TABLE 20.	Montana Safflower Cultivar Evaluation Nursery Grown On-Station Under No-Till Dryland Fallow Conditions at Northern Agricultural Research Center.  Havre, Montana.  2020. (Exp# 20-7702-SA)
		1/		2/						3/*
ENTRY	OIL TYPE	FLWR	PLNT HT	YIELD	TEST WT	MOIST	OIL %	OIL %	OIL Lbs/Ac	DEP.
		DATE	Inches	Lbs/Ac	Lbs/Bu	%	0%Mois.	8%Mois.	8%Mois.	%
Cardinal	Linoleic	207.7	27.2	1834	43.0	5.1	42.7	39.2	720.1	0.0
Chickadee	Linoleic	208.0	23.4	1853	40.8	4.9	40.8	37.5	695.6	1.7
Finch	Linoleic	206.3	27.0	1985	42.8	5.0	42.7	39.3	781.0	3.3
Morlin	Linoleic	209.0	24.2	1266	39.5	4.9	44.4	40.8	516.7	5.0
Rubis Red	Linoleic	206.0	27.2	2102	45.4	5.4	37.4	34.4	724.0	0.0
Hybrid 1601	Oleic	206.7	26.9	1459	36.6	4.6	42.6	39.1	571.2	0.0
Hybrid 200	Oleic	208.0	25.7	2179	41.5	5.1	36.0	33.1	721.9	0.0
Hybrid 446	Oleic	207.3	24.6	2351	42.3	5.4	34.8	32.0	752.2	0.0
MonDak	Oleic	206.0	24.7	1784	41.4	5.1	38.9	35.7	637.5	0.0
Montola 2000	Oleic	206.3	21.5	1921	39.8	4.8	42.6	39.2	752.5	0.0
Montola 2001	Oleic	207.0	23.0	1385	37.2	5.1	39.5	36.4	503.9	3.3
Montola 2003	Oleic	209.0	22.8	1539	40.7	4.8	40.7	37.5	576.7	0.0
STI 1201	Oleic	206.7	21.2	925	36.5	4.4	43.0	39.5	365.2	13.3
STI 1593/STI 2019	Oleic	208.7	26.0	1860	40.4	5.0	44.1	40.6	755.9	0.0
EXPERIMENTAL MEANS		207.3	24.7	1745.8	40.6	5.0	40.7	37.5	648.2	1.9
LSD (0.05)		1.2	1.8	188.9	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.4	78.8	2.5
C.V.: ( S / MEAN)*100		0.3	4.4	6.4	1.0	3.2	2.2	2.2	7.2	78.6
P-VALUE (Entries)		<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001
Bold Indicates cultivars yielding equal to the highest yielding entry based on Fisher's Protected LSD at the 0.05 probability level.
1/ No. Days from January 1 (207 = July 25)
2/ Volumetric yields are based on plot weights adjusted to uniform 8 percent grain moisture.
3/ Dep. is bird and wildlife depredation, recorded as the percentage of missing seed from the safflower heads in each plot.
*Varieties NutraSaff and STI 1401 were totally consumed by birds in 2020, so they were removed from the analyses.
Management Information (20-7702-SAF)
Seeding Date:	April 28, 2020
Harvest Date:	September 29, 2020
Fertility:	50-15-0-20 side banded
System:	no till
Herbicide:	none
Fungicide:	none
Previous Crop:	Chemical Fallow - Spring Wheat
Precipitation:	5.59" (April 1 to August 30)

 

TABLE 21.	Eight-Year Yield Summary on Selected Entries from Dryland Safflower Nursery. Northern Agricultural Research Center.  Havre, Montana.  2011-2020.  (Exp# 7702-SA)
					YIELD (Lbs Per Acre)
			No.												AVE.	%	8-Yr
			of												for	of	COMP.
			YEARS												YEARS	CHECK	AVE.
