...

Abstract Cadmium (Cd) is easily absorbed by root system in many plant species and due to its solubility in water and toxicity is considered as a major pollutant. A factorial pot experiment was conducted on two cultivated and wild safflower species, in which four cultivated genotypes (Arak-2811, Saffire, C111, and AC-Sterling) and four wild genotypes (Arak, Shiraz, Isfahan and Azari) were tre...

Development of germplasm resources through importing new genotypes could improve the efficiency of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) breeding programs. During 2014-2015 season, 82 imported safflower genotypes were evaluated in randomized complete block design at the research station of ORDC (Oilseeds Research & Development Company) in Sari. In this plan, six important quantitative traits rela...