| Total | Total | Total | Total | Relative Yield |
% Stand | |
| Variety | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 2000-01 | 00-01 |
4/5/01 |
| Commercial Seed: | ------- Tons Dry Matter/Acre ------- | % mean | ||||
| Awesome | 7.77 | 8.18 | 1.24 | 15.94 | 103 | 83 |
| Geneva | 7.84 | 7.99 | 1.32 | 15.83 | 102 | 77 |
| MagnumV | 7.76 | 8.06 | 1.44 | 15.82 | 102 | 81 |
| DK140 | 8.01 | 7.77 | 1.38 | 15.79 | 102 | 76 |
| ABT400SCL | 7.70 | 8.01 | 1.55 | 15.71 | 102 | 77 |
| DK141 | 7.76 | 7.92 | 1.60 | 15.68 | 101 | 79 |
| 6420 | 7.53 | 8.12 | 1.36 | 15.66 | 101 | 78 |
| WL327 | 7.75 | 7.85 | 1.40 | 15.60 | 101 | 77 |
| DK124 | 7.56 | 8.01 | 1.35 | 15.57 | 101 | 78 |
| FQ314 | 7.50 | 8.04 | 1.47 | 15.54 | 100 | 79 |
| Spirit | 7.64 | 7.82 | 1.60 | 15.47 | 100 | 81 |
| ABT350 | 7.72 | 7.75 | 1.33 | 15.46 | 100 | 77 |
| Vitro | 7.64 | 7.80 | 1.54 | 15.44 | 100 | 80 |
| FQ315 | 7.70 | 7.70 | 1.27 | 15.40 | 100 | 78 |
| Mainstay | 7.69 | 7.67 | 1.38 | 15.37 | 99 | 77 |
| A-395 | 7.32 | 7.60 | 1.48 | 14.92 | 96 | 88 |
| Yielder | 7.05 | 7.50 | 1.33 | 14.54 | 94 | 80 |
| Vernal | 7.19 | 7.31 | 1.15 | 14.49 | 94 | 85 |
| Experimental Seed: | ------- Tons Dry Matter/Acre ------- | % mean | ||||
| Rocket* | 8.23 | 7.95 | 1.42 | 16.18 | 105 | 81 |
| Mean | 7.67 | 7.80 | 1.40 | 15.48 | -- | 80 |
| LSD 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 0.59 | -- | ns |
| CV % | 4.01 | 3.70 | 11.31 | 2.69 | -- | 7 |
| no. of harvests | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | -- | -- |
| * Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance identical to that of commercially available seed. | ||||||
| Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. | ||||||
| Establishment: | Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. Eptam applied PPI at 2 qt/a. | |||||
| Plot size: | 4' x 20', 15' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. | |||||
| Soil type and analysis: | Crosby silt loam, pH=7.3, P=104 lb/a, K=328 lb/a, CEC=9, O.M.= 2.1 (11/99). | |||||
| 2001 Fertilization: | 300 lb/a of 0-0-60 fall applied. | |||||
| 2001 Pest control: | Insecticide applied 28-April for alfalfa weevil control and 8-June, 13-July and 11-August potato leafhopper control. | |||||