| Table 16: Ryegrass Variety Trial - Wooster, Ohio - 1999 Seeding | |||||||||||
| Ohio. Wooster, Sown 4-7-99 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Maturitya | Rustb | Vigorc | Weedsd | |||||||
| Variety | 22-May | 22-Jun | 25-Jul | 25-Aug | 27-Oct | Total | 1st growth | 2nd growth | 22-Aug | 22-Aug | 22-Aug |
| Perennial Ryegrass: | |||||||||||
| Aubisque | 2.74 | 1.38 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.20 | 7.64 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| Boxer | 2.89 | 1.54 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.19 | 7.59 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| Tonga | 2.83 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.26 | 7.52 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| Elgon | 2.35 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.36 | 7.47 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| Grand Daddy | 2.84 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 1.20 | 7.16 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Respect | 2.85 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 0.93 | 1.20 | 7.14 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 |
| Session | 2.72 | 1.01 | 1.12 | 1.02 | 1.21 | 7.08 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
| Barfort* | 2.63 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.26 | 6.95 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| ITP94* | 2.57 | 1.43 | 1.11 | 0.66 | 1.18 | 6.95 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| Prana | 2.79 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 1.22 | 6.83 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Samson | 2.65 | 1.29 | 0.96 | 0.83 | 1.05 | 6.79 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Amazon | 2.67 | 0.90 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 6.73 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
| Anaconda | 2.69 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 6.61 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 1.7 |
| Eminent | 2.35 | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.81 | 1.48 | 6.59 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 1.6 |
| Sampson | 2.44 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.81 | 1.34 | 6.57 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| Impact | 2.03 | 1.11 | 1.05 | 0.82 | 1.31 | 6.32 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Norlea | 2.23 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.49 | 5.44 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| Perennial Ryegrass Blends: | |||||||||||
| BG34** | 2.57 | 1.38 | 1.03 | 0.85 | 1.11 | 6.93 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| BG16** | 2.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 1.09 | 6.89 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Hybrid (Intermediate) Ryegrass: | |||||||||||
| BestforII* | 3.25 | 2.03 | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.18 | 8.80 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Bestfor | 3.05 | 1.92 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.31 | 8.35 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Festulolium: | |||||||||||
| Tandem | 3.07 | 1.54 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 1.35 | 7.70 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 |
| Kemal | 3.59 | 1.34 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 1.20 | 7.69 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
| Vorago* | 3.29 | 1.24 | 1.13 | 0.94 | 0.84 | 7.44 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| WFL-96* | 2.98 | 1.42 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 1.35 | 7.39 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
| Duo | 3.24 | 1.14 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 7.22 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Mean | 2.78 | 1.32 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 1.18 | 7.25 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| LSD 0.05 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.61 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| CV % | 7.2 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 67.8 | 36.2 | 20.6 | 22.8 |
| * Variety tested using experimental seed lots. | |||||||||||
| **Blends are a mixture of seed from several varieties. The blend seeded in this trial may or may not be representative of the performance of the same brand name blend commercially available in any given subsequent year. | |||||||||||
| a Maturity -- 1 = vegetative, 2 = early boot, 3 = initial emergence of inflorescense (head emergence), 4 = complete emergence of inflorescense from boot, 5 = elongated peduncle (stem holding inflorescense). | |||||||||||
| b Rust: 1 = 1-20%, 2 = 21-40%, 3 = 41-60%, 4 = 61-80%, 5 = 81-100%. | |||||||||||
| c Vigor: 1 = least to 5 = most | |||||||||||
| d Weeds: 1 = least to 5 = most | |||||||||||
| Establishment: | Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 20 lb/a. | ||||||||||
| Soil type and analysis: | Riddles silt loam, pH = 6.13, P = 54lb/a, K = 228 lb/a (11/00). | ||||||||||
| 2000 Fertilization | Ammonium Nitrate (34-0-0) applied 24-March at 225 lb/a and 150 lb/a after cuttings 1 - 4. | ||||||||||