Effect of Planting Dates on Earliness,Oil Content and Fatty Acids Composition of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

Authors

  • Iman .S .SHEHIBAR
  • Mohamed ABD ELAZIZ

Keywords:

Safflower, Planting dates, Wintes and spring dates

Abstract

This research was carried out at the village of Bdama, Jisr Alsogur region, Idlib province during the growing season 2013 - 2014 to evaluate the effects of winter and spring planting dates on earliness, oil content and its composition of fatty acids when it is sown in winter and spring in three replications. Result showed that oil content was increased in winter (first date) and flowering was delayed, while stearic and linoleic acid were increased in the third sowing date. Plants of winter date delayed in flowering and showed an inerease in  oil content and linoleic acid,while plants of spring date delayed in germination compared to plants of winter date.

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Author Biographies

  • Iman .S .SHEHIBAR

    Postgraduate Student, Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

  • Mohamed ABD ELAZIZ

    Professor Department of Field  Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.

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Published

2021-06-24

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017): Damascus University Journal of Agriculture Sciences

Section

المقالات

How to Cite

Effect of Planting Dates on Earliness,Oil Content and Fatty Acids Composition of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). (2021). Damascus University Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 33(1). https://journal.damascusuniversity.edu.sy/index.php/agrj/article/view/105