Table 24. 1998 North Central U.S. Canola Variety Trials - Liberty Link Spring Canola Variety Trial

Variety	Fosston, MN
B.napus	Yield  lbs/A	Days to 1st  Flower	Days to  End  Flower	Days to  Mature	Height  in	Oil  %	Lodging  1-9	Test Wt.  lbs/bu	Sclerotina  % Incid
PHS97-457	2372	53	71	95	59	41.1	2.3	51.8	12
PHS97-460	2125	52	70	95	57	40.5	2.3	51.9	14
PHS97-482	2100	51	69	94	54	40.4	3.3	51.8	17
PHS97-494	2318	52	69	95	54	39.1	2.5	52.0	12
PHS97-504	2208	54	72	95	57	39.8	2.5	51.8	11
PHS97-506	2136	51	69	94	56	41.0	1.8	51.9	16
PHS97-513	2293	52	69	94	56	42.2	2.3	51.2	19
PHS97-514	2470	52	70	93	56	40.6	2.5	51.6	16
PHS97-515	2414	52	69	95	55	41.7	2.0	51.3	13
PHS97-579	2454	52	70	95	55	40.6	2.8	51.7	11
46A65 (1)	2252	48	70	94	47	40.8	2.8	51.2	13
Hyola 420 (1)	2316	47	69	95	48	40.0	3.0	51.2	17
Quantum (1)	1975	53	71	96	55	38.7	2.3	52.1	8
Sponsor (1)	1904	55	73	96	60	38.2	1.5	52.8	18
Mean	2238	52	70	95	55	40.3	2.4	51.8	13.9
LSD 5%	239.2	1.6	1.7	1.5	3.6	1.5	0.9	0.4	6.2
C.V.%	7.5	2.2	1.7	1.1	4.6	2.6	27.1	0.5	31.1

(1)Sponsor, 46A65, Hyola 420, and Quantum are NOT Liberty Link varieties. They are commercial varieties that were used as checks in this study.