Research Article

Relationship between Sowing Time, Variety, and Quality in Safflower

Table 1

Protein and oil rates of safflower seeds sown in the autumn and spring.

Sowing timeVarietiesProtein production ratesOil production rates
201420152014-15201420152014-15

AutumnRemzibey16.4613.9315.2024.9622.46 23.71
Dincer16.7015.0015.8525.8620.2323.05
Balci16.8615.4016.1334.6328.9331.78
Yenice18.3017.6617.9825.8325.8625.85

SpringRemzibey16.2315.8616.0527.4025.2026.30
Dincer15.6015.8615.7327.7024.5326.11
Balci17.8018.3618.0832.1332.2632.20
Yenice17.0616.7616.9125.1025.0625.08

Years

16.8716.1027.9525.57

Sowing time

Winter17.0815.5016.2927.8224.3726.10
Summer16.6716.7116.6928.0826.7627.42

Varieties

Remzibey16.3514.9015.6226.1823.8325.00
Dincer16.1515.4315.7926.7822.3824.58
Balci17.3316.8817.1033.3830.6031.99
Yenice17.6817.2117.4525.4625.4625.46

Significance status

Years (Y)
Sowing time (ST)nsns
Varieties (V)
Y × ST
Y × Vns
ST × V
Y × ST × V

Significant at level 0.05; significant at level 0.01. Means shown by the different letters within a column are statistically different.