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Table 5. 96 Feldun

Table 5. 1996-1998 alfalfa variety yields at the Feldun Purdue Agronomy Center, Bedford, IN
Seeding date: Reseeded May 20, 1997

		Dry Matter Yield (T/A)						% of
		1997		1998		97-98		Check
	Entry	total		total		total		97-98

	ABT-405	1.15	*	6.12	*	7.27	*	104
	SuperCuts	1.17	*	6.06	*	7.22	*	104
	Choice	1.12	*	6.01	*	7.12	*	102
	DK127	1.20	*	5.92	*	7.12	*	102
	Affinity +Z	1.11	*	5.99	*	7.10	*	102
	Total +Z	1.21	*	5.76	*	6.97	*	100
	Vernal	1.12	*	5.84	*	6.96	*	100
	630	1.08		5.79	*	6.87	*	99
	WL 326 GZ	1.13	*	5.66	*	6.80	*	98
	GEM	1.07		5.68	*	6.75	*	97
	5454	1.09		5.64	*	6.73	*	97
	ZN 9541	1.09		5.61	*	6.70	*	96
	Excalibur II	1.14	*	5.35		6.49		93
	5312	1.00		5.32		6.32		91

	Grand mean	1.12		5.77		6.89
	LSD (5%)	0.11		0.71		0.71
	C.V. (%)	6.96		8.48		7.14
	No. of harvests	1		3

	Study was destroyed by excessive rainfall in 1996 and replanted in 1997
	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: Bedford, IN
	Design: randomized block, 4 replications, 14 entries
	Soil Type: Muren silt loam
	Plots: Five rows, 2.5' x 20', (harvested 2.5' x 15')
	Seeded: Reseeded May 20, 1997, 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