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Weather data summary for the 2011-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 – 2010 Fall Seeding
Annual Ryegrass Variety
Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2011 Fall Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2011:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Clover Yield
Trials - Excel
Grass Yield Trials - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
Forage Quality and Disease Information from
Wisconsin and Minnesota
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2011 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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Total |
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Relative |
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| Variety |
1-Jun |
29-Jun |
27-Jul |
13-Sep |
2011 |
2010 |
2009a |
2008 |
2008-11a |
Yield |
% Stand* |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre ------------------------- |
% mean |
9/22/11 |
| 55V48 |
1.68 |
1.16 |
0.92 |
0.79 |
4.56 |
6.80 |
5.20 |
1.95 |
18.50 |
110 |
67 |
| WL 363 HQ |
1.37 |
1.05 |
1.15 |
0.78 |
4.40 |
6.35 |
5.02 |
1.48 |
17.24 |
103 |
67 |
| AmeriStand 407TQ |
1.46 |
1.02 |
1.04 |
0.86 |
4.36 |
6.29 |
4.96 |
1.57 |
17.17 |
102 |
54 |
| Genoa |
1.36 |
1.03 |
1.11 |
0.88 |
4.38 |
6.33 |
4.66 |
1.57 |
16.94 |
101 |
64 |
| A4330 |
1.31 |
1.08 |
0.97 |
0.93 |
4.41 |
5.96 |
4.85 |
1.66 |
16.87 |
101 |
62 |
| Garst 6417 |
1.30 |
1.02 |
1.12 |
0.81 |
4.12 |
5.97 |
4.89 |
1.88 |
16.86 |
101 |
61 |
| Garst 6552 |
1.05 |
1.06 |
1.11 |
0.85 |
4.19 |
6.31 |
4.84 |
1.42 |
16.77 |
100 |
62 |
| PGI 459 |
1.41 |
0.83 |
0.97 |
0.77 |
3.93 |
6.21 |
4.81 |
1.57 |
16.52 |
99 |
51 |
| WL 343 HQ |
1.42 |
1.13 |
1.07 |
0.75 |
4.32 |
5.94 |
4.65 |
1.59 |
16.51 |
98 |
67 |
| Vernal |
1.36 |
0.69 |
0.69 |
0.78 |
3.46 |
4.97 |
4.55 |
1.28 |
14.26 |
85 |
45 |
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| Mean |
1.37 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
0.82 |
4.21 |
6.11 |
4.84 |
1.60 |
16.76 |
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60 |
| LSD 0.05 |
ns |
ns |
0.18 |
ns |
ns |
0.67 |
0.25 |
0.34 |
1.21 |
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11.4 |
| CV % |
15.6 |
19.0 |
12.0 |
22.3 |
11.5 |
7.5 |
3.6 |
14.5 |
5.0 |
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13.1 |
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* Stands were greatly reduced over the past season due to a hard winter
and very wet spring. |
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a Total yield
represents three harvest dates in 2009. |
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ns = no significant differences 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' ,
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). |
| 2011
Fertilization: |
500 lb/a of
0-0-60 was applied after first harvest. |
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| 2011 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied on 13-June, 12-July, 10-August for potato leafhopper
control. |
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