Oil Content, Its Estimation and Relationship to Hull and Nitrogen Content, Seed Size and Degree of Spininess of Safflower (Cathamus tinctorius)

Authors

Walter G. Ekdahl, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

4-1949

Document Type

Thesis

Citation

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1949. Department of Agronomy.

Comments

Copyright 1949, the author. Used by permission.

Abstract

The primary objectives of the investigations included in this report are to obtain information regarding the relationship existing between oil content of whole safflower seed and spininess of the plant, hull, nitrogen content and seed size; and also possibilities of estimating oil content of whole seed by mechanical and subsequent observation methods. Three hundred seventy-two randomly selected F₂ plants from the cross 804-3-2 X 583-1-6 were used in this investigation. In addition, two methods of estimating oil content in the safflower seed were investigated. The association of oil content with the other plant and seed characteristics considered in this report as measured by the correlation coefficient is given in Table 5.

Advisor: F. D. Keim.