Sunflower variety performance trials in 2004

Irrigated oil sunflower variety performance trial at Idalia¹ in 2004.

			Test	Plant
Hybrid	Yield	Moisture	Weight	Height	Density	Lodging	Oil

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	in	Plants/ac	%	%
Triumph 658	3284	8.8	29.4	66	15781	2.3	44.1
Seeds 2000 Blazer	3254	8.2	31.5	58	14916	2.4	42.6
Pioneer brand 63M80	3221	7.9	31.1	63	14784	0.9	44.5
Triumph 645	3181	8.3	29.3	65	17093	2.2	45.2
Interstate/Garst Hysun 424	3181	8.0	31.2	65	16193	0.7	43.2
Mycogen 8N421	3170	7.6	30.8	63	16193	1.4	43.3
Interstate/Garst Hysun 454	3166	9.2	30.3	65	14233	1.5	40.8
Triumph 665	3160	9.4	30.5	66	15111	1.6	43.4
Mycogen 8D310	3153	9.0	29.2	63	15538	2.3	38.3
UAP 94T90	3147	8.4	30.5	68	17329	2.0	42.9
Mycogen X83352	3147	8.8	32.5	64	15844	0.4	45.0
Triumph 636	3083	8.6	28.6	64	15608	0.4	44.1
Interstate/Garst Hysun 450	3067	8.1	30.7	63	15421	3.1	40.2
Pioneer brand 63M91	3041	9.1	31.5	65	11550	6.4	42.9
Croplan Genetics NuSun 3080 DMR	3036	8.2	31.1	59	17567	0.9	44.9
Croplan Genetics NuSun 385	2989	8.5	30.8	64	17233	1.9	41.3
Mycogen X83454	2978	7.5	29.9	60	15510	2.3	41.4
Croplan Genetics NuSun 380	2902	8.7	31.4	64	17651	1.8	41.2
Mycogen 8377 NS	2756	8.8	30.7	62	15664	1.5	43.1
Triumph s675	2707	8.2	30.9	45	16425	13.1	45.3
Triumph TRX4342CL	2691	9.4	31.5	71	15260	1.5	43.6
Triumph s667	2630	7.6	29.9	46	17760	18.0	44.8
Interstate/Garst F10016 NS	2602	8.7	29.9	55	16191	0.4	39.8
UAP Exp 93N05	2520	8.7	30.8	56	16853	0.9	39.8
Interstate/Garst 4704 NS	2410	8.2	30.9	56	16663	0.9	39.5
Triumph 650CL	2239	8.3	28.1	67	15219	1.4	36.4
Average	2950	8.5	30.5	62	15907	2.8
LSD_(0.30)	168

¹Trial conducted on the Dennis Towns farm; seeded 5/20 and harvested 10/21.
*Yields have been adjusted to 10% moisture content.

Dryland oil sunflower variety performance trial at Haxtun¹ in 2004.

			Test		Plant
Hybrid	Yield	Moisture	Weight	Density	Height	Lodging	Oil

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	plants/ac	in	%	%
Interstate/Garst F10016 NS	1407	9.8	26.8	11707	45	7.6	35.7
Interstate/Garst Hysun 454	1346	8.8	27.5	11941	53	5.6	36.6
Mycogen 8D310	1289	7.9	26.9	12832	53	5.6	34.2
Croplan Genetics NuSun 345	1268	6.9	27.0	13657	48	9.9	38.6
Triumph 645	1264	9.2	25.3	13706	52	7.1	39.4
Mycogen 8377 NS	1158	7.1	27.4	12733	48	13.0	38.3
Pioneer brand 63M91	1150	7.2	28.6	13961	49	12.6	38.6
Croplan Genetics NuSun 385	1143	6.9	26.7	11020	41	5.2	36.0
Interstate/Garst Hysun 450	1114	7.8	27.0	12592	43	5.7	35.6
Pioneer brand 63M80	1114	8.1	26.8	12627	44	7.1	38.2
Interstate/Garst Hysun 424	1103	8.2	29.2	12511	46	8.9	35.7
Interstate/Garst 4704 NS	1096	8.0	27.1	11888	45	5.8	34.2
Trial Check	1051	9.0	28.3	13043	38	5.3	37.8
Mycogen X83454	1005	8.9	27.9	12784	41	3.8	35.4
Mycogen 8N421	1001	7.0	28.4	12632	44	8.3	38.2
Average	1167	8.0	27.4	12642	46	7.4
LSD_(0.30)	138

¹Trial conducted on the Dave Anderson farm; seeded 5/27 and harvested 10/5.
*Trial Check was Triumph 667.
**Yields have been adjusted to 10% moisture content.

Dryland oil sunflower variety performance trial at Cheyenne Wells¹ in 2004.

