The potential role of spineless safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L. var. inermis) as fodder crop in central Italy

Danieli, Pier Paolo; Primi, Riccardo; Ronchi, Bruno; Ruggeri, Roberto; Rossini, Francesco; Puglia, S. del; Cereti, C. F.

doi:10.4081/ija.2011.e4

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“…Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an annual, highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like plant from Asteraceae family. Although the safflower is considered as an oilseed, it also makes an acceptable livestock forage during the vegetative growth (Danieli et al 2011). According to FAO statistics in 2016 the harvest area of safflower throughout the world was about 1,140,000 hectares and the total production was about 948,516 tones with an average yield about 832 kg ha -1 .…”

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Oil characteristics of safflower seeds under different nutrient and moisture management

Pasandi¹,

Janmohammadi²,

Abasi³

et al. 2018

Nova Biotechnologica Et Chimica

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Safflower is one of the most important oilseed crops in semi-arid regions. The soil of semi-arid areas often encounters micronutrient deficiencies. However, nutrients imbalance seems to affect the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the oil as well as plant growth. Current experiment was carried out to evaluate the impact of different application practices (soil application and foliar spray) of micronutrients (Fe, Zn, Mn) on oil content, fatty acid profile and yield components of safflower under full and limited irrigations. Results showed that all of investigated traits were significantly affected by fertilizer treatment and irrigation system. The highest seed protein content was recorded for plants grown by soil application of Zn under limited irrigation condition. The highest oil content was achieved by soil application of Zn under full irrigation condition. The water deficit significantly reduced some qualitative characteristics such as oleic acid, palmitic aid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, iodine value and saponification value. The highest head number per plant, seed number per head and seed yield recorded in plants grown by soil application of Fe and Zn under full irrigation condition. Although the use of micronutrients improved qualitative characteristics in comparison with control, the best qualitative characteristics were achieved with the soil application of Zn and Fe. The elimination of micronutrient deficiencies and the balanced supply of nutrients through soil along with optimal and timely irrigation can significantly increase the efficiency of safflower production systems and improve the quality of the oil.

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Oil characteristics of safflower seeds under different nutrient and moisture management

Pasandi¹,

Janmohammadi²,

Abasi³

et al. 2018

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“…In a future perspective, this feature will be able to make durum wheat, a strategic crop and commodity for marginal land farmers in the Mediterranean environment [5], together with other few drought tolerant species, [e.g. 12,13]. Therefore, interventions aimed at maintaining and broadening the durum wheat genetic basis are highly required and beneficial to sustainably cope with current and forthcoming limitations to secure and safe yields [14].…”

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Engineered Durum Wheat Germplasm with Multiple Alien Introgressions: Agronomic and Quality Performance

Kuzmanović¹,

Rossini²,

Ruggeri³

et al. 2020

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If genetic gains in wheat yield are to be achieved in today’s breeding, increasing genetic variability of cultivated genotypes is an essential requisite to meet. To this aim, alien gene transfer through chromosome engineering (CE) is a validated and sound strategy. Attempts to incorporate more than one alien segment into cultivated wheat have been rare, particularly for tetraploid durum wheat. Here we present the agronomic and quality performance of the first successful CE-mediated multiple introgression into the latter species. By assembling into 7AL, 3BS and 1AS arms of a single genotype homoeologous segments of Thinopyrum ponticum 7el1L, Aegilops longissima 3SlS, and Triticum aestivum 1DS arms, respectively, we have stacked several valuable alien genes, comprising Lr19+Sr25+Yp (leaf and stem rust resistance and a gene increasing semolina yellowness), Pm13 (powdery mildew resistance) and Gli-D1/Glu-D3 (genes affecting gluten properties), respectively. Advanced progenies of single, double and triple recombinants were field-tested across three years in a typical durum wheat growing area of Central Italy. The results showed that not only all recombinants had normal phenotype and fertility, but also that one of the triple recombinants had the highest yield through all seasons compared with all other recombinants and control cultivars. Moreover, the multiple introgressions enhanced quality traits, including gluten characteristics and semolina yellow index. Presence of effective disease resistance genes confers additional breeding value to the novel and functional CE products, which can greatly contribute to crop security and safety.

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“…JA is a multi-purpose crop used for human food consumption (directly tubers or to obtain sweeteners), pharmaceutical applications, biomass and bioenergy (bioethanol and biogas) production [2,6,7]. Additionally, similarly to other Asteraceae plants such as chicory and safflower, JA has potential also as forage crop [8][9][10]. Interestingly, due to the rising success of craft the beer industry [11], JA tubers are also used to produce a sweet and fruity-tasting beer [12].…”

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Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.): A Versatile and Sustainable Crop for Renewable Energy Production in Europe

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Recently, biofuels have become a strategic focus to reduce vehicle emissions and increase sustainability of the transport sector. However, the sustainability of biofuels production has been questioned owing to its implications for future land footprint. In this respect, the EU Commission has very recently classified as low indirect land-use change (ILUC)–risk biofuels those obtained by crops grown on marginal lands and with low external inputs. Only few crops can reach high yields under both of these conditions across Europe. From this point of view, Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is certainly a species worthy of remark since it has all the attributes to accomplish the aims of the updated EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II). Starting from physiological aspects, the present review examines and summarizes literature on the ecology, genetic resources, agronomic practices and sustainability of this species. The goal is to point out the recent advances of research in Jerusalem artichoke (JA) potential as alternative biofuel feedstock and to identify what is still needed to better characterize its environmental benefits and agronomic performance.

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The potential role of spineless safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L. var. inermis) as fodder crop in central Italy

Cited by 19 publications

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Oil characteristics of safflower seeds under different nutrient and moisture management

Oil characteristics of safflower seeds under different nutrient and moisture management

Engineered Durum Wheat Germplasm with Multiple Alien Introgressions: Agronomic and Quality Performance

Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.): A Versatile and Sustainable Crop for Renewable Energy Production in Europe

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