| Table 5 - Alfalfa Variety Trial - Wooster, Ohio - 1996 Seeding | ||||||
| Ohio, Wooster, Sown 8-14-96 | ||||||
| Variety | 1999 Total |
1998 Total |
1997 Total |
97-99 Total |
Relative Yield 1997-99 |
% Stand |
| Commercial Seed: | Tons Dry Matter/Acre | % mean | 4/7/99 | |||
| Paramount | 8.33 | 9.47 | 5.73 | 23.54 | 104 | 89 |
| Ovation | 7.99 | 9.53 | 5.70 | 23.22 | 102 | 82 |
| WL 324 | 8.32 | 9.07 | 5.75 | 23.13 | 102 | 84 |
| Alpha 2001 | 8.08 | 8.99 | 5.92 | 22.99 | 101 | 88 |
| GH 794 | 7.73 | 9.23 | 5.98 | 22.94 | 101 | 81 |
| Magnum III | 8.30 | 9.12 | 5.42 | 22.84 | 101 | 79 |
| DK 133 | 8.10 | 9.43 | 5.30 | 22.83 | 101 | 85 |
| Hay Grazer | 8.03 | 9.15 | 5.64 | 22.82 | 101 | 90 |
| Rushmore | 8.27 | 8.86 | 5.70 | 22.82 | 101 | 81 |
| Gem | 8.22 | 8.97 | 5.61 | 22.79 | 101 | 83 |
| DK 127 | 8.07 | 8.95 | 5.62 | 22.64 | 100 | 84 |
| Excalibur II | 7.78 | 9.15 | 5.56 | 22.50 | 99 | 81 |
| Choice | 7.94 | 8.98 | 5.52 | 22.44 | 99 | 84 |
| Spur | 7.83 | 8.86 | 5.69 | 22.38 | 99 | 81 |
| Banquet | 7.69 | 8.89 | 5.59 | 22.17 | 98 | 87 |
| WL 325 HQ | 7.97 | 8.76 | 5.36 | 22.10 | 97 | 87 |
| VERNAL | 7.57 | 8.93 | 5.50 | 22.00 | 97 | 69 |
| WL 332 SR | 7.82 | 8.81 | 5.34 | 21.97 | 97 | 82 |
| Mean | 8.00 | 9.06 | 5.61 | 22.67 | -- | 83 |
| LSD 0.05 | ns | ns | ns | ns | -- | 7 |
| CV % | 3.48 | 4.06 | 5.01 | 3.25 | -- | 5.18 |
| no. of harvests | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
| * Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance identical to that of commercially available seed. | ||||||
| Drill seeded with pressheels at 16 lb/a and 46 lb/a of P2O5 | ||||||
| Riddles silt loam. pH = 6.5, P = 88 lb/a, K = 316 lb/a, CEC = 9 (11/98). | ||||||
| 60 lb/a of K2O was applied 10 April. | ||||||
| Insecticide was applied on 14 June and 30 July to control potato leafhoppers. | ||||||