2001-2002 Canola Performance Tests Table of Contents
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Research Report Number 683
August 2002
Calhoun, Georgia:
National Winter Canola Variety Trial, 2001-2002
Variety   Yield1 Oil Bloom Maturity Plant
Height		 Lodging2 Shatter3 Winter
Survival
lb/A % date date in rating rating %
Musette              2222 38.4 04/01 06/04 54 1.0 1.0 100
KS8227               2203 39.5 04/09 06/03 68 1.0 1.1 100
Acropolis            1992 39.4 04/07 06/05 65 1.0 1.1 100
VSX-1                1939 36.1 03/31 06/03 56 1.2 1.0 100
KS8200               1912 38.7 04/05 06/06 62 1.0 1.2 100
Banjo                1785 39.3 03/31 06/05 60 1.0 1.0 100
KS7730               1779 38.6 04/04 06/03 60 1.0 1.1 100
Explorer             1739 36.2 04/06 06/05 64 1.0 1.1 100
Wichita              1709 38.6 04/01 06/05 59 1.0 1.1 100
Ericka               1683 37.2 04/01 06/04 56 1.0 1.0 100
KS-SU-W05            1672 39.0 03/31 06/05 61 1.0 1.1 100
Jetton               1665 37.6 03/31 06/04 58 1.7 1.1 100
G96038A             1612 39.9 03/31 06/05 64 1.2 1.2 100
Ratler               1607 37.2 04/04 06/04 62 1.0 1.1 100
KSM3-1-124           1585 36.0 04/01 06/04 57 1.5 1.3 100
Ceres                1543 39.3 04/07 06/05 62 1.0 1.3 100
KS7436               1537 38.8 04/01 06/05 60 1.0 1.3 100
Plainsman            1482 37.3 04/09 06/05 62 1.0 1.4 100
ARC91023-63L-5       1470 37.6 03/31 06/03 57 1.0 1.2 100
Kvintett             1403 37.6 04/09 06/05 64 1.2 1.1 100
ARC91017-41E-5       1382 38.2 03/31 06/05 62 1.2 1.1 100
Casino               1322 36.6 04/06 06/06 62 1.0 1.1 100
Winfield             1285 40.2 03/30 06/05 56 1.0 1.2 100
ARC91022-59L-4       1275 36.7 04/01 06/04 69 1.8 1.4 100
Celsius              1253 39.9 04/07 06/05 63 1.0 1.2 100
ARC91016-41L-2       1239 37.4 04/02 06/06 54 1.3 1.1 100
KS7740               1211 37.5 04/04 06/06 67 1.0 1.2 100
ARC91004             1116 38.0 04/02 06/05 74 1.2 1.3 100
ARC91016-41-E5       1018 36.0 04/01 06/03 63 1.5 1.1 100
Pastell              1006 37.6 04/07 06/05 61 1.0 1.2 100
G96200E                722 34.9 03/23 06/05 51 1.3 1.0   85
Salut                    76 33.3 04/05 05/29 44 3.8 2.0 100
Average               14834 37.7 04/03 06/05 61 1.2 1.2 100
LSD at 10% Level 446 2.1 02 03 5 0.2 0.3 2
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 189 0.9 01 01 2 0.2 0.1 1
1.  Yields calculated as 50 lb/bu at 8.5% moisture.
2.  Lodging rating:  1.0 = all plants erect to 5.0 = over 80% of plants down.
3.  Rating:  1.0 = no shattering to 5.0 = over 80% shattering.
4.  C.V. = 22.1%, and df for EMS = 62.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected
LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: October 2, 2001.
Harvested: June 11, 2002.
Seeding Rate: 5 lb/acre in 7" rows.
Soil Type: Waynesboro loam.
Soil Test: P = High, K = High, and pH = 6.3.
Fertilization: Preplant:  50 lb N, 50 lb P2O5, and 75 lb K2O/acre.
Topdress:  130 lb N/acre on February 2, 2002.
Management: Moldboard plowed, disked, and rototilled; Treflan and Poast used for weed control;
Quadras used as fungicide treatment.
Previous Crop: Small grain.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose, G. Rawls, and J. Stubbs.