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India’s first high oleic safflower variety for commercial cultivation: India’s first high oleic safflower variety for commercial cultivation

Indian safflower varieties possess low oleic acid content (16-20%). Therefore, high oleic (>70%) safflower oil is imported from abroad to meet the domestic needs. ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research developed India’s first high oleic safflower variety, ISF-1, which has been notified recent...

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Published in:Journal of oilseeds research 2020-03, Vol.37 (Specialissue)
Main Authors: ANJANI KAMMILI, PRADUMAN YADAV, A VISHNUVARDHAN REDDY
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Indian safflower varieties possess low oleic acid content (16-20%). Therefore, high oleic (>70%) safflower oil is imported from abroad to meet the domestic needs. ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research developed India’s first high oleic safflower variety, ISF-1, which has been notified recently for all India cultivation. ISF-1 contains 76% oleic acid and 31% oil. It gives four-fold higher oleic acid yield (4.41 q/ha) than the leading variety, PBNS-12 (1.0 q/ha). Its performance with respect to oleic acid content and seed and oil yield in AICRP (Safflower) trials and in farmers’ fields across the country is presented in this paper.
ISSN:0970-2776
DOI:10.56739/jor.v37iSpecialissue.139506