SCREENING OF PROMISING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus t i n c t o r i u s L.) CULTIVARS FOR OIL CONTENT AND QUALITY
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1994-12-23
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MAHATMA PHULE KRISHI VIDYAPEETH, RAHURI, DIST. AHMEDNAGAR, M.S. (INDIA.)
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The present i n v e s t i g a t i o n was undertaken to study the o i l content, oil q u a l i t y and q u a l i t y of meal p r o t e i n of safflower seeds. Fifteen samples were analysed for oil content and eight samples analysed for p r o t e i n qualityparameters.There were s i g n i f i c a n t differences among the c u l t i v a rsi n r e s p e c t of o i l content ranging from 29.16 t o 32.67% andcrude protein ranging from 10.5 t o 13.4%. The safflowerseed proteins were d e f i c i e n t in methionine content but thetryptophan content was u$io standard. Among te c u l t i v a rss t u d i e d , CO-1 had higher l e v e l s of p r o t e i n and o i l c o n t e n t s. The safflower seed o i l varied in respect of i t s acid value,iodine value, s a p o n i f i c a t i o n value and peroxide value fromxiii0.391 to 0.626%, 134.13 to 145.93, 136.25 to 196.32 and 2.4to 3.66 respectively. The methionine and tryptophan contentof the defatted saf flower meal ranged from 1.02 to 1.76%" and 1.11 to 1.50 (g/16g N) , respectively, whereas the tannincontent of safflower meal varied from 0.523 to 0.724%. The overall r e s u l t s of investigation indicated thatboth the oil and protein quality of the seed of safflowercultivars studied were n u t r i t i o n a l l y under safe limits.
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sowing, intercropping, wheats, tillage equipment, seed drilling, crops, mustard, fertilizers, land resources, chickpeas