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Effects of seed size on oil content and Seedling Emergence in Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius L.) Grown in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

E. A. K. El Saeed
E. A. K. El Saeed
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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Summary

An investigation was carried out in 1964 to determine the effect of seed size on oil content and seedling emergence in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Small, medium and large seeds yielded 37·0, 36·6 and 35·7 per cent oil respectively, and this inverse relationship between seed size and oil percentage (r = −0·9635) was attributed to the increase in proportion of hull in large seeds. In a pot experiment, plants from large seeds emerged earlier than those from small seeds when sown at both 1 and 3 inches depth. Further, plants from large seeds had greater dry weights and leaf areas than the others. The same sort of correlation was also obtained between seed size and early emergence in a field experiment using small, medium and large seeds.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1966 , pp. 299 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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