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 9 - Alfalfa Variety Trial - Wooster, Ohio - 1999 Seeding

Ohio, Wooster, Sown 4-7-99
Variety
1999
Relative Yield
1999
1-Jul
23-Aug
Total
Commercial Seed:
Tons Dry Matter/Acre
% mean
FQ314
1.13
1.16
2.29
114
Affinity+Z
1.09
1.12
2.21
110
WL327
1.08
1.11
2.19
109
Vitro
1.04
1.06
2.10
105
Greenfeast
1.03
1.05
2.08
103
WL232HQ
1.02
1.05
2.07
103
DK140
1.01
1.04
2.05
102
ML99
1.01
1.03
2.04
101
WL325HQ
1.00
1.02
2.02
101
Amerigraze401+Z
1.00
1.02
2.02
100
ABT350
0.99
1.02
2.01
100
DK141
0.99
1.01
2.00
99
GH788
0.99
1.01
1.99
99
DK134
0.98
1.01
1.99
99
MagnumV
0.98
1.00
1.98
99
Mainstay
0.97
1.00
1.97
98
Vernal
0.97
1.00
1.97
98
ABT400SCL
0.96
0.98
1.95
97
Geneva
0.96
0.98
1.94
97
53Q60
0.95
0.98
1.93
96
DK124
0.95
0.98
1.93
96
Stellar
0.93
0.95
1.88
93
Awesome
0.90
0.92
1.82
91
Experimental Seed:
Rocket*
0.92
0.95
1.87
93
Mean
0.99
1.02
2.01
--
LSD 0.05
0.09
0.10
0.19
--
CV %
6.72
6.75
6.73
--
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.
Riddles silt loam, pH = 6.9, P = 76 lb/a, K = 208 lb/a, CEC = 8 (11/98).
No fertilization was required in reference to the soil analysis.
Insecticide was applied on 11 June and 12 July to control potato leafhoppers.



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