The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia

Research Report Number 656 
August 1998

1997-98 CANOLA PERFORMANCE TESTS

Paul L. Raymer, J. LaDon Day, and Anton E. Coy, Editors

Paul L. Raymer is an associate professor and coordinator of statewide variety
evaluation program and J. Ladon Day is a senior agricultural specialist in the
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA
30223-1797.  Anton E. Coy is a senior agricultural specialist in the Department 
of Crop and Soil Sciences, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA 31793.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Cooperators and Contributors

The Season with 1997-98 Rainfall

State Commodity Canola Variety Trials, 1997-98
   Calhoun, Georgia - Winter Types
   Griffin, Georgia - Winter Types
   Average Performance of State Winter Canola Lines
   Griffin, Georgia - Spring Types
   Midville, Georgia - Spring Types
   Plains, Georgia - Spring Types
   Tifton, Georgia - Spring Types
   Average Performance of State Spring Canola Lines

State Laurate Canola Variety Trials, 1997-98
   Midville, Georgia
   Plains, Georgia
   Tifton, Georgia
   Average Performance of Laurate Canola Lines

National and Regional Canola Trials, 1997-98
   Calhoun, Georgia - National Advanced Winter Canola Variety Trial
   Griffin, Georgia - National Advanced Winter Canola Variety Trial
   Plains, Georgia - Southeastern Regional Spring Variety Trial
   Tifton, Georgia - Southeastern Regional Spring Variety Trial

Blackleg Evaluations, 1997-98
   Field Ratings for Resistance to Phoma Blackleg

Sources of Seed for 1997-98 Canola Performance Tests

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