Safflower - 1997 Crops Day Report
| Safflower Hettinger | |||||||||
| Yield | Average Yield | ||||||||
| Variety | Days to Flower | Plant Ht | Oil | Test wt | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 2 Year | 3Year |
| in | % | lbs/bu | lbs/ac | ||||||
| Centennial | 85 | 22 | 42.1 | 39.6 | 3527 | 2114 | 1333 | 1724 | 2325 |
| Montola 2000 | 83 | 18 | 40.1 | 39.8 | 2870 | 2222 | 1467 | 1844 | 2186 |
| S-541 | 86 | 22 | 41.5 | 39.5 | 3276 | 2196 | 947 | 1572 | 2140 |
| Finch | 82 | 20 | 37.1 | 44.0 | 2938 | 2174 | 1233 | 1704 | 2115 |
| Montola 2001 | 82 | 20 | 39.2 | 38.4 | 2735 | 1900 | 1207 | 1554 | 1947 |
| Morlin | 84 | 23 | 38.2 | 40.3 | 2552 | 1227 | 1600 | 1414 | 1793 |
| S-317 | 83 | 21 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 3014 | 1407 | 2210 | ||
| S-518 | 84 | 22 | 40.2 | 38.0 | 2687 | 1674 | 2180 | ||
| 95B7116 | 82 | 19 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 1553 | ||||
| 94B2869ER | 82 | 21 | 42.6 | 38.0 | 1507 | ||||
| 95B7174 | 82 | 21 | 41.2 | 39.3 | 1500 | ||||
| 95B7348 | 84 | 21 | 38.2 | 40.2 | 1360 | ||||
| 94B3225ER | 84 | 20 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 1300 | ||||
| 91B3842 | 82 | 22 | 45.9 | 38.8 | 1267 | ||||
| Trial Mean | 83 | 21 | 40.1 | 40.2 | 2891 | 2013 | 1383 | -- | -- |
| C.V. % | 1.4 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 16.9 | -- | -- |
| LSD .05 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 451 | 317 | 333 | -- | -- |
| LSD .01 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 601 | 423 | 446 | -- | -- |
Planting Date: April 30, 1997
Harvest Date: September 9, 1997
Seeding Rate: 400,000 live seeds/acre
Previous Crop: Fallow
NS = no statistical difference between varieties.