Feeding 9 billion by 2050 is one of major challenges for researchers. Use of diversified
crops, nonconventional water resources and rehabilitation of marginal lands are alternate …

Tocopherols and tocotrienols have been originally identified as essential nutrients in
mammals based on their vitamin E activity. These lipid-soluble compounds are potent …

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) has long been grown as a crop due to its commercial
utility as oil, animal feed, and pharmacologically significant secondary metabolites. The …

Safflower is an annual underutilized and neglected multipurpose oilseed crop that is
drought, heat, cold, and saline tolerant with many uses in food, textile, pharmaceutical, and …

Background Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), an Asteraceae member, yields high quality
edible oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids and is resilient to dry conditions. The crop holds …

Background Improvement of α-tocopherol content is an important breeding aim to increase
the nutritional value of crops. Several efforts have been conducted to improve the α …

Salinity is one of the major factors contributing in land degradation, disturbance of soil
biology, a structure that leads to unproductive land with low crop yield potential especially in …

Carthamus tinctorius L.(safflower) is an important oilseed crop that is cultivated in several
countries. The present study investigates the genetic diversity and population structure of …

With the advent of agriculture came a more reliable and abundant source of food and the
nutrients that food supplies. Yet it only became obvious in the last several centuries that food …

The present study examined the effects of plant growth hormones, incubation period, biotic
(Trametes versicolor, Mucor sp., Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus stolonifer, and Fusarium …