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Weather data summary for the 2010-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
South Charleston
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009
Seeding
Wooster, Ohio – 2010
Seeding
Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials
South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Clover Trials
Red Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2010 Seeding
White Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2010 Seeding
Perennial
Grass Trials
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 2010:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Clover Yield
Trials - Excel
Tall Fescue
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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2010 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 3: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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South Charleston, Sown 4-23-08 |
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Relative |
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25-May |
24-Jun |
28-Jul |
8-Sep |
2010 |
2009a |
2008 |
2008-10a |
Yield |
% Stand |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre --------------------- |
% mean |
9/20/10 |
| 55V48 |
2.00 |
1.93 |
1.77 |
1.09 |
6.80 |
5.20 |
1.95 |
13.95 |
111 |
95 |
| WL 363 HQ |
1.84 |
1.80 |
1.66 |
1.03 |
6.35 |
5.02 |
1.48 |
12.84 |
102 |
94 |
| AmeriStand 407TQ |
1.85 |
1.81 |
1.63 |
1.00 |
6.29 |
4.96 |
1.57 |
12.82 |
102 |
94 |
| Garst 6417 |
1.84 |
1.75 |
1.44 |
0.94 |
5.97 |
4.89 |
1.88 |
12.74 |
101 |
94 |
| PGI 459 |
1.95 |
1.76 |
1.53 |
0.97 |
6.21 |
4.81 |
1.57 |
12.59 |
100 |
95 |
| Garst 6552 |
1.95 |
1.72 |
1.67 |
0.99 |
6.31 |
4.84 |
1.42 |
12.58 |
100 |
95 |
| Genoa |
1.88 |
1.71 |
1.58 |
1.16 |
6.33 |
4.66 |
1.57 |
12.56 |
100 |
96 |
| A4330 |
1.84 |
1.69 |
1.58 |
0.84 |
5.96 |
4.85 |
1.66 |
12.47 |
99 |
93 |
| WL 343 HQ |
1.74 |
1.68 |
1.56 |
0.94 |
5.94 |
4.65 |
1.59 |
12.18 |
97 |
95 |
| Vernal |
1.85 |
1.19 |
1.26 |
0.66 |
4.97 |
4.55 |
1.28 |
10.80 |
86 |
91 |
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| Mean |
1.87 |
1.71 |
1.57 |
0.96 |
6.11 |
4.84 |
1.60 |
12.55 |
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94 |
| LSD 0.05 |
ns |
0.19 |
0.18 |
ns |
0.67 |
0.25 |
0.34 |
0.83 |
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ns |
| CV % |
10.33 |
7.57 |
8.06 |
18.15 |
7.53 |
3.61 |
14.50 |
4.55 |
-- |
1.95 |
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ns = no significant differences among varieties. |
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Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. |
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a Total yield
represents cuts 2 to 4 in 2009 (cut 1 missing). |
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| 2010 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied on 8-June, 1-July, 11-August for potato leafhopper control. |
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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=6.3, P=136 lbs/a, K=221 lbs/a, CEC=14.6, O.M.=2.0, (10/10). |
| Fertilization: |
3 ton of
lime was applied in March 2008. 500 lb/a of 0-0-60 was applied after
first harvest. |
| 2010 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied on 8-June, 1-July, 11-August for potato leafhopper control. |
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