Abstract
. 1999).Varieties that are almost completely free of spines havebeen developed for hand harvest of floral parts and of seedsin certain geographic regions (Singh 2007). Hence, one ofthe main goals in safflower breeding programmes is to de-velop spineless varieties with a high yield, high oil content,and resistance to diseases and pests.Morphological markers are usually visually character-ized phenotypic traits such as flower colour and spininess,and are useful for plant breeders. The most important char-acteristics in terms of its ornamental value are a combinationof appealing flower colour and few spines, descriptors thathave been used as major evaluation criteria (Bradley
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