Relationship between Sowing Time, Variety, and Quality in Safflower

Table 2

Palmitic and stearic acid composition of safflower seeds sown in the autumn and spring.

Sowing time	Varieties	Palmitic acid composition			Stearic acid composition
		2014	2015	2014-15	2014	2015	2014-15
Autumn	Remzibey	6.56	6.36	6.46	2.46	2.36	2.41
	Dincer	6.56	6.90	6.73	2.26	2.26	2.26
	Balci	6.86	7.16	7.01	2.46	2.60	2.53
	Yenice	5.76	5.96	5.86	2.36	2.40	2.38
Spring	Remzibey	5.80	6.10	5.95	2.30	2.40	2.35
	Dincer	6.50	6.50	6.50	2.16	2.10	2.13
	Balci	6.50	6.66	6.58	2.20	2.30	2.25
	Yenice	5.70	6.16	5.93	2.36	2.60	2.48
Years
		6.28	6.47		2.32	2.37
Sowing time
Winter		6.44	6.60	6.52	2.39	2.40	2.40
Summer		6.12	6.35	6.24	2.25	2.35	2.30
Varieties
Remzibey		6.18	6.23	6.20	2.38	2.38	2.38
Dincer		6.53	6.70	6.61	2.21	2.18	2.20
Balci		6.68	6.91	6.80	2.33	2.45	2.32
Yenice		5.73	6.06	5.90	2.36	2.50	2.43
Significance status
Years (Y)		—	—		—	—
Sowing time (ST)
Varieties (V)
Y × ST		—	—		—	—
Y × V		—	—	ns	—	—
ST × V			ns
Y × ST × V		—	—	ns	—	—

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