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Weather data summary for the 2009-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
Wooster, Ohio – 2006
Seeding
Wooster, Ohio – 2007 Seeding
South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009
Seeding
Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials
South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Perennial
Grass Trials
Orchardgrass Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2006 Seeding
Tall Fescue Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2008
Seeding
Annual
Grass Trials
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Fall Seeding
Teff Variety Trial – South
Charleston, Ohio – 2009 Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2009:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Perennial Grass
Yield Trial - Excel
Annual Grass Yield
Trial - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
Forage Quality and Disease Information from
Wisconsin and Minnesota
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2009 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 5: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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South Charleston, Sown 4-23-08 |
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Total |
Relative |
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| Variety |
30-Jun |
3-Aug |
15-Sep |
2009a |
2008 |
2008-09a |
Yield |
% Stand |
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Released Cultivars: |
-------------------------- Tons
Dry Matter/Acre --------------------- |
% mean |
9/30/09 |
| 55V48 |
1.90 |
1.79 |
1.49 |
5.20 |
1.95 |
7.15 |
111 |
95 |
| Garst 6417 |
1.83 |
1.69 |
1.37 |
4.89 |
1.88 |
6.77 |
105 |
95 |
| AmeriStand 407TQ |
1.85 |
1.78 |
1.33 |
4.96 |
1.57 |
6.53 |
101 |
95 |
| A4330 |
1.82 |
1.71 |
1.35 |
4.85 |
1.66 |
6.51 |
101 |
95 |
| WL 363 HQ |
1.91 |
1.72 |
1.40 |
5.02 |
1.48 |
6.49 |
101 |
95 |
| PGI 459 |
1.82 |
1.64 |
1.36 |
4.81 |
1.57 |
6.37 |
99 |
95 |
| Garst 6552 |
1.82 |
1.74 |
1.33 |
4.84 |
1.42 |
6.26 |
97 |
95 |
| WL 343 HQ |
1.77 |
1.57 |
1.30 |
4.65 |
1.59 |
6.25 |
97 |
95 |
| Genoa |
1.70 |
1.57 |
1.32 |
4.66 |
1.57 |
6.23 |
97 |
95 |
| Vernal |
1.59 |
1.79 |
1.19 |
4.55 |
1.28 |
5.83 |
91 |
91 |
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| Mean |
1.80 |
1.70 |
1.35 |
4.84 |
1.60 |
6.44 |
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95 |
| LSD 0.05 |
0.17 |
ns |
0.10 |
0.25 |
0.34 |
0.43 |
-- |
1.15 |
| CV % |
6.51 |
7.36 |
5.16 |
3.61 |
14.50 |
4.61 |
-- |
0.84 |
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ns = no significant difference among varieties |
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a Total yield
represents three harvest dates in 2009 |
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| Establishment: |
Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. |
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| Plot size: |
4' x 20' ,
15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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| Soil type /
analysis: |
Crosby silt
loam, pH=6.2, P=198 lbs/a, K=360lbs/a, CEC=17.9, O.M.=2.7, (10/08). |
| 2009
Fertilization: |
3 ton of
lime was applied in March 2008. 300 lb/a of 0-46-0 and |
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500 lb/a of
0-0-60 was applied after first harvest. |
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| 2009 Pest
control: |
Insecticide was applied on 15-June, 15-July, 16-August for potato
leafhopper control. |
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