Planting Patterns of Three Safflower Cultivars in Southern Iran

A.H. Jelali and M.J. Bahrani

Abstract

Three autumn safflower (Carrthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars were planted as single row (6010 cm) and  double row (6020 cm) at Kushkak Agric. Exp. Sta., Shiraz Univ., Iran in 1998. The experiment was conducted as factional (32) in randomized complete  block design with 3 replications.  The fertilizers, herbicides and irrigation were  applied to all treatments as usual. The results showed that double row planting  had higher seeds per head and seed yields.LRV 51/11 cultivar had higher yield than LRV51/51 and Zarghan 279 cultivars mainly due to higher heads plant-1 and seeds head-1. Both plant height and growth period were significantly higher in LRV/51/11 and Zarghan 279 for double row planting with no significant effect on LRV/51/51 cultivar. Thus it is recommonded that safflower can be efficiently planted as double row, particularly in saline regions.