Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L. - Bioversity International

6 Safflower. Carthamus tinctorius L.
Dedication
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Dr Paulden F. Knowles, the safflower
germplasm collector extraordinaire, whose collections have touched and benefited
safflower germplasm research and breeding around the world. His collections of
cultivated, wild and weedy relatives of safflower from around the world were the
product of plant exploration expeditions Dr Knowles undertook in the 1950s, 1960s
and 1970s. The widely used USDA World Collection owes most of its safflower lines
to Dr Knowles’ collecting efforts. This World Collection has resulted in valuable
material and indeed provides the core of collections of safflower in many countries
and even more institutions.