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Safflower Variety Descriptions

Hull

Oil

Irrigated

Dryland

Tolerance ⁵

Variety

Origin ¹

PVP ⁶

Type ²

Type ³

Yield ⁴

TWT ⁴

Oil ⁴

Maturity

Alt.

Centennial

MT/ND

yes

STP

lino

m good

good

med

v good

m late

Finch

MT/ND

lino

good

v good

v high

fair

m early

Morlin

MT/ND

yes

STP

high lino

v good

good

med

good

m late

S-208

lino

fair

good

med

good

m early

S-541

STP

lino

fair

v good

m high

v good

m late

Montola 2000

MT/ND

yes

high oleic

m good

good

med

good

early

Montola 2001

MT/ND

yes

STP

high oleic

v good

fair

med

good

med

Montola 2003

MT/ND

yes

high oleic

v good

m high

good

m early

Montola 2004

MT/ND

yes

high oleic

good

m high

good

m early

S-317

yes

STP

oleic

m good

good

med

good

med

S-518

yes

STP

oleic

fair

v good

med

good

m late

¹ ST = SeedTec International, MT = Montana, ND = North Dakota

² STP = striped, N = normal or white

³ Lino = linoleic

⁴ Relative ratings of Yield, Test Weight, and Oil will vary under conditions of moderate-severe disease infestation

⁵ Alt = alternaria leaf spot disease, BB = bacterial blight, S = susceptible, MS = moderately susceptible, MT = moderately tolerant, T = tolerant
⁶ “yes” indicates the variety is protected and the seed may be sold for planting purposes only as a class of certified seed (Title V Option).

	Yield		TW	Oil
Cultivar	2003	3 yr	2003	2003	3 yr
	- lbs/a -		lb/b	-- % --
00B8208	1537	1752	43.0	35.7	35.5
GW9048-1	2275	1584	45.8	33.0	32.5
98B1475	1843	1506	41.8	37.2	38.1
00B7627	1600	1355	41.7	38.0	37.4
95B3538	1968	1351	43.2	35.8	35.5
95B7446	1769	1285	42.8	36.8	37.3
00B6524	1406	1282	46.7	34.5	35.0
95B7174	1691	1277	43.2	38.0	38.2
95B7181	1572	1276	45.2	36.8	37.5
MT 2000	1800	1270	42.2	38.6	38.5
97B1744	1831	1267	45.0	36.4	35.3
S-518	1759	1238	40.5	39.4	38.5
97B1286	1771	1228	41.2	38.7	37.8
00B6144	1572	1203	39.3	43.0	41.8
00B6521	1408	1179	38.8	43.9	41.9
S-541	1821	1178	42.5	42.0	41.1
00B6878	1504	1176	44.3	37.5	37.4
MT 2003	1558	1167	42.0	37.2	37.4
MT 2004	1596	1160	43.0	36.3	36.4
91B3842	1655	1145	39.2	45.2	43.2
00B1027	1462	1095	39.3	45.1	45.0
96B6054	1362	1073	39.5	42.6	43.0
Centennial	1683	1021	42.3	42.4	40.7
Finch	1721	1012	44.8	36.7	35.2
MT 2001	1264	921	43.0	36.9	39.0
Morlin	1437	889	41.7	38.8	37.2
Erlin	1521	831	40.2	38.1	34.9
GW9048-2	1862	--	44.3	33.5	--
LSD 5%	192	--	0.6	0.9	--
Planted: April 24 Harvested: September 1

	Yield		TW	Oil
Cultivar	2003	3 yr	2003	2003	3 yr
	- lbs/a -		lb/b	-- % --
00B8208	1183	1484	43.2	35.6	34.7
GW9048-1	1679	1288	44.8	33.8	31.7
98B1475	1258	1199	41.7	37.5	35.4
00B6524	1105	1108	46.0	35.2	34.3
S-518	1250	1105	40.2	38.4	37.7
95B3538	1455	1082	42.7	35.5	33.2
MT 2000	1306	1060	41.5	38.9	37.1
00B7627	1027	1041	41.2	38.2	36.8
MT 2004	1135	1027	43.3	36.8	35.7
95B7446	1296	1016	42.5	37.4	35.7
S-541	1144	1010	41.7	41.0	38.7
MT 2003	1142	985	42.0	37.4	35.9
95B7174	1124	969	41.8	38.3	36.5
97B1744	1227	949	44.5	35.7	33.3
95B7181	1165	929	44.8	36.1	35.2
97B1286	1137	924	40.3	37.8	36.9
00B6878	1146	900	43.7	38.3	36.5
Centennial	1157	875	41.3	41.6	38.8
00B6144	964	874	38.3	43.0	41.0
Finch	1266	862	44.2	36.1	33.3
91B3842	994	826	38.3	45.2	41.1
00B6521	905	820	38.7	42.2	40.9
MT 2001	972	820	41.7	37.8	37.1
Morlin	987	800	41.3	37.9	35.1
00B1027	922	798	38.8	44.0	43.4
96B6054	994	736	39.2	42.1	41.4
Erlin	1199	684	40.2	38.1	33.9
GW9048-2	1286	--	44.3	33.8	--
LSD 5%	185	--	0.7	1.3	--
Planted: April 18 Harvested: August 29
Crop sequence: wheat-wheat-safflower

DRYLAND FALLOW SAFFLOWER SIDNEY, MT

Dryland Continuous Crop Safflower SIDNEY, MT