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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

PHENOTYPIC STABILITY FOR SEED YIELD IN SAFFLOWER (CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L.)

Volume : 77
Issue: Sep-dec
Pages: 471 - 474
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


There was a significant variation in respect of genotype x environmental interactions for seed yield in safflower. A large portion of these interactions was accounted for by the linear regression on the environmental means, although non-linear component was also significant. The crop, in general, gave better performance when grown in closer row spacings of 30 cm under favourable moisture growing conditions. However, under moisture stress conditions, no marked yield response was observed to the different row spacings. Genotypes like C 438 and AN 1 were found to be stable with high mean yield and average responses to the changes in the environmental conditions. Hence their exploitation in a breeding programme will help in improving the productivity of the crop.

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471 - 474
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Safflower Stability Genotype x Environment interaction
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