Characterization Data of the World Collection of Safflower*
*From: Characterization and Evaluation of Safflower Germplasm, 1993, Li Dajue, 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