Investigating the growth characteristics and composition of fatty acids of the medicinal plant Carthamus tinctorius cultivar Safeh under the influence of humic acid and zinc chelate

Subject Areas : Medicinal Plants

Fatemeh Nejadhabibvash ¹ , Zainab Rashidi ² , Ali Heidarzadeh ³

1 - استادیاردانشگاه ارومیه - دانشکده علوم- گروه زیست شناسی
2 - M.Sc Student, Department of Medicinal Plants, Higher Education Center Shahid Bakeri Miyandoab, Urmia University
3 - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-02-24 Accepted : 2024-06-12 Published : 2024-06-17

Keywords: Carthamus tinctorius , linoleic acid, oleic acid, micronutrients,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of safflower under the influence of humic acid and zinc chelate in field conditions. The experiment was carried out in a factorial form in the form of randomized complete blocks in a farm in Saqez city in 2019. The results showed that the effect of humic acid treatment was significant at the 5% probability level on plant height and on the number of sub-branches at the 5% probability level. The effect of zinc chelate and the interaction of treatments on both traits were significant at the 1% probability level. The use of all three foliar treatments (humic acid zinc chelate and the interaction of treatments) had a significant effect on the number of seeds per plant. Comparison of averages showed. The highest number of seeds per plant in the combined treatment of 1 mg/liter of zinc chelate and 400 mg/liter of humic acid (125/33) as well as the treatment of 2 mg/liter of zinc chelate (123/25) and the lowest number in There was a combined treatment of 100 mg/l of humic acid and 2 mg/l of zinc chelate. The results showed that zinc chelate treatment and the combined treatment of zinc chelate and humic acid had a significant effect on the number of leaves in safflower plant, but humic acid treatment did not have a significant effect on this trait. C The results of the present study showed that the amount of linoleic acid increased with the addition of humic acid and zinc chelate, but the amount of oleic acid decreased.

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