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 8 - Alfalfa Variety Trial - South Charleston, Ohio - 1999 Seeding

Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 4-8-99
Variety 1999 Relative
Yield
1999		 % Stand
30 Jun 4 Aug Total
Commercial Seed: Tons Dry Matter/Acre %mean 6/21/99
DK141 0.95 0.65 1.60 115 93
Spirit 1.03 0.57 1.60 114 93
ABT 400SCL 0.95 0.60 1.55 111 92
Vitro 0.90 0.64 1.54 110 95
A-395 0.93 0.55 1.48 106 99
FQ 314 0.89 0.58 1.47 105 95
Magnum V 0.93 0.51 1.44 103 95
WL 327 0.86 0.54 1.40 100 92
DK 140 0.85 0.54 1.38 99 93
Mainstay 0.81 0.57 1.38 99 92
6420 0.83 0.54 1.36 98 90
DK 124 0.92 0.43 1.35 97 96
ABT 350 0.85 0.49 1.33 95 90
Yielder 0.86 0.47 1.33 95 93
DK 134 0.86 0.46 1.32 95 94
Geneva 0.77 0.55 1.32 95 92
FQ 315 0.83 0.44 1.27 91 95
Awesome 0.85 0.40 1.24 89 97
Vernal 0.80 0.35 1.115 82 97
Experimental Seed:
Rocket* 0.93 0.49 1.42 102 98
Mean 0.88 0.52 1.40 -- 94
LSD 0.05 ns ns ns -- ns
CV % 12.39 24.14 11.31 -- 4.98
no. of harvests 2
* Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance identical to that of commercially available seed.
Drill seeded with presswheels at 16 lb/a. Eptam was applied PPI at 2 qt/a.
Crosby silt loam, pH= 6.4, P = 31 lb/a, K = 179 lb/a, CEC = 9, O.M. = 2.1 (3/99).
150 lb/a of P2O5 and 300 lb/a of K2O applied 4-2-99.
Insecticide applied 9 June, 14 July and 19 August to control Potato leafhoppers.
Herbicide was applied 15 July for weed control.


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