Seeds of seven different genotypes underutilised oil crop Carthamus tinctorius L. (Asteraceae) from alternative species collection the Institute Field and Vegetable Crops (Novi Sad, Serbia), were analysed for their protein, oil, fatty acids, tocopherols total phenolics contents, with a view to test diversity potential as an source these valuable compounds. tested safflower had protein (determin...

in order to evaluate the physiological indices in relation to the screening of spring safflower genotypes for drought tolerance and productivity, seed and oil yields and yield components were measured for five genotypes including local arak, local esfahan, sina, kh23 – 57 and goldasht. the study was conducted in a loam soil in east azarbaijan, iran, during three successive years (2005-2007)...

safflower oil seed has high adaptability to different kinds of abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of drought stress at different phenological stages on relative water content (rwc), leaf canopy temperature, seed yield and its components in spring types of safflower. the study was carried out in east azarbaijan research center for agr...

identification and transfer of desirable genes from wild relatives to crop species is one of the breeding solutions for producing resistance to pathogens and pests. this study was conducted to evaluate crossability and the response to pythium ultimum in three species of the genus carthamus. to assess response to the pathogen, eight safflower (carthamus tinctorius l) genotypes, two ecotypes of c...

damping-off is an important disease of safflower in iran, that caused by pythium ultimum. because of its importance, fungi isolates were sampled from infected plants grown in research farm of the college of agriculture, gorgan university of agricultural sciences and natural resources, in 2006. also it has been proved that the disease caused by pythium ultimum. evaluation of seventeen safflower ...

Safflower (Carthamustinctorius L.) is an oilseed crop adapted to drought prone arid and semi-arid environments. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of water deficit stress on antioxidant activity, membrane stability index (MSI), leaf chlorophyll content, leaf area index (LAI) and their relationship with seed yield using 64 safflower genotypes grown under normal and water defici...