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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 6: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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North Baltimore, Sown 4-13-2012 |
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Total |
Relative |
| Variety |
21-Jun |
16-Aug |
2012 |
Yield |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre --------------- |
% mean |
| Pluss II |
0.67 |
0.99 |
1.64 |
106 |
| Mariner IV |
0.56 |
1.03 |
1.62 |
104 |
| Caliber |
0.60 |
0.96 |
1.60 |
104 |
| Vernal |
0.57 |
0.98 |
1.58 |
102 |
| L 449 Aph2 |
0.69 |
0.88 |
1.52 |
98 |
| Magnitude |
0.59 |
0.92 |
1.50 |
97 |
| DKA 3417 RR |
0.52 |
0.95 |
1.49 |
97 |
| Persist II |
0.60 |
0.91 |
1.47 |
95 |
| DKA 4118 RR |
0.57 |
0.88 |
1.47 |
95 |
| Contender |
0.63 |
0.81 |
1.40 |
91 |
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| Mean |
0.61 |
0.94 |
1.55 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
ns |
0.13 |
ns |
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| CV % |
18.70 |
9.58 |
10.78 |
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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 95% or better. |
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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. |
| Plot size: |
4' x 20' ,
15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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| Soil type /
analysis: |
Holtville
silt loam, pH=6.4, P=62 lbs/a, K=428 lbs/a, CEC=19.6, O.M.=2.9, (10/12). |
| 2012 Fertility |
2 ton of lime
was applied in the fall of 2011. |
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| 2012 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied on 5-July, 30-August for potato leafhopper control. |
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