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| Table 6. 1996-1998 alfalfa variety yields at the Northeast Purdue Agricultural Center, Columbia City, IN | |||||||||
| Seeding date: April 11, 1996 | |||||||||
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| Dry Matter Yield (T/A) | % of | ||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 97-98 | Check | ||||||
| Entry | total | total | total | 97-98 | |||||
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| 631 | 7.74 | * | 8.11 | * | 15.85 | * | 115 | ||
| DK127 | 7.71 | * | 8.12 | * | 15.83 | * | 115 | ||
| WL 324 | 7.39 | * | 8.25 | * | 15.65 | * | 114 | ||
| Excalibur II | 7.51 | * | 8.03 | * | 15.54 | * | 113 | ||
| GEM | 7.49 | * | 7.99 | * | 15.48 | * | 112 | ||
| Amerigraze 401+Z | 7.41 | * | 7.87 | * | 15.28 | * | 111 | ||
| Imperial | 7.13 | 8.08 | * | 15.22 | * | 111 | |||
| ALPHA 2001 | 7.23 | * | 7.98 | * | 15.21 | * | 110 | ||
| Choice | 7.15 | 7.92 | * | 15.07 | * | 109 | |||
| 5454 | 7.22 | * | 7.77 | * | 14.99 | * | 109 | ||
| TMF Multi-Plier2 | 7.21 | 7.75 | * | 14.96 | * | 109 | |||
| 5312 | 7.17 | 7.75 | * | 14.92 | 108 | ||||
| ZG 9533 | 7.28 | * | 7.59 | 14.87 | 108 | ||||
| Rainier | 7.34 | * | 7.48 | 14.82 | 108 | ||||
| WL 325 HQ | 7.40 | * | 7.35 | 14.76 | 107 | ||||
| ZG 9430 | 7.04 | 7.56 | 14.60 | 106 | |||||
| Vernal | 6.84 | 6.93 | 13.77 | 100 | |||||
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| Grand mean | 7.31 | 7.80 | 15.11 | ||||||
| LSD (5%) | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.90 | ||||||
| C.V. (%) | 5.75 | 5.50 | 4.75 | ||||||
| No. of harvests | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
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| 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, 17 entries | |||||||||
| Soil Type: Boyer sandy loam | |||||||||
| Plots: Five rows, 2.5' x 20', (harvested 2.5' x 15') | |||||||||
| Seeded: April 11, 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
