The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia											Table of Contents
2002-2003 Canola Performance Tests Research Report Number 689 August 2003
Plains, Georgia: Spring Canola Variety Trial, 2002-2003
				Yield1
Company or Brand Name		Variety		2003	2-Yr Avg	3-Yr Avg		Oil	Bloom	Maturity	Plant Ht.	Lodg.2	Winter Survival
				------------ lb/A ------------				%	date	date	in	rating	%
UGA		G01062		2676	1967	.		39.5	03/13	05/17	52	1.0	100
Plantation Seeds		Flint		2486	2042	1916		39.6	03/16	05/22	55	1.0	100
UGA		G01123D		2480	1762	.		41.1	03/13	05/16	50	1.0	100
UGA		G02103		2417	.	.		38.4	03/16	05/15	48	1.0	100
UGA		G98122		2392	.	.		40.6	03/14	05/15	50	1.0	100
UGA		G00126		1992	.	.		42.3	03/12	05/20	56	1.0	100
AG-Seed Research		Rainbow		1961	1185	1312		39.9	03/08	05/11	42	1.0	100
UGA		G02098		1793	.	.		39.5	03/14	05/18	53	1.0	100
UGA		G01094		1747	1251	.		41.5	03/14	05/21	53	1.0	100
UGA		G00092		1734	1385	.		38.7	03/15	05/13	50	1.0	100
UGA		G00124E		1733	.	.		40.3	03/11	05/19	53	1.0	100
Croplan Genetics		Oscar		1730	1173	1267		39.5	03/09	05/09	45	1.0	100
UGA		G01078		1600	1160	.		39.7	03/19	05/22	52	1.0	100
UGA		G01123		1590	1289	1481		39.3	03/13	05/20	51	1.0	100
UGA		G00142		1409	.	.		42.7	03/14	05/19	47	1.0	100
UI		Sunrise		1364	898	1000		41.0	03/12	05/11	53	1.0	100
AG-Seed Research		Mystic		1363	783	899		40.9	03/06	05/08	42	1.0	100
AG-Seed Research		Charlton		1249	783	844		43.1	03/11	05/20	47	1.0	100
Monsanto		Ag Emblem		1237	.	.		39.3	03/06	05/13	42	1.0	100
Monsanto		ATR-Hyden		1214	.	.		37.4	03/14	05/23	42	1.0	100
Average				18083	1306	1246		40.2	03/12	05/16	49	1.0	100
LSD at 10% Level				395	219	120		2.3	02	03	5	-	-
Std. Err. of Entry Mean				168	91	50		0.9	01	01	2	-	-
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.  C.V. = 15.9%, and df for EMS = 38.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	November 22, 2002.
Harvested:	June 2, 2003.
Seeding Rate:	5 lb/acre in 7" rows.
Soil Type:	Greenville sandy clay loam.
Soil Test:	P = Medium, K = High, and pH = 6.4.
Fertilization:	Preplant:  15 lb N, 60 lb P2O5, and 60 lb K2O/acre.
	Topdress:  60 lb N/acre on February 3, 2003 and 60 lb N/acre on March 11, 2003.
Management:	Subsoiled and rototilled.
Previous Crop:	Peanuts.
Test conducted by P. L. Raymer, A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and R. R. Pines.