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Effects of inoculation with azospirillum on some characteristics of safflower

Mohsen Heidari, Hamid Reza Ganjali, Atefeh Shahri

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/5.4.47-53

Int. J. Biosci. 5(4), 47-53. August, 2014. (PDF)

Abstract:

Bio fertilizer based on microbial application is an effort to minimize dependency on chemical fertilizer purposes. The use of microbial simbiont within the plants intended to trim down chemical fertilizers supply even the possible’ dose can be reduced to zero. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is an herbaceous annual broad-leaved plant and a member of the asteraceae family. It is native to parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It was grown mainly for its flowers, which were used in making dyes for clothing and food, but today, it is grown mainly for its oil. It grows well in both dry land and irrigated areas and is a drought-tolerant plant. The experiment was conducted at the lavaryab zahedan (in iran). The field experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with factorial design with three replications. Analysis of variance showed that the effect of azospirllum and phosphorus fertilizer on oil yield, Percent of oil, biological yield and grain yield was significant.