Summary of alfalfa variety performance in Ohio. | ||||||||
Standard Trials - Insecticide Applied | ||||||||
South Charleston | North Baltimore | Wooster | ||||||
Variety | Marketer | 2001-04 | 2003-04 | 2001-04 | 2004 | 2003-04 | no. of site-years |
average all site-years |
4A421 | Forage Genetics | -- | -- | -- | -- | 101 | 2 | 101 |
54H91 | Pioneer | 91 | 97 | 98 | -- | 99 | 12 | 96 |
54Q25 | Pioneer | -- | 101 | -- | 105 | 98 | 5 | 101 |
54V46 | Pioneer | -- | 105 | -- | 89 | 102 | 5 | 100 |
54V54 | Pioneer | 102 | 98 | 99 | -- | 100 | 12 | 100 |
6400HT | Garst | -- | 102 | -- | 105 | 101 | 5 | 102 |
6420 | Garst | 96 | 105 | 101 | 105 | 102 | 17 | 101 |
A-30-06 | PGI Alfalfa Inc. | -- | -- | 102 | -- | -- | 4 | 102 |
AlfaStar II | Steyer Seeds | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100 | 2 | 100 |
Ameristand 403T | America's Alfalfa | 96 | -- | 102 | -- | -- | 8 | 99 |
DKA 42-15 | Monsanto | 99 | -- | 101 | 102 | -- | 9 | 100 |
Evermore | Allied Seed | -- | -- | -- | -- | 101 | 2 | 101 |
Feast +EV | ABI Alfalfa | -- | -- | -- | -- | 97 | 2 | 97 |
FK 421 | Donley Seed | 96 | -- | 96 | -- | -- | 8 | 96 |
FSG 351 | Allied Seed | -- | -- | -- | -- | 101 | 2 | 101 |
FSG 406 | Allied Seed | -- | -- | -- | -- | 99 | 2 | 99 |
FSG 505 | Allied Seed | -- | -- | -- | -- | 101 | 2 | 101 |
Genoa | Syngenta | -- | -- | -- | 108 | -- | 1 | 108 |
GH 744 | Golden Harvest | -- | -- | -- | -- | 101 | 2 | 101 |
HybriForce-400 | Dairyland | 100 | -- | 99 | -- | -- | 8 | 99 |
HybriForce-420/wet | Dairyland | -- | 100 | -- | 87 | 102 | 5 | 98 |
L-311 | Legacy Seed | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100 | 2 | 100 |
L-411-HD | Legacy Seed | -- | -- | -- | 104 | -- | 1 | 104 |
LegenDairy 5.0 | Croplan Genetics | -- | -- | -- | 99 | -- | 1 | 99 |
Macon | Allied Seed | 102 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 102 |
Nova | Great Plains Rsch | -- | -- | -- | 91 | -- | 1 | 91 |
Phirst | Doebler's Hybrid | 100 | -- | 99 | -- | -- | 8 | 100 |
Power 4.2 | Power Seed Inc. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 98 | 2 | 98 |
Predator | Doebler's Hybrid | -- | 102 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 102 |
Radiant | Ampac | 97 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 97 |
Rebel | Burtch Seeds | -- | -- | -- | 105 | -- | 1 | 105 |
Rebound 5.0 | Croplan Genetics | -- | -- | -- | 109 | -- | 1 | 109 |
Regal | Great Plains Rsch | -- | -- | -- | -- | 99 | 2 | 99 |
Reward II | PGI Alfalfa Inc. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100 | 2 | 100 |
Rugged | Burtch Seeds | -- | -- | -- | 104 | -- | 1 | 104 |
Starbuck | Seeds Ohio | 109 | -- | 104 | -- | -- | 8 | 106 |
SummerGold | Beck's Superior | -- | -- | -- | 110 | -- | 1 | 110 |
VERNAL | Public | 93 | 87 | 94 | 85 | 92 | 66 | 90 |
Winter Gold | Beck's Superior | -- | -- | -- | -- | 99 | 2 | 99 |
WL 335 HQ | Royster Clark | -- | -- | -- | 87 | -- | 1 | 87 |
WL 342 | Royster Clark | 101 | -- | 106 | -- | -- | 8 | 103 |
WL 348 AP | Royster Clark | -- | -- | -- | -- | 99 | 2 | 99 |
WL 357 HQ | Royster Clark | -- | 104 | -- | 115 | 103 | 5 | 106 |
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Trial Mean (Tons/Acre) | 5.28 | 5.72 | 5.93 | 1.86 | 4.97 | -- | -- |