1/ VARIETY or SELECTION			TESTED		2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	TESTED	YIELD	YIELD
											2/		2/	3/		4/	5/
Hybrid 446	HYBRID 446		6				1947	1831	1820	3442		2832		2351	2370	121.1	2342
Hybrid 200	HYBRID 200		6				1866	2008	1938	3138		2730		2179	2310	118.0	2282
HYBRID 1601	HYBRID 1601(+)		8		2559	1858	1588	1280	2657	3602		2929		1459	2242	115.9	2242
Rubis Red	RUBIS RED		4						1449	2619		2382		2102	2138	104.0	2011
CARDINAL	CARDINAL(+)		8		2077	1651	1721	1802	1512	2791		2088		1834	1934	100.0	1934
MON-DAK	MON-DAK(+)		8		1967	1559	1814	1303	1678	2532		2328		1784	1871	96.7	1871
WILL 95FI	FINCH		8		2064	1565	1566	1495	1466	2323		2051		1985	1814	93.8	1814
Will WOMA2003	MONTOLA 2003 (+)		7		1839		1932	1219	1634	2240		1949		1539	1765	89.3	1728
10B 6015	10B 6015		4			1413	1767	1383		2302					1716	86.2	1667
Baldy	BALDY		5				1500	1681	1477	2129		1739			1705	86.0	1664
011-2180	MORLIN (+)		7		1927	1253	1828	1002	870			1786		1266	1419	78.3	1515
WILL	MONTOLA 2000 (++)		3		1836				467					1921	1408	77.9	1507
STI 1201	STI 1201		6				1882	1318	549	2271		1867		925	1469	75.0	1451
991-122-6503	MONTOLA 2001		3		1618				110					1385	1037	57.4	1110
91B3842	NUTRASAFF (+)		7		1179	323	1289	435	212	982		1237			808	41.5	802
MEANS  (For Entries Listed)					1896	1374	1725	1396	1274	2531		2160		1727			1729
April-July Precip. (in.)					8.8	7.3	11.9	4.9	7.5	12.2	2.4	4.0	6.3	5.6	7.1
Total Annual Precip. (in.)					15.5	9.5	18.5	13.3	12.1	18.9	9.5	13.2	11.3	10.5	13.2
Soil PAW (in.) to SD @ Planting					7.3	n/a	9.6	9.4	8.3	9.2	8.9	6.8	6.7	26.2	10.3
Total Plant Available Water (in.)					16.1	7.3	21.5	14.2	15.8	21.5	11.3	10.9	13.1	31.7	16.3
Soil NO3 (lbs.) to SD at Planting					99	35	78	58	115	25	53	92	116	206	88
SD (Sampling Depth in Inches)					36	48	48	48	48	48	48	39	44	41	45
Fertilizer Applied			(# N)		0	0	0	0	50	50	50	50	50	50	30
			(# P2O5)		45	45	45	45	15	15	15	15	15	15	27
			(# K2O)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			(# S)		0	0	0	0	20	20	20	20	20	20	12
Long-term check variety is Cardinal.
1/ + = Protected Variety, ++ = PVP Title 5 or Title 5 Pending.
2/ No harvest in 2017 due to poor stand and drought.  No harverst in 2019 due to deer and bird damage.
3/ Varieties NutraSaff and STI 1401 were totally consumed by birds in 2020.
4/ Percent of Cardinal yield for the same data years as those in which a given entry was tested.
5/ 8-Yr Comparable Average = (x/y) * z where x = average yield of a given entry for years tested, y = average yield for Cardinal for the same years, and z = 8-Yr average yield for the check variety Cardinal.

 

TABLE 22.	Eight-Year Percent Oil Summary on Selected Entries from Dryland Safflower Nursery.  Northern Agricultural Research Center.  Havre, Montana.  2011-2020.  (Exp# 7702-SA)
					Oil (%) @ 8% Seed Moisture
			No.												AVE.	%	8-Yr
			of												for	of	COMP.
			YEARS												YEARS	CHECK	AVE.
