1999 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Ohio State University Extension
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University

Horticulture and Crop Science
Series 195
December 1999

Authors:
J.S. McCormick, Research Associate, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
R.M. Sulc, Extension Forage Agronomist, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
L.H. Rhodes, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology
R.B. Hammond, Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology, OARDC
Chris Penrose, Extension Agent, Athens County, Ohio State University Extension
Ed Volborn, Grazing Leader, South District, Ohio State University Extension

Contributors:
Eugene Balthaser, Manager, Jackson Branch, OARDC
Paul Houdashelt, Manager, Northwestern Branch, OARDC
Clarence Renk, Manager, Western Branch, OARDC
Lynn Ault, Manager, Schaffter Farm, Wooster, OARDC
Phil Dotson, Manager, Southern Branch, OARDC

Summary

This report is a summary of performance data collected from forage variety trials in Ohio. The 1999 report includes performance data of commercial alfalfa varieties in tests planted in 1996 to 1999 across four sites (Tables 4 to 9); evaluation of potato leafhopper resistance in alfalfa tests planted in 1997 to 1999 across four sites (Tables 10 to 14); and grass variety trials at three sites (Tables 15 to 17).

Table of Contents:

1. Interpreting Yield Data
2. Alfalfa
   
   
   • Standard Trials
     • Table 1: Characteristics of Alfalfa Varieties Listed in This Report.
     • Table 2: Weather data summary for the 1998 growing season.
     • Table 3: Performance summary
     • Table 4: Alfalfa Variety Trial- South Charleston, Ohio - 1996 Seeding.
     • Table 5: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Wooster, Ohio - 1996 Seeding.
     • Table 6: Alfalfa Variety Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio.
     • Table 7: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Jackson, Ohio.
     • Table 8: Alfalfa Variety Trial- S.Charleston, Ohio - 1999 Seeding.
     • Table 9: Alfalfa Variety Trial- Wooster, Ohio - 1999 Seeding.
       
       
   • Evaluation of Potato Leafhopper Resistance
     • Table 10: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- North Baltimore, Ohio.
       
     • Table 11: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio - 1997 Seeding.
       
     • Table 12: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- South Charleston, Ohio - 1998 Seeding.
       
     • Table 13: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- Jackson, Ohio.
     • Table 14: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trial- Wooster, Ohio.
       
3. Perennial Grasses
   • Table 15: Orchardgrass Variety Trial- Columbus, Ohio.
   • Table 16: Tall Fescue Variety Trial- Jackson, Ohio.
   • Table 17: Cool-Season Grass Variety Trial- Ripley, Ohio.
   • Perennial Grass Variety Seed Sources
     
     
4. Address of Marketers
5. Internet Link to Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Inclusion of entries in Ohio Alfalfa Performance Trials does not constitute an endorsement of a particular entry by The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, or Ohio State University Extension. Where trade names appear, no discrimination is intended, and no endorsement is implied by The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, or Ohio State University Extension.

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