Effect of Planting Date on Seed Yield, Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) Cultivars Grown in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey |
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| Authors: | B Samanc&#; E Özkaynak |
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| Institution: | Authors' address: Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Samanc?(corresponding author;e-mail: ) and Dr E. Özkaynak, Field Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | A study was conducted to investigate the effect of different planting dates (25 April, 5 May and 15 May 1998 and 30 April, 15 May and 25 May 1999) on the seed yield, oil content and fatty acid composition of three safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) cultivars (Yenice 5‐38, Dincer 5‐118 and 5‐154) grown in fields of the research facility of Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey. While seed yield, oil content, and palmitic acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid contents decreased, linoleic acid content increased from 50.86 to 55.72 % with delay in planting date. The effect of genotype on fatty acids was greater than that of environment. |
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| Keywords: | Carthamus tinctorius fatty acids oil content safflower |
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