NORTH DAKOTA  Agricultural Experiment Station, Fargo, ND; seeded 2001, dryland�.

2002 forage yield by harvest

2001

01-02

% of  Vernal

Entry�

6-14

7-12

8-20

10-24

total

total

total

2002

01-02

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

54V54

1.83

1.75

2.12

1.57

7.27

3.11

10.39

98.6

94.3

53Q60

1.82

1.74

2.19

1.38

7.13

3.26

10.40

96.7

94.4

Ameristand 403T

1.99

1.70

2.18

1.47

7.34

3.05

10.38

99.4

94.3

WL 327

1.81

1.71

2.13

1.54

7.19

3.59

10.77

97.4

97.9

WL 342

1.84

1.76

2.19

1.53

7.32

2.81

10.13

99.2

92.0

Vernal

1.97

1.61

2.28

1.52

7.38

3.63

11.01

100.0

100.0

    Mean

1.88

1.71

2.18

1.50

7.27

3.48

10.51

98.6

95.5

    LSD (0.05)

0.15

0.14�

 0.20�

0.17�

0.36�

0.29

0.41

5.9�

3.7

    CV (%)

6.1

6.4

7.0

8.4

3.8

6.3

2.9

3.8

2.9

    MCV (%)

8.0

8.4

9.2

11.0

5.0

8.3

3.9

5.0

3.9

    LSR (%)

83.5

96.7

125.3

86.9

146.0

32.9

46.1

146.0

46.1