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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 9: |
| Tall
Fescue Variety Trial |
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South Charleston, Sown 4-23-2008 |
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Total |
Relative |
| Variety |
Marketer |
27-May |
15-Jul |
2-Sep |
27-Oct |
2009 |
Yield |
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Matter/Acre ---------------- |
% mean |
| Brutus |
Saddle Butte Ag. |
1.84 |
0.79 |
1.36 |
0.65 |
4.75 |
120 |
| KY31 E- |
Public |
1.70 |
0.76 |
1.46 |
0.60 |
4.54 |
115 |
| TF 0201* |
Winfield Soluitions |
1.74 |
0.65 |
1.43 |
0.62 |
4.39 |
111 |
| IS-FTF-31* |
DLF International |
1.87 |
0.52 |
1.42 |
0.57 |
4.24 |
107 |
| IS-79/9901 |
DLF International |
1.78 |
0.52 |
1.30 |
0.55 |
4.17 |
106 |
| KY31 E+ |
Public |
1.53 |
0.70 |
1.27 |
0.58 |
4.12 |
104 |
| Bronson |
Ampac Seed |
1.55 |
0.60 |
1.35 |
0.63 |
3.44 |
87 |
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| Mean |
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1.61 |
0.57 |
1.22 |
0.54 |
3.95 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
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ns |
0.19 |
ns |
0.12 |
ns |
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| CV % |
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17.2 |
23.2 |
8.7 |
15.4 |
8.9 |
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* Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance
identical to that of commercially available seed. |
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ns = no significant difference among varieties |
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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' ,
7' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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Soil type / analysis: |
Crosby silt
loam, pH=6.1, P=98 lbs/a, K=394lbs/a, CEC=19.4, O.M.=3.1,(10/07). |
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2009 Fertilization: |
Applied 200
lb/a of 34-0-0 18-March, 150 lb/a on 28-May, 17-July and 4-September. |
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