2001 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Ohio State University Extension
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University

Horticulture and Crop Science
Series 195
December 2001

Authors:
R.M. Sulc, Extension Forage Agronomist, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
J.S. McCormick, Research Associate, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
L.H. Rhodes, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology
D.J. Barker, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
R.B. Hammond, Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology, OARDC

Contributors:
Clarence Renk, Manager, Western Branch, OARDC
Joe Davlin, Assistant Manager, Western Branch, OARDC
Eugene Balthaser, Manager, Jackson Branch, OARDC
Lynn Ault, Manager, Schaffter Farm, Wooster, OARDC
Matt Davis, Manager, Northwestern Branch, OARDC

Summary

     This report is a summary of performance data collected from forage variety trials in Ohio. The 2001 report includes performance data of commercial alfalfa varieties in tests planted in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 across four sites (Tables 4 to 9); evaluation of potato leafhopper resistance in alfalfa across four sites (Tables 10 to 15); red clover variety trial at one site (Table 16); and grass variety trials at two sites (Tables 17 to 19).

Table of Contents:

1. Interpreting Yield Data
2. Alfalfa
   • Standard Trials
     • Table 1: Characteristics of Alfalfa Varieties Listed in this Report.
     • Table 2: Weather data summary for the 2001 growing season.
     • Table 3: Performance summary.
     • Table 4: Alfalfa Variety Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio- 1997 Seeding.
     • Table 5: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Jackson, Ohio- 1998 Seeding.
     • Table 6: Alfalfa Variety Trial- S. Charleston, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 7: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Wooster, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 8: Alfalfa Variety Trial- S. Charleston, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
     • Table 9: Alfalfa Variety Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
       
   • Evaluation of Potato Leafhopper Resistance
     • Table 10: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio- 1997 Seeding.
     • Table 11: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 1998 Seeding.
     • Table 12: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- Jackson, Ohio- 1998 Seeding.
     • Table 13: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- Wooster, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 14: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 2000 Seeding.
     • Table 15: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
3. Red Clover
   • Table 16: Red Clover Variety Trial - S. Charleston, Ohio- 2000 Seeding.
4. Perennial Grasses
   • Table 17: Early Orchardgrass Variety Trial- Columbus, Ohio- 1997 Seeding.
   • Table 18: Late Orchardgrass Variety Trial- Columbus, Ohio- 1997 Seeding.
   • Table 19: Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial- Wooster, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
5. Address of Marketers
6. Download Excel files of all yield data for 2001
7. Links 
   
   •  Internet Link to Forage Variety Trials in Other States: (http://www.naaic.org/Resources/yields.html)

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