1/ VARIETY or SELECTION			TESTED		2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	TESTED	Oil	Oil
											2/		2/	3/		4/	5/
91B3842	NUTRASAFF (+)		7		52.4	54.1	52.5	52.8	51.9	46.3		43.1			50.4	132.9	50.7
STI 1201	STI 1201		6				53.1	48.4	47.0	41.0		38.9		39.5	44.7	119.9	45.7
011-2180	MORLIN (+)		7		41.8	43.7	43.6	43.5	41.9			34.8		40.8	41.4	106.5	40.6
HYBRID 1601	HYBRID 1601(+)		8		40.3	44.0	43.4	43.6	39.5	34.2		32.5		39.1	39.6	103.8	39.6
Will WOMA2003	MONTOLA 2003 (+)		7		41.8		41.5	42.7	41.7	34.0		33.2		37.5	38.9	103.7	39.5
10B 6015	10B 6015		4			45.0	39.3	41.1		33.4					39.7	102.9	39.2
WILL 95FI	FINCH		8		40.9	42.6	39.1	41.5	41.2	32.9		32.9		39.3	38.8	101.8	38.8
WILL	MONTOLA 2000 (++)		3		43.3				37.7					39.2	40.1	101.5	38.7
CARDINAL	CARDINAL(+)		8		39.2	42.2	39.3	40.5	39.9	32.5		32.1		39.2	38.1	100.0	38.1
MON-DAK	MON-DAK(+)		8		40.5	44.0	39.8	40.3	39.8	32.4		32.2		35.7	38.1	100.0	38.1
991-122-6503	MONTOLA 2001		3		41.9				37.3					36.4	38.5	97.6	37.2
Hybrid 200	HYBRID 200		6				38.5	36.6	35.2	30.7		28.4		33.1	33.8	90.6	34.5
Hybrid 446	HYBRID 446		6				39.5	37.0	35.6	28.4		27.8		32.0	33.4	89.7	34.2
Rubis Red	RUBIS RED		4						31.8	26.9		26.4		34.4	29.9	83.1	31.7
Baldy	BALDY		5				30.0	29.6	29.2	24.5		23.9			27.5	74.5	28.4
MEANS  (For Entries Listed)					42.5	45.1	41.6	41.5	39.3	33.1		32.2		37.2			38.3
April-July Precip. (in.)					8.75	7.33	11.88	4.87	7.52	12.24	2.41	4.02	6.33	5.55	7.09
Total Annual Precip. (in.)					15.45	9.46	18.46	13.34	12.05	18.86	9.48	13.15	11.29	10.52	13.21
Soil PAW (in.) to SD @ Planting					7.31	n/a	9.58	9.38	8.29	9.24	8.92	6.84	6.73	26.15	10.27
Total Plant Available Water (in.)					16.06	7.33	21.46	14.25	15.81	21.48	11.33	10.86	13.06	31.70	16.33
Soil NO3 (lbs.) to SD at Planting					99	35	78	58	115	25	53	92	116	206	88
SD (Sampling Depth in Inches)					36	48	48	48	48	48	48	39	44	41	45
Fertilizer Applied			(# N)		0	0	0	0	50	50	50	50	50	50	30
			(# P2O5)		45	45	45	45	15	15	15	15	15	15	27
			(# K2O)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			(# S)		0	0	0	0	20	20	20	20	20	20	12
Long-term check variety is Cardinal.
1/ + = Protected Variety, ++ = PVP Title 5 or Title 5 Pending.
2/ No harvest in 2017 due to poor stand and drought.  No harverst in 2019 due to deer and bird damage.
3/ Varieties NutraSaff and STI 1401 were totally consumed by birds in 2020.
4/ Percent of Cardinal oil % for the same data years as those in which a given entry was tested.
5/ 8-Yr Comparable Average = (x/y) * z where x = average oil % of a given entry for years tested, y = average yield for Cardinal for the same years, and z = 8-Yr average oil % for the check variety Cardinal.