The use of safflower as a forage plant

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 41 - 49, 26.11.2025

Deray Saygı

Öz

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a plant that can grow in arid and hot climates and stands out with its high oil content and nutritional values. Safflower, which has an important place among oilseed plants, has nutritional values similar to olive oil, especially with varieties with high oleic acid (Omega-9) content. Safflower has a wide range of uses such as animal nutrition and biodiesel production. While its seeds contain high levels of unsaturated fatty acids, its meal can be utilised as animal feed. Safflower provides an important food source for ruminants and poultry thanks to its high fat, protein and minerals content. In addition, safflower stands out as an economically valuable plant due to its ability to grow in arid and saline soils, although it faces difficulties such as difficult separation of the husks and high processing costs. Safflower, which may have anti-nutritional properties, may cause some problems in terms of flavour and digestibility, but these negative effects can be reduced with appropriate processing methods. With these features, safflower draws attention as a plant that will gain more value in agriculture and industry in the future.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Safflower , Forage Plant , Animal Feeding , Nutritive Value

ASPİR’İN YEM BİTKİSİ OLARAK KULLANIMI

Öz

Aspir (Carthamus tinctorius L.), kurak ve sıcak iklimlerde yetişebilen, yüksek yağ içeriği ve besin değerleriyle öne çıkan çok yönlü bitkidir. Yağlı tohumlu bitkiler arasında önemli bir yere sahip olan aspir, özellikle oleik asit (Omega-9) oranı yüksek olan çeşitleri ile zeytinyağına benzer beslenme değerleri taşımaktadır. Aspir, hayvan beslemesi ve biyodizel üretimi gibi geniş bir kullanım alanına sahiptir. Tohumları yüksek oranda doymamış yağ asitleri içerirken, küspesi hayvan yemi olarak değerlendirilebilmektedir. Aspirin içeriğindeki yüksek yağ, protein ve mineraller sayesinde ruminantlar ve kanatlılar için önemli bir besin kaynağı sunmaktadır. Ayrıca, aspir, kabuklarının zor ayrılabilmesi ve işlenme maliyetlerinin yüksek olması gibi zorluklarla karşılaşsa da, kurak ve tuzlu topraklarda yetişebilmesi nedeniyle ekonomik açıdan değerli bir bitki olarak ön plana çıkmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, anti-nutrisyonel özelliklere sahip olabilen aspir, lezzet ve sindirilebilirlik açısından bazı zorluklar oluştursa da, uygun işleme yöntemleri ile bu olumsuz etkiler azaltılabilmektedir. Bu özellikleri ile aspir, tarım ve sanayi alanlarında gelecekte daha fazla değer kazanacak bir bitki olarak dikkat çekmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Aspir , Yem Bitkisi , Hayvan Besleme , Besin Değeri

Kaynakça

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