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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2012-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009
Seeding
Wooster, Ohio – 2010
Seeding
South Charleston, Ohio – 2011
Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio – 2012 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 – 2011 Fall Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2012:
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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2012 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 4: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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Ohio, Wooster, Sown 4-23-2010 |
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Relative |
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25-May |
27-Jun |
30-Jul |
5-Sep |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2010-12 |
Yield |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Dry Matter/Acre -------------------------- |
% mean |
| Kingfisher 4020 |
2.18 |
1.74 |
1.02 |
1.06 |
6.00 |
6.47 |
2.77 |
15.24 |
107 |
| Hybri+Jade |
2.21 |
1.68 |
0.95 |
1.07 |
5.90 |
6.09 |
2.73 |
14.72 |
103 |
| PGI 459 |
2.28 |
1.67 |
0.95 |
1.10 |
6.01 |
5.96 |
2.61 |
14.58 |
102 |
| HybriForce-2400 |
2.17 |
1.74 |
0.87 |
1.06 |
5.84 |
5.68 |
2.97 |
14.49 |
102 |
| WL 363 HQ |
2.29 |
1.76 |
0.94 |
1.03 |
6.01 |
5.76 |
2.53 |
14.30 |
100 |
| DG 4210 |
2.29 |
1.75 |
0.96 |
0.96 |
5.98 |
5.68 |
2.47 |
14.12 |
99 |
| WL 343 HQ |
2.06 |
1.75 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
5.82 |
5.82 |
2.41 |
14.05 |
99 |
| TS 4007 |
2.09 |
1.70 |
0.98 |
1.02 |
5.79 |
5.70 |
2.55 |
14.04 |
99 |
| PGI 557 |
2.20 |
1.60 |
0.93 |
1.01 |
5.74 |
5.53 |
2.36 |
13.63 |
96 |
| 6422Q |
2.18 |
1.76 |
1.03 |
0.93 |
5.89 |
5.60 |
2.13 |
13.62 |
96 |
| Vernal |
2.20 |
1.30 |
0.75 |
0.95 |
5.21 |
5.13 |
2.40 |
12.74 |
89 |
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| Mean |
2.19 |
1.68 |
0.95 |
1.02 |
5.84 |
5.84 |
2.56 |
14.24 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
ns |
0.15 |
0.11 |
0.08 |
0.33 |
ns |
ns |
1.05 |
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| CV % |
6.87 |
6.08 |
8.21 |
5.55 |
3.89 |
8.38 |
12.55 |
5.12 |
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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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Note: All varieties had stands that were 90% or better except for Vernal
at 74 %. |
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Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. |
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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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Eptam applied
PPI at 2 qt/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: |
Riddles silt
loam, pH = 6.5, P =64 lb/a, K = 420 lb/a, CEC = 6.9 (10/12). |
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| 2012 Fertility: |
Applied 555
lb/a 0-18-36 and 166 lb/a 0-0-60 after first harvest. |
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| 2012 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied 13-June, 10-July and
13-August for potato leafhopper control. |
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