iarjalsIARJALSIARJALS2708-5104https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjals.2022.v03i01.035Evaluation of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Genotypes grown Under Winter Conditions of Central Sudan for Oil content and QualityElTahir AhmedAbdelaleemAbuElhassan SalihIbrahimIsmailHassanHusseinElaminAliAhmedFaculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira,SudanNOPRI, University of Gezira, SudanSafflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an oilseed crop having high potential for oil and protein cake but still need more exploitation. The experiments were carried out for two winter seasons (2007/08) and (2008/09) at the University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan, under irrigation. Ten safflower genotypes were used and fixed three spacings between plants along the ridge (30, 40 and 50 cm). The treatments were arranged in a split plot design with spacing as the main plots and safflower genotypes as the subplots with four replications. oil analysis was done in Egypt at the Agricultural Research Center “Food Technology Research Institute''. MSTATC package was used for the statistical analysis. The oil content was significantly affected by genotype with an average of 27.68% and a range of 20.03–35.58%. Genotypes 1, 5, 8 and 10 produced oil content percentages over 30%. Genotypes 1 and 5 are spiny, Sudanese collections. Most of the genotypes were of the high linoleic type (67.78–78.02 % of total fatty acids). The observed stearic acid range was (2.1-3.1 %). Oleic acid contents ranged from 11.7 % to 15.97 %. The genotypes 1, 5, 8 and 10 were recommended for further improvement and testing under Sudan conditions.