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Toward improvement of oil content in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

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Title Toward improvement of oil content in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)
 
Creator S K SHINDE
 
Subject Safflower
 
Description Safflower is one of the humanities oldest crop but world wide comparatively a minor crop limited in distribution because of environmental factor and spiny nature of the crop. More or less Day neutral crop but thermosensitive so grown as a rabi crop It has got phenotypic plasticity of plant population i.e. variation in plant density changes structure and branching maintaining same yield levels. Safflower, a multipurpose oilseed crop Seed - cooking oil, bird seed Petals - natural dyes (Carthamin) and medicinal use (herbal tea). However in India safflower is manly grown for its premium Oil. The oil content off ruling varieties viz, A1, PBNS -12, Bhima, Phule Kusuma and SSF-708 is around 28-3o% and hence scope for increase the oil content. India import oil more than 60% percent of its annual Requirement. In important to make effort toward the increasing oil production by improving the oil content.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Oilseeds Research
 
Date 2023-12-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JOR/article/view/146367
10.56739/3gv48s86
 
Source Journal of Oilseeds Research; Vol. 40 No. Specialissue (2023): Journal of Oilseeds Research
0970-2776
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JOR/article/view/146367/53365
 
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