Extension/Research Information

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


Table 3 - Performance Summary

Ohio alfalfa variety performance summary for trials in progress and average over all site-years tested.
Yield of alfalfa varieties in Ohio as a percent of the mean.
Standard Trials - Insecticide Applied
Variety Western Northwest Jackson Wooster no. of
site-years
average all
site-years
96-99 99 97 - 99 99 97 - 99 99
631 97 . 101 100 . . 12 100
645 95 . 99 . . . 17 100
53Q60 . . . . . 96 1 96
5312 . . 102 . . . 8 104
5454 105 . 98 95 . . 23 101
6420 . 97 . . . . 1 97
A-395 . 106 . . . . 1 106
ABT 350 . 95 . .   100 2 98
ABT 400 SCL . 111 . . . 97 2 104
Ace . . 99 . . . 3 99
Affinity + Z 106 . . 97 . 110 10 106
AlfaStar . . 99 96 . . 4 98
ALPHA 2001 . . . . 101 . 7 100
Amerigraze 401+Z 103 . . 102 . 100 6 102
Ameriguard 302+Z . . . 96 . . 1 96
Arrest . . 96 102 . . 4 97
Awesome . 89 . . . 91 2 90
Banquet . . . . 98 . 7 97
Choice 98 . 101 111 99 . 16 100
Complete . . 101 96 . . 4 100
Depend + EV . . 102 101 . . 8 102
Defense + EV . . . 95 . . 1 95
DK 124 . 96 . . . 96 2 96
DK 127 104 . 101 105 100 . 16 102
DK 133 102 . . . 101 . 26 103
DK 134 . 94 . . . 99 2 97
DK140 . 99 102 102 . 102 6 101
DK141 . 114 100 110 . 100 6 104
Emperor . . . 94 . . 1 94
Excalibur II . . . . 99 . 4 100
FQ314 . 105 . . . 114 2 109
FQ315 . 91 . . . . 1 91
Gem 102 . 99 . 101 . 10 101
Geneva . 94 . 108 . 97 3 100
GH 788 . . . .   99 1 99
GH 794 . . . . 101 . 3 101
GH 797 . . 100 . . . 3 100
Greenfeast . . . . . 103 1 103
Greenfield 103 . . . . . 8 101
HayGrazer 98 . . . 101 . 7 99
Innovator + Z . . . 98 . . 6 102
Magnum III . . . . 101 . 9 103
Magnum V . 103 . . . 99 2 101
Mainstay . 99 . . . 98 2 98
ML99 . . . . . 101 1 101
Ovation . . 99 . 102 . 17 100
Paramount . . . . 104 . 7 102
Pristine . . . 98 . . 1 98
Rushmore . . . . 101 . 12 99
Spirit . 114 . . . . 1 114
Spur . . . . 99 . 6 99
Stellar . . . . . 94 1 94
SuperCuts . . . 93 . . 9 98
Synergy 94 . . . . . 4 94
Tamax-Plus . . 101 . . . 3 101
TMF Multiplier II 98 . . . . . 4 98
VERNAL 80 82 92 99 97 98 42 89
Vitro . 110 . . . 104 2 107
WL 232 HQ . . . . . 103 1 103
WL 332 SR 97 . 101 . 97 . 14 98
WL 324 107 . 100 . 102 . 14 105
WL 325 HQ 100 . 103 . 97 100 11 100
WL 326 GZ 103 . . . . . 4 103
WL 327 . 100 . . . 109 2 104
Yielder . 95 . 101 . . 2 98

Ohio alfalfa variety performance summary for trials in progress and average over all site-years tested.
Yield of alfalfa varieties in Ohio as a percent of the mean.
Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials - No Insecticide Applied
Variety Northwestern Western Jackson Wooster no. of
site-years
average all
site-years
97 - 99 97 - 99 98 - 99 99 99
6310 . . . . 102 1 102
5347LH 100 98 . . . 6 99
53V63 . . 103 . . 2 103
54H69 . . 100 107 100 4 102
ABT 227LH 102 . . . . 3 102
AmeriGuard 301 96 90 . . . 6 93
AmeriGuard 302+Z . . 94 . 106 3 98
Arrest 96 96 . . . 6 96
Cimmarron SR . . . . 106 1 106
Cleansweep 100 103 95 93 . 9 99
Defence + EV . . 100 . . 2 100
DK121HG 100 101 96 . . 8 99
DK131HG . . 101 100 107 4 102
FQ302HR . . . . 98 1 98
Interceptor . 89 . . . 3 89
SafeGuard 96 91 . . . 6 94
Susceptible Check 101 92 95 104 107 9 97
TMF 4355LH . 113 . . 99 4 110
Trailblazer 99 99 . . . 6 99
Trial Total Mean 18.35 13.01 10.45 1.75 3.78 -- --



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