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Expressing Genes of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.): A Review

1 Siirt University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Siirt

Abstract

Safflower is of potential interest for agriculture mainly due to its commercial utility as oil, animal feed, and pharmacologically significant secondary metabolites. Knowledge of a metabolome of plant is crucial to optimize the crop traits, yields and quality, and ensure nutritional and health factors to produce functional food or feeds. Gene expression studies provide a theoretical molecular biology foundation for improving new traits and developing new cultivars. Here reader may find a review of articles on different regulators controling gene expression in safflower, including transcription factors and microRNAs in relation to flavonoid metabolism pathway, oil production and abiotic stress tolerance.

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How to Cite

BİLMEZ ÖZÇINAR, A. (2022). Expressing Genes of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.): A Review. MAS Journal of Applied Sciences, 7(3), 651–656. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6796145

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