Plant Soil Environ., 2008, 54(10):453-460 | DOI: 10.17221/403-PSE

Growth and yield of safflower genotypes grown under irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in a highland environment

E. Öztürk, H. Özer, T. Polat
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Producers in highland and semiarid regions have difficulty in increasing diversity in crop rotations due to unfavorable conditions imposed by cool temperatures, inadequate rainfall, and shorter growing periods. In such conditions, safflower appears as a promising alternative because it is cold and drought tolerant. The objective of this study was to determine the responses of the hybrid and open-pollinated safflower genotypes to irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in a highland environment. For this reason, the field research was performed during the years of 2001 and 2002 in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. According to the results of the study, safflower genotypes tested were well adapted to the cool and short-season conditions in this region. The response of seed yield to genotype varied depending on the growing seasons. The non-irrigated plants produced nearly the same seed yield as irrigated ones. Average seed yields of safflower genotypes tested were 914.3 and 928.0 kg/ha in 2001, and 1143.6 and 1139.9 kg/ha in 2002 years for irrigated and non-irrigated experiments, respectively. In general, the genotypes differed in all of the investigated traits. In both irrigated and non-irrigated experiments genotype × year interactions were very significant for all parameters. This research shows that in semiarid and highland environments safflower has a big potential value as an oilseed crop under dryland conditions.

Keywords: safflower; seed yield; adaptation; irrigation; dryland farming; high altitude

Published: October 31, 2008  Show citation

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Öztürk E, Özer H, Polat T. Growth and yield of safflower genotypes grown under irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in a highland environment. Plant Soil Environ. 2008;54(10):453-460. doi: 10.17221/403-PSE.
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