Investigation of Oil Properties and Seed Composition in Some Safflower Lines and Cultivars

مجله پژوهشهای علوم و صنایع غذایی ایران

Article 6, Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 10, October 2009   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/ifstrj.v5i2.3742

Authors

Safoura Ahmadzadeh^{* 1}; Mehdi Kadivar²; Ghodratollah Saeedi¹

¹Isfahan University

²food technology- agriculture- Isfahan university of technology- Iran

Abstract

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is one of the oilseed plants that can influence strongly on oilseed security because it is extremely compatible with environmental conditions. Safflower is cultivated as second cultivation after combining cereals in Isfahan. Nowadays many attempts are performed to improve safflower oil quality to use in edible oil industry. In this study, quantity and quality of oil extracted from 20 safflower genotypes were investigated. Results indicated that there were significant differences between (p