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Irrigated sunflower variety trial on the Darling Downs

conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by James Mcallister
Summary: Twelve sunflower varieties were assessed for seed yields and oil content. Yields of Peredovik 6296, Bulgiarian C1957, Armavir 1646 and Vniimk 6540 were comparable with the commercial birdseed variety, Polestar, but they had far higher oil percentages (c. 4 percent) ( cf 27 percent).

History

Parent Title

Proceedings of Oil Seed Crops Conference held at Warwick Tuesday March 25th - Thursday March 27th, 1969, Part 1.

Start Page

5.1

End Page

5.4

Number of Pages

4

Start Date

1969-03-25

Finish Date

1969-03-27

Location

Warwick, Qld.

Publisher

Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Place of Publication

Brisbane

Peer Reviewed

  • No

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Department of Primary Industries;

Era Eligible

  • No

Name of Conference

Oil Seed Crops Conference

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    Keywords

    SunflowerSeed yieldsOil contentFarm Management, Rural Management and AgribusinessPlant Biology not elsewhere classified

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