Title: Agronomic Characteristics and Artificial-cross Method of Collected Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Germplasm
Abstract: Background: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a useful medicinal and oil crop in Korea. However, when safflower is cultivated, the flowering period overlaps with the rainy season, and seed maturation is poor. Therefore, this study aimed to use basic research data to develop superior varieties using agronomic characteristics and crossing method.BRMethods and Results: A total of 34 safflower germplasms were sown and their agronomic characteristics were investigated. Based on these investigations, the cultivar ‘ui-san-hong-hwa’ was selected as the mother plant, and ‘Myanmar safflower’ (Hsu Pan) was selected as the father plant. In addition, we developed a floret-protecting cap to cover florets after emasculation during the artificial crossing. When florets were protected by the cap, the seed setting rate increased in comparison to that in the non-covered florets.BRConclusions: Agronomic characteristics can contribute to developing suitable varieties. The results suggest that the protection cap will be helpful in breeding without the floral organ drying. This study contributes an efficient breeding method to develop new safflower varieties.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-08-31
Language: en
Type: article
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