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Table 1. 1995-1998 alfalfa variety yields at the Agronomy Research Center, West Lafayette, IN
Seeding date: April 06, 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
	DS907	2.19	*	6.04	*	7.59	*	8.82	*	24.64	*	102	128	118
x	2444	2.27	*	6.22	*	7.33	*	8.52	*	24.34	*	106	124	117
	5454	2.37	*	6.00	*	7.23	*	8.52	*	24.12	*	106	123	116
	ABT-405	2.21	*	5.96	*	7.49	*	8.44	*	24.11	*	102	125	116
	Green Field	2.26	*	5.91	*	7.16		8.46	*	23.79	*	102	122	114
	Garst 645	2.30	*	6.03	*	7.36	*	7.90		23.59	*	104	120	113
	Imperial	2.42	*	5.92	*	7.11		8.11		23.57		106	119	113
	Affinity +Z	2.09		5.97	*	7.22	*	8.29		23.56		99	122	113
	631	2.12		5.73		7.19	*	8.51	*	23.55		98	123	113
	ABT-205	2.10		5.98	*	7.29	*	8.14		23.51		99	121	113
x	Depend +EV	2.09		5.83		7.28	*	8.22		23.42		98	121	113
	Magnum IV	2.27	*	5.77		7.21	*	8.16		23.41		102	120	113
	5312	2.08		5.76		7.19	*	8.35		23.38		97	122	112
	Innovator +Z	2.17	*	5.76		7.28	*	8.10		23.31		99	120	112
	DK127	2.13		5.68		7.20	*	8.19		23.20		97	120	112
	Choice	2.11		5.87	*	7.12		7.87		22.98		100	117	110
x	ABI-923DD	2.13		5.72		7.23	*	7.88		22.97		98	118	110
	Guardian	2.19	*	5.63		6.98		8.10		22.90		98	118	110
	SuperCuts	2.08		5.79		7.16		7.85		22.88		97	118	110
	Dominator	2.03		5.49		7.20	*	8.05		22.76		94	119	109
x	3452-ML	2.02		5.64		7.00		7.95		22.61		95	117	109
	Vernal	2.21	*	5.78		6.36		6.44		20.80		100	100	100
	Saranac	1.96		5.02		6.29		7.11		20.36		88	105	98
	Grand mean	2.17		5.80		7.15		8.09		23.21
	LSD (5%)	0.28		0.38		0.42		0.41		1.07
	C.V. (%)	9.19		4.70		4.23		3.61		3.30
	No. of harvests	2		3		4		4		13
	Entries with names preceded by "x" were tested using experimental seed that may not give perfomance identical to commercially available seed.