NORTH DAKOTA Agricultural Experiment Station, Carrington, ND; seeded 1999, irrigated�

2002 forage yield by harvest

2001

2000

00-02

Relative yield

Entry�

6-20

7-23

9-26

total

total

total

total

2002

99-02

-------------------------tons dry matter/acre--------------------------

--% of Vernal--

WinterKing

2.62

1.88

2.08

6.58

7.04

6.77

20.38

99.8

100.4

WinterStar

2.65

1.86

2.08

6.59

7.00

7.09

20.69

100.0

101.9

Rebound 4.2

2.74

1.91

2.05

6.70

6.83

6.82

20.35

101.6

100.2

ABT 350

2.48

1.98

2.17

6.63

6.76

6.75

20.13

100.5

99.1

WL 232 HQ

2.74

1.99

2.14

6.87

6.77

6.94

20.58

104.1

101.3

TMF 421

2.50

1.78

2.06

6.34

6.87

6.59

19.80

96.2

97.5

TMF Multiplier II

2.85

2.00

2.14

6.99

7.02

7.07

21.08

106.0

103.8

DK 140

2.85

1.89

2.16

6.90

7.24

6.94

21.08

104.6

103.8

Ameristand 201+Z

2.51

1.80

2.10

6.41

7.06

6.94

20.41

97.2

100.5

Avalanche + Z

2.68

1.90

2.13

6.71

6.95

7.03

20.69

101.8

101.9

53Q60

2.62

1.61

2.00

6.23

6.94

6.73

19.84

94.5

97.7

Vernal

2.81

1.72

2.07

6.60

6.87

6.99

20.47

100.0

100.8

Vernal

2.74

1.76

2.09

6.59

6.97

6.58

20.14

99.9

99.2

    Mean

2.69

1.84

2.09

6.62

6.94

6.85

20.41

100.4

100.5

    LSD (0.05)

0.26

0.21

0.21�

0.46�

0.32�

0.39�

0.63

  6.9�

3.1

    CV (%)

6.8

8.0

7.1

4.8

3.2

4.0

2.2

4.8

2.2

    MCV (%)

9.7

11.5

10.1

6.9

4.6

5.7

3.1

6.9

3.1

    LSR (%)

74.3

54.2

125.0

60.3

65.0

70.4

49.2

60.3

49.2