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Winter Hardy Safflower Lines Released

Three new hardy safflower germplasm lines developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are now available.
The germplasm lines — dubbed WSRC01, WSRC02 and WSRC03 — owe their superior winter hardiness to three Chinese safflower accessions maintained at the ARS Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research Unit in Pullman, Washington. They are the first U.S. safflower [...]