			Test		Plant
Hybrid	Yield	Moisture	Weight	Density	Height	Lodging	Oil

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	plants/ac	in	%	%
Trial Check 1*	801	8.6	29.5	15569	52	1.7	40.0
Mycogen X83454	665	8.4	29.7	16460	44	5.0	37.4
Interstate/Garst F10016 NS	658	8.7	29.9	14172	42	2.4	36.7
Pioneer brand 63M91	658	8.8	30.0	13160	48	4.5	40.0
DEKALB EXP3880 CL	627	8.4	29.1	15354	39	1.9	35.8
Interstate/Garst Hysun 450	622	9.8	29.6	14805	43	3.5	37.6
Interstate/Garst Hysun 454	560	8.6	31.2	12950	46	4.3	39.3
Pioneer brand 63M80	558	7.9	29.2	13329	47	2.7	37.6
Interstate/Garst Hysun 424	533	8.5	29.8	14165	42	3.2	37.1
Mycogen 8377 NS	530	8.1	29.5	14093	51	2.8	38.5
Croplan Genetics NuSun 380	524	8.8	29.3	14327	51	0.7	35.9
DEKALB EXP35-10 NS	519	8.6	30.3	12229	45	3.4	36.2
DEKALB DKF33-33 NS	514	7.8	31.0	15867	39	3.6	35.7
Mycogen 8D310	511	7.5	29.0	15200	50	2.8	36.1
Croplan Genetics NuSun 385	509	8.3	29.9	15376	40	2.9	37.1
Trial Check 2*	468	8.1	31.4	16057	31	3.1	39.1
Mycogen 8N421	464	9.1	30.9	15798	48	4.1	38.3
DEKALB DKF38-30 NS	451	9.2	30.7	13066	43	3.1	37.4
Interstate/Garst 4704 NS	347	7.6	30.2	13603	39	0.3	35.2
Average	554	8.5	30.0	14504	44	2.9

¹Trial conducted on the Dennis Campbell farm; seeded 7/8 and harvested 11/5.
*Trial Check 1 was Triumph 645 and Trial Check 2 was Triumph 667.
**Yields have been adjusted to 10% moisture content.
***Due to unusually large variation within and among plots and blocks this trial could not be statistically interpreted.

Dryland oil sunflower variety performance trial at Akron¹ in 2004.

			Test		Plant
Hybrid	Yield	Moisture	Weight	Density	Height	Lodging	Oil

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	plants/ac	in	%	%
Mycogen X83454	1578	6.7	26.7	14116	40	1.7	36.8
Interstate/Garst Hysun 454	1506	7.4	28.0	12081	45	1.0	39.3
Mycogen 8N421	1466	6.1	27.4	13892	44	0.0	38.8
Mycogen 8D310	1443	6.7	27.0	13789	47	0.4	35.5
DEKALB DKF33-33 NS	1387	6.1	26.2	14901	42	0.0	36.6
Pioneer brand 63M80	1364	5.8	27.5	14781	45	11.2	41.4
Interstate/Garst F10016 NS	1318	7.1	27.6	14941	38	2.4	37.7
Interstate/Garst Hysun 450	1318	7.3	27.8	15509	37	16.1	39.0
Triumph 645	1294	7.2	28.0	15883	43	2.0	41.0
Pioneer brand 63M91	1263	6.3	27.8	13633	48	1.8	41.2
Interstate/Garst Hysun 424	1126	8.2	29.3	14646	40	14.9	39.7
Interstate/Garst 4704 NS	1093	6.7	28.5	13501	36	26.8	36.6
DEKALB EXP35-10 NS	1084	7.9	29.2	9663	42	0.9	36.4
Triumph 650CL	1076	6.5	27.3	13607	44	0.5	36.7
Triumph s675	824	7.8	29.9	15930	25	36.6	38.9
Average	1276	6.9	27.9	14058	41	8.2
LSD_(0.30)	176

¹Trial conducted on the Jason Shook farm; seeded 7/6 and harvested 12/15.
*Yields have been adjusted to 10% moisture content.

Dryland sunflower on-farm strip test at Brandon¹ in 2004.

					Seed Size
			Test				Jumbo
Hybrid	Yield²	Moisture	Weight	Oil	Percent	Percent	Percent

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	%	above 20/64	below 20/64	above 22/64
Triumph 665	2389	11.8	24.5	39.5
UAP 94T90	2306	9.9	24.5	40.6
Triumph 645	2198	9.8	24.0	41.3
Triumph s675	2150	8.7	27.0	43.7
UAP Exp 93N05	1703	8.2	24.5	35.2
Triumph 700CLS+	1326	9.8	18.5		12.6	16.3	71.1
Triumph 757C	1061	11.4	18.5		6.9	5.6	87.5
Average	1876	9.9	23.1

¹Trial conducted on the Burl Scherler farm; seeded 6/30 and harvested 11/8.
²Yield averaged over two replications.
*Yields have been adjusted to 10% moisture content.

Dryland sunflower on-farm strip test at Julesburg¹ in 2004.

							Seed Size
			Test		Plant				Jumbo
Hybrid	Yield²	Moisture	Weight	Density	Height	Oil	Percent	Percent	Percent

	lb/ac	%	lb/bu	plants/ac	in	%	above 20/64	below 20/64	above 22/64
Triumph 665	1456	8.8	25.7	10846	53	37.3
UAP 94T90	1424	7.0	25.2	12676	52	35.6
Triumph s675	1306	8.8	28.1	12240	30	40.6
Triumph 645	1269	8.9	24.3	9801	49	40.6
UAP Exp 93N05	1209	8.7	24.4	11282	36	32.0
Triumph 700CLS+	1113	11.0	15.8	8712	52		12.9	22.3	64.8
Trial Check*	1069	13.4	15.4	7318	53		23.4	24.5	52.1
Triumph 757C	837