North Central Research Extension Center—Minot

Safflower Variety Trial

Days

Seed Yield

to

Plant

Test

Seed

2

3

Variety

Flower

Height

Oil^a

Weight

Weight

2001

2002

2003

Year

Year

(10%)

in

%

lb/bu

g/1000

---------------------bu/A-------------------

S-541

70

26

38.1

41.2

38.0

3115

1928

4084

3006

3042

S-518

69

25

37.9

40.9

40.4

3270

1964

4186

3075

3140

Montola 2000

70

21

36.1

42.4

37.2

3264

1657

2969

2313

2630

Montola 2003

70

24

35.8

42.9

32.0

3594

2009

3712

2861

3105

Montola 2004

67

22

33.1

42.0

39.9

--

1952

3446

2699

--

Finch

70

25

34.1

45.1

34.2

3185

1909

3562

2736

2885

LSD 5%

1

1

0.6

0.2

1.6

595

NS

384

--

--

C.V.%

0.8

4.2

1.2

0.4

1.9

12.9

15.5

7.3

--

--

Mean

69

24

34.9

42.7

38.0

3130

1801

3650

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^aMontola 2000 was used as the standard for the oil analysis.