Improvement of safflower oil quality for biodiesel production by integrated application of PGPR under reduced amount of NP fertilizers.

ABSTRACT: Safflower is an important industrial oil seed and bioenergy crop in semi-arid subtropical regions due to its potential to grow on marginal land and having good percentage of seed oil contents which is an important parameter for biofuel production. However, it is an ignored crop in Pakistan. In order to improve the crop productivity and reduce the use of agrochemicals for sustainable biodiesel feedstock production, an experiment was conducted for two years to improve the fatty acid composition and oil quality of Carthamus tinctorius L. (safflower) by the inoculation of Azospirillum and Azotobacter alone as well as in combined application with nitrogen and phosphate (NP) fertilizers on cultivars Thori and Saif-32 under field conditions. Separation and quantification of fatty acids were done

SUBMITTER: Nosheen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086401 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature