%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of Different Safflower Varieties Under Rainfed Conditions
%A Muhammad Akmal
%A Nasir Mahmood Cheema
%A Mukhtar Ahmed Khan
%A Masood Amjad Rana
%J Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1999
%I Asian Network for Scientific Information
%X Significant differences were observed at. 5 percent probability level in seed yield, oil content, number of capsule per plant, hundred Seed weight and plant height safflower the varieties. XJH-39 produced the highest seed yield of 854 kg ha -1 followed by Lesaf-244 and SPS-6912 with a yield of 792 and 750 kg ha -1, respectively. Thori-78 produced the highest oil content of 32.07 percent. A-300 produced the maximum number of capsule (35) per plant, Lesaf-246 produced the maximum (5.7 g) hundred seed weight while the Lesaf-247 was the short stature variety having a plant height of 106 centimeter.
%K safflower
%K m carthamus
%K varieties
%K capsule
%K crop yield
%K oil content
%K Pakistan
%U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/pjbs/1999/1352-1354.pdf