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Last updated 3/24/2008
Characterization Data of the World Collection of Safflower*
*From: Characterization and Evaluation of Safflower Germplasm, 1993, Li Gajue, Zhou Mingde and V.Ramanatha Rao (ed.) Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China.
Descriptor Codes for Characterization of safflower Germplasm
Number = Accession number (number as assigned in Beijing Number)
CTY = Country of collection or origin country codes
CTY Country Name
AFG
Afghanistan
ANT
Netherland Antilles
ARG
Argentina
AUS
Australia
AUT
Austria
BEL
Belgium
BGD
Bangladesh
BGR
Bulgaria
CAN
Canada
CHE
Switzerland
CHN
China
CSK
Former Czechoslovakia
CYP
Cyprus
DNK
Denmark
DZA
Algeria
EGY
Egypt
ESP
Spain
ETH
Ethiopia
FRA
France
GBR
United Kingdom
GRC
Greece
HUN
Hungary
IND
India
IRN
Iran
IRQ
Iraq
ISR
Israel
ITA
Italy
JOR
Jordan
JPN
Japan
KEN
Kenya
KOR
Republic of Korea
KWT
Kuwait
LBN
Lebanon
LBY
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MAR
Morocco
MEX
Mexico
NLD
Netherlands
PAK
Pakistan
POL
Poland
PRT
Portugal
ROM
Romania
SDN
Sudan
SUN
Former USSR
SWZ
Switzerland
SYR
Syrian Arab Republic
THA
Thailand
TUR
Turkey
USA
United States of America
ZAF
South Africa
Emer = Days of emergence (Day/Month)
RO = Rosette period
DM = Days to physiological maturity
PH = Plant height (cm)
L = Location of branches on main stem
0 No branches
1 Predominantly basal
2 Predominantly on the upper third of the
plant
3 Predominantly on the upper two-thirds of the
plant
4 From base to apex
LS = Leaf shape (middle stem leaves)
1 Ovate
2 Obovate
3 Lanccolate
4 Ovate-oblong
5 Oblong
M = Leaf margin
1 Entire
2 Serrate or dentate
3 Deeply serrate
4 Parted
ES = Extent of leaf spininess
0 Non-spiny
3 Few spines
5 Intermediate
7 Many spines
A = Angle of branches
0 No branches
3 Appressed, 15 o - 20 o
6
Intermediate, 20 o - 60 o
7 Spreading, 60 o - 90 o
9 Drooping, > 90 o
NS = Number of spines on OIB
0 None
3 Few
5 Intermediate
7 Many
LO = Location of spines on OIB
1 Tip only
2 Tip and few apical
3 Tip anad few basal
4 Tip and all along margins
5 Margins only
LI = Length of spines on OIB
0 No spines
3 Short
5 Intermediate
7 Long
S = Head (capitulum) shape
1 Conical
2 Oval
3 Flattened
DH = Diameter of primary head (mm)
C = Corolla colour in bloom
1 White
2 Light yellow
3 Yellow
4 Yellow-orange
5 Red-orange
6 Red
7 Purple
8 Other
D = OIB distribution
1 Base, middle and apex on head
2 Base, middle and on head
3 Base on head
4 None
SS = Seed shape
1 Oval
2 Conical
3 Crescent
TH = Type of seed hull
1 Normal
2 Striped
3
Reduced
4 Thin
5
Partial
SW = 1000 seed mass (g)
Hull = Hull percentage
Oil = Oil content in percent (Dry weight basis)
HP = Head (capitulum) number per plant
Yield = Yield per plant (g)
C16 = Fatty acid pattern, % of Palmitic
C18 = Fatty acid pattern, % of stearic
C181 = Fatty acid pattern, % of Oleic
C182 = Fatty acid pattern, % of Linoleic
Prot Protein content, in % of whole seed (dry weight basis)
Do = Seed dormancy
1 Absent
2
Present
Sa = Salinity susceptibility Scored on a scale 1-9 where:
3 Low susceptibility
5 Medium susceptibility
7 High susceptibility