A Study of the Safflower Collection in the Krasnodar Territory in Southern Russia

 Vakhrusheva T.E.,  Pit’ko G.G.

Abstract

Under the conditions of the Krasnodar Territory in southern Russia (42°-48° N. Lat.) in the plain-steppe zone, with typical and southern chernozem soils, 24 new safflower accessions from 7 countries have been evaluated in the field for the complex of biological and agronomical characters.

Key words: agro-climatic conditions, earliness, Krasnodar Territory, oil, precipitation, productivity, protein, safflower, temperature, world collection, Carthamus tinctorius L.