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Table 2. 1995-1998 alfalfa variety yields at the Pinney Purdue Agriculture Center, Wanatah, IN
Seeding date: April 17, 1995
	Dry Matter Yield (T/A)
		1995		1996		1997		1998		95-98		% of Check
	Entry	total		total		total		total		total		95-96	97-98	95-98
x	2444	6.07	*	7.25	*	7.48	*	7.21	*	28.02	*	112	114	113
	620	6.11	*	7.23	*	7.55	*	7.05	*	27.93	*	112	113	113
	Complete	5.72	*	7.70	*	7.48	*	6.98	*	27.89	*	113	112	112
x	ABI-9134	6.12	*	7.22	*	7.58	*	6.95	*	27.87	*	112	113	112
	Affinity +Z	5.84	*	7.26	*	7.65	*	7.11	*	27.84	*	110	115	112
	Green Field	5.94	*	7.05		7.43	*	7.05	*	27.47	*	109	112	111
	DK127	5.60		7.13		7.49	*	7.19	*	27.41	*	107	114	111
	5454	5.59		7.36	*	7.33	*	7.06	*	27.35	*	109	112	110
x	A - 395	5.88	*	7.22	*	7.45	*	6.77	*	27.31	*	110	110	110
	5312	5.82	*	7.13		7.39	*	6.93	*	27.28	*	109	111	110
	Demand	6.13	*	7.06		7.34	*	6.66	*	27.19	*	111	109	110
	TMF Generation	5.85	*	7.19		7.31	*	6.84	*	27.19	*	110	110	110
	Innovator +Z	5.86	*	7.14		7.28	*	6.78	*	27.08	*	109	109	109
	ALPHA 2001	5.62		6.95		7.44	*	6.98	*	26.99	*	106	112	109
	Ovation	5.84	*	7.08		7.31	*	6.63		26.86	*	109	108	108
x	3452-ML	5.91	*	7.19		7.03		6.66	*	26.80	*	110	106	108
x	Depend +EV	5.48		7.17		7.41	*	6.71	*	26.78	*	106	110	108
	Choice	5.50		6.97		7.14		6.43		26.05		105	105	105
	WL 252 HQ	5.61		6.93		6.95		6.54		26.03		105	105	105
	Vernal	5.12		6.78		6.41		6.47		24.80		100	100	100
	Saranac	5.03		6.34		6.77		6.40		24.54		96	102	99
	Grand mean	5.74		7.11		7.30		6.83		26.98
	LSD (5%)	0.44		0.49		0.44		0.56		1.54
	C.V. (%)	5.41		4.88		4.23		5.76		4.02
	No. of harvests	3		3		4		4		14
	Entries with names preceded by "x" were tested using experimental seed that may not give perfomance identical to commercially available seed.
	Yields followed by an asterisk (*) are not significantly different from the highest yield in the column.
	Yield of "Vernal" used to calculate % of check
	Location: Wanatah, IN
	Design: randomized block, 4 replications, 21 entries
	Soil Type: Sebawa loam
	Plots: Five rows, 2.5' x 20', (harvested 2.5' x 15')
	Seeded: April 17, 1995, with 15 lb. live seed / acre; 1.3 lb. a.i. Balan / acre, incorporated
	Fertilizer: 60 lb. P2O5 and 250 lb. K2O / acre applied after first and final harvest
	Insects: Alfalfa weevil and potato leafhopper controlled by spraying
	(Copyright 1998 Purdue Research Foundation)