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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2015-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
Wooster, Ohio - 2013 Seeding
South Charleston, Ohio - 2014 Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio - 2014 Seeding
Wooster, Ohio - 2016 Seeding
Grass Trials
Orchardgrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding
Tall Fescue Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2015 Fall Seeding
Cover Crop Evaluation Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2015
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2016:
All Yield Trials - PDF
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Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Grass Yield Trials - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota |
2016 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 6: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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Ohio, Wooster, Sown 4-25-16 |
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Total |
| Variety |
7-Jul |
8-Aug |
13-Sep |
2016 |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre --------------- |
| 55Q27 |
0.53 |
0.52 |
0.87 |
1.91 |
| 55VR08 |
0.41 |
0.48 |
0.79 |
1.68 |
| GA-497 HD |
0.49 |
0.67 |
0.94 |
2.10 |
| KF 406 A2 |
0.51 |
0.57 |
0.88 |
1.95 |
| KF 425 HD |
0.49 |
0.54 |
0.93 |
1.96 |
| Lightning
Bolt |
0.41 |
0.53 |
0.88 |
1.82 |
| Persist III |
0.51 |
0.52 |
0.89 |
1.92 |
| Pluss III |
0.44 |
0.51 |
0.85 |
1.80 |
| Rebound 6XT |
0.47 |
0.52 |
0.87 |
1.85 |
| Vernal |
0.35 |
0.60 |
0.84 |
1.80 |
| WL 365 HQ |
0.34 |
0.54 |
0.85 |
1.73 |
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| Mean |
0.45 |
0.54 |
0.86 |
1.85 |
| LSD 0.05 |
0.10 |
0.08 |
0.07 |
0.17 |
Prob > F
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<.001 |
<.001 |
<.01 |
<.0001 |
| CV % |
16.14 |
10.54 |
5.58 |
6.36 |
| MCV |
22.9 |
15.0 |
7.9 |
9.0 |
| LSR |
54.5 |
42.3 |
44.9 |
39.5 |
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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: Stands for all varieties are at 100 %. |
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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. |
| Plot size: |
4' x
20', 15' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
| Soil type /
analysis: |
Riddles
silt loam, pH = 66.8, P =46 lb/a, K = 181 lb/a, CEC = 8.0 (4/14). |
| 2016
Fertility: |
Applied
660 lb/a 0-18-46 after first harvest. |
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| 2016 Pest
control: |
Insecticide was applied 27-July and 30-August for potato leafhopper
control. |
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