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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
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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 6: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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| Ohio,
Wooster, Sown 4/23/2013 |
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Total |
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| Variety |
1-Jul |
5-Aug |
9-Sep |
2013 |
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Released Cultivars: |
----------------------Tons
Dry Matter/Acre -------------------- |
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| Prolific II |
1.37 |
2.13 |
1.02 |
4.52 |
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| Persist III |
1.30 |
2.14 |
1.02 |
4.46 |
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| DBX 304 HY |
1.27 |
2.07 |
0.92 |
4.26 |
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| 4030 |
1.13 |
2.06 |
1.04 |
4.23 |
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| FSG 403 LR |
1.07 |
2.05 |
0.97 |
4.08 |
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| DG 4210 |
1.17 |
1.93 |
0.97 |
4.07 |
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| DBX 305 LH |
1.07 |
2.08 |
0.88 |
4.02 |
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| Vernal |
1.15 |
2.03 |
0.81 |
4.00 |
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| 55V50 |
1.09 |
2.05 |
0.86 |
3.99 |
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| L 455 HD |
1.03 |
1.97 |
0.99 |
3.99 |
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| BlueJay |
1.08 |
2.02 |
0.84 |
3.94 |
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| DBX 303 L |
1.07 |
2.02 |
0.83 |
3.92 |
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| 55H94 |
1.01 |
2.05 |
0.84 |
3.91 |
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| FSG 524 |
1.16 |
1.87 |
0.78 |
3.81 |
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| FSG 424 |
0.89 |
1.90 |
0.89 |
3.69 |
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| Mean |
1.13 |
2.02 |
0.91 |
4.05 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
0.17 |
0.17 |
0.08 |
0.29 |
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| Prob > F |
<.0001 |
0.15 ns |
<.0001 |
<.0001 |
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| CV % |
10.8 |
5.8 |
6.5 |
5.1 |
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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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ns = no significant differences among varieties. |
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Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. |
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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: |
Riddles silt
loam, pH = 6.5, P =64 lb/a, K = 420 lb/a, CEC = 6.9 (10/12). |
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| 2013 Fertility: |
Applied 291
lb/A of 0-18-36 prior to planting and 116 lb/A of 0-0-60 after first
harvest. |
| 2013 Pest
control: |
Insecticide
was applied 12-June, 16-July and
20-August for potato leafhopper control. |
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Herbicide aplied 15-August for weed control. |
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