
Suitability of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) for Cultivation as an Oil Crop under the Conditions of Organic and Low-Input Farming Systems in Central Europe (eBook, PDF)
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				An investigation was conducted to determine the extent of diversity and relationships
 among a worldwide safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm collection and to find out
 adapted accessions that can be used in an organic safflower breeding program in Germany. A
 total of 468 accessions were studied under organic farming conditions at Kleinhohenheim
 experimental station during the seasons of 2004 and 2005. All the accessions were evaluated
 for 12 phenotypic traits and three rated diseases. Multivariate analyses have been used to
 measure the diversity in a subs...
An investigation was conducted to determine the extent of diversity and relationships
 among a worldwide safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) germplasm collection and to find out
 adapted accessions that can be used in an organic safflower breeding program in Germany. A
 total of 468 accessions were studied under organic farming conditions at Kleinhohenheim
 experimental station during the seasons of 2004 and 2005. All the accessions were evaluated
 for 12 phenotypic traits and three rated diseases. Multivariate analyses have been used to
 measure the diversity in a subset of 200 accessions and 11 geographical regions. Generally,
 the study showed that there was a large genetic variation within accessions. A coefficient of
 variation (CV %) for investigated traits and diseases ranged from 2.9 to 91.0% with the
 highest CV was recorded for yield/m², yield/plant and seeds/plant. The most accessions that
 originated in Europe revealed relatively better performance compared to non-Europeans. High
 yielding, early maturing, and disease tolerant accessions were identified. However, the low oil
 content (8.7-22.8%) is the primary concern in this germplasm collection. The degree of
 heritability varied between 10% for lodging to 86% for plant height. Genotypic coefficient of
 correlation (rg) was slightly higher for many traits than the respective phenotypic coefficient.
 Oil content and seed yield/m² were highly significantly correlated (rg=0.78). The genotypic
 coefficient of correlation showed that selection for seeds/plant and thousand kernel weight
 was effective for improvement of seed yield and oil content. The results of the principal
 component analysis and the clustering pattern of accessions were consistent with the results of
 analysis of variance. About 78% of the total phenotypic diversity in the germplasm was
 explained on the basis of four principal components and 88% of the total variation among
 geographical regions was contributed by the first three principal components. The distribution
 of the accessions within clusters has no apparent relationship with the geographical origin.
 However, many of the European accessions have a tendency to stay together.
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