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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2013-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
Wooster, Ohio – 2010
Seeding
South Charleston, Ohio – 2011
Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio – 2012
Seeding
Wooster, Ohio – 2013 Seeding
Clover Trials
Red Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2013 Seeding
White Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2013 Seeding
Annual
Grass Trials
Annual Ryegrass Variety
Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2012 Fall Seeding
Annual Ryegrass Variety
Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2013 Fall Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2013:
All Yield Trials - PDF
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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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2013 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 5: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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North Baltimore, Sown 4-13-2012 |
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3-Jun |
15-Jul |
14-Aug |
13-Sep |
2013 |
2012 |
2012-13 |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre ------------------------------------------------ |
| Mariner IV |
2.15 |
2.44 |
1.78 |
0.62 |
7.00 |
1.62 |
8.58 |
| Vernal |
2.08 |
2.32 |
1.60 |
0.53 |
6.56 |
1.58 |
8.05 |
| Caliber |
2.08 |
1.85 |
1.73 |
0.61 |
6.22 |
1.60 |
7.94 |
| Magnitude |
1.98 |
2.01 |
1.77 |
0.73 |
6.50 |
1.50 |
7.92 |
| Pluss II |
1.88 |
2.19 |
1.65 |
0.64 |
6.39 |
1.64 |
7.90 |
| DKA 3417 RR |
1.93 |
2.30 |
1.61 |
0.60 |
6.34 |
1.49 |
7.89 |
| L 449 Aph2 |
1.95 |
2.06 |
1.68 |
0.61 |
6.31 |
1.52 |
7.83 |
| Persist II |
2.06 |
1.94 |
1.71 |
0.55 |
6.25 |
1.47 |
7.65 |
| DKA 4118 RR |
1.71 |
1.96 |
1.64 |
0.57 |
5.89 |
1.47 |
7.48 |
| Contender |
1.76 |
2.00 |
1.66 |
0.61 |
6.11 |
1.40 |
7.40 |
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| Mean |
1.93 |
2.09 |
1.69 |
0.61 |
6.32 |
1.55 |
7.87 |
| LSD 0.05 |
0.22 |
0.40 |
0.18 |
0.07 |
0.44 |
0.24 |
0.51 |
| Prob > F |
<.0001 |
.12 ns |
.65 ns |
<.001 |
<.01 |
0.52 |
<.01 |
| CV % |
7.77 |
13.17 |
7.28 |
8.32 |
4.85 |
10.78 |
4.46 |
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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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Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. |
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ns = no significant differences among varieties. |
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Note: Stands are all at 95% on 9/25/13. |
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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: |
Holtville
silt loam, pH=6.4, P=62 lbs/a, K=428 lbs/a, CEC=19.6, O.M.=2.9, (10/12). |
| 2013 Fertility |
Applied 300
#/A of 9-23-31 in November 2012. |
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| 2013 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied on 17-May for Alfalfa Weevil and 7-June, 29-July and
29-August |
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for potato
leafhopper control. |
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