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Table 4. 96 ARC

Table 4. 1996-1998 alfalfa variety yields at the Agronomy Research Center, West Lafayette, IN
Seeding date: April 10, 1996

		Dry Matter Yield (T/A)								% of
		1996		1997		1998		96-98		Check
	Entry	total		total		total		total		96-98

	5312	4.12	*	7.09	*	7.53	*	18.73	*	132
x	C229	4.17	*	6.85	*	7.64	*	18.66	*	132
	WL 324	4.24	*	6.93	*	7.48	*	18.65	*	131
	Amerigraze 401+Z	3.96	*	6.91	*	7.59	*	18.45	*	130
	Excalibur II	3.89	*	6.91	*	7.51	*	18.31	*	129
x	93-133	3.89	*	6.94	*	7.22	*	18.05	*	127
x	C108	4.14	*	6.34		7.50	*	17.97	*	127
	DK127	3.68		6.77	*	7.38	*	17.84		126
	5454	3.61		6.80	*	7.38	*	17.78		125
	Synergy	3.95	*	6.59		7.20		17.73		125
	GEM	3.57		6.79	*	7.26	*	17.63		124
	WL 325 HQ	4.11	*	6.51		7.00		17.63		124
	Choice	3.40		6.82	*	6.94		17.17		121
	Vernal	3.27		5.77		5.15		14.19		100

	Grand mean	3.86		6.72		7.20		17.77
	LSD (5%)	0.42		0.41		0.44		0.87
	C.V. (%)	7.53		4.27		4.27		3.40
	No. of harvests	2		3		4		9

	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: West Lafayette, IN
	Design: randomized block, 4 replications, 14 entries
	Soil Type: Xenia silt loam
	Plots: Five rows, 2.5' x 20', (harvested 2.5' x 15')
	Seeded: April 10 1996, 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)

Last Updated on 2/8/99
By Jerry Schmierer
Email: jlschmierer@ucdavis.edu