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Table 2.  1996-1999 alfalfa variety yields at the Feldun Purdue Agriculture Center, Bedford, IN  Seeding date: Reseeded May 20, 1997
			Dry Matter Yield (T/A)
			1997		1998		1999		97-99		% of Check
		Entry	total		total		total		total		97-98	97-99
		SuperCuts	1.17	*	6.06	*	5.02	*	12.25	*	104	108
		Affinity +Z	1.11	*	5.99	*	5.02	*	12.12	*	102	106
		DK127	1.20	*	5.92	*	4.78	*	11.90	*	102	104
		ABT-405	1.15	*	6.12	*	4.48		11.75	*	104	103
		Choice	1.12	*	6.01	*	4.58		11.71	*	102	103
		630	1.08		5.79	*	4.73	*	11.60	*	99	102
		GEM	1.07		5.68	*	4.81	*	11.56	*	97	101
		5454	1.09		5.64	*	4.80	*	11.53		97	101
		WL 326 GZ	1.13	*	5.66	*	4.70	*	11.49		98	101
		Vernal	1.12	*	5.84	*	4.43		11.39		100	100
		Total +Z	1.21	*	5.76	*	4.36		11.33		100	99
		5312	1.00		5.32		4.97	*	11.29		91	99
		Excalibur II	1.14	*	5.35		4.67	*	11.16		93	98
	x	ZN 9541	1.09		5.61	*	4.43		11.13		96	98
		Grand mean	1.12		5.77		4.70		11.59
		LSD (5%)	0.11		0.71		0.42		0.97
		C.V. (%)	6.96		8.48		6.18		5.3
		No. of harvests	1		3		3		7
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
performance 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 1999 Purdue Research Foundation)