2002 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

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

Horticulture and Crop Science
Series 195
November 2002

Authors:
J.S. McCormick, Research Associate, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
R.M. Sulc, Extension Forage Agronomist, 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
Matt Davis, Manager, Northwestern Branch, OARDC
Lynn Ault, Manager, Schaffter Farm, Wooster, OARDC

Summary

     This report is a summary of performance data collected from forage variety trials in Ohio. The 2002 report includes performance data of commercial alfalfa varieties in tests planted in 1998 to 2002 across four sites (Tables 4 to 8); evaluation of potato leafhopper resistance in alfalfa tests planted in 1999 to 2002 across two sites (Tables 9 to 12); a red clover trial planted in 2000 (Table 13) and a grass variety trial planted in 2001 (Table14).

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 2002 growing season.
     • Table 3: Performance summary.
     • Table 4: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Jackson, Ohio- 1998 Seeding.
     • Table 5: Alfalfa Variety Trial- S. Charleston, Ohio - 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 6: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Wooster, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 7: Alfalfa Variety Trial- S. Charleston, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
     • Table 8: Alfalfa Variety Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
       
   • Evaluation of Potato Leafhopper Resistance
     • Table 9: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- Wooster, Ohio- 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 10: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 2000 Seeding.
     • Table 11: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 2001 Seeding.
     • Table 12: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio- 2002 Seeding.
3. Red Clover
   • Table 13: Red Clover Variety Trial - S. Charleston, Ohio- 2000 Seeding.
4. Perennial Grasses
   • Table 14: Tall Fescue Variety Trial - S. Charleston, Ohio -2001 Seeding
5. Address of Marketers
6. Download Excel files of all yield data for 2002
7. Links 
   
   •  Internet Link to Forage Variety Trials in Other States: (http://www.naaic.org/Resources/yields.html)

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