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Yield, characteristics and composition of oil‐ Type hybrid sunflower seed grown in north dakota
Author(s) -
Dreher M. L.,
Roath W. W.,
Holm E. T.,
D'Appolonia B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02901541
Subject(s) - sunflower , hectare , hybrid , sunflower seed , yield (engineering) , composition (language) , sunflower oil , lysine , horticulture , zoology , chemistry , chemical composition , agronomy , biology , food science , amino acid , materials science , biochemistry , agriculture , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Oil‐type sunflower seed hybrids grown in North Dakota were evaluated for yield, seed characteristics and composition. The study consisted of 74 hybrids grown at Casselton, ND, during 1981. Mean analytical values were: yield (x = 2047 kg/hectare), seed weight (x = 9.9 g/200 seed), test weight (x = 40.3 kg/hectare), hull (x = 26.7%), embryo (x =73.7%), oil (x = 45.3%), protein (x = 20.8%), ash (x = 3.5%), lysine (x = 4.5 g/100 g protein) and chlorogenic acid (x = 2.0%). Increasing the lysine content of hybrid sunflower protein appears to have possibilities for further study. The mean chlorogenic acid content was slightly lower than levels previously reported.