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| Birdsfoot Trefoil Forage Trial-2002 | Dickinson, ND | ||||||||
| Yield | |||||||||
| DM | 12% moisture | Harvest Moisture | |||||||
| Variety | 1st cut1 | 2nd cut | Total | 1st cut | 2nd cut | 1st cut | 2nd cut | ||
| -------------------------Tons/ac------------------------- | ---------%--------- | ||||||||
| George Black Medic | 0.1 | -- | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | 74 | -- | ||
| Norcen Birdsfoot Trefoil | 0.1 | -- | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | 75 | -- | ||
| Travois Alfalfa | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 75 | 65 | ||
| Fairway Crested Wheatgrass | 0.4 | -- | 0.4 | 0.4 | -- | 56 | -- | ||
| Fairway / George | 0.2 | -- | 0.2 | 0.2 | -- | 63 | -- | ||
| Fairway / Norcen | 0.2 | -- | 0.2 | 0.3 | -- | 64 | -- | ||
| Fairway / Rhizomateous BFT (RBFT) | 0.3 | -- | 0.3 | 0.4 | -- | 58 | -- | ||
| Fairway / Travois | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 71 | 66 | ||
| Manchar Smooth Brome | 0.4 | -- | 0.4 | 0.4 | -- | 67 | -- | ||
| Manchar / George | 0.5 | -- | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | 67 | -- | ||
| Manchar / Norcen | 0.4 | -- | 0.4 | 0.4 | -- | 68 | -- | ||
| Manchar / RBFT | 0.3 | -- | 0.3 | 0.4 | -- | 68 | -- | ||
| Manchar / Travois | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 70 | 67 | ||
| Manska Pubescent Wheatgrass | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 64 | 67 | ||
| Manska / George | 0.6 | -- | 0.6 | 0.7 | -- | 66 | -- | ||
| Manska / Norcen | 0.8 | -- | 0.8 | 0.9 | - | 68 | -- | ||
| Manska / RBFT | 0.7 | -- | 0.7 | 0.8 | - | 64 | -- | ||
| Manska / Travois | 1.4 | -- | 1.4 | 1.6 | -- | 65 | -- | ||
| Regar Meadow Brome | 0.3 | -- | 0.3 | 0.4 | - | 62 | -- | ||
| Regar / George | 0.4 | -- | 0.4 | 0.5 | -- | 63 | -- | ||
| Regar / Norcen | 0.5 | -- | 0.5 | 0.6 | -- | 59 | -- | ||
| Regar / RBFT | 0.3 | -- | 0.3 | 0.3 | -- | 65 | -- | ||
| Regar / Travois | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 72 | 66 | ||
| Swift Russian Wildrye | 0.1 | -- | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | 52 | -- | ||
| Trial Mean | 0.5 | 0.6 | -- | 0.6 | 0.7 | 66 | 66 | ||
| C.V. % | 37.2 | 33.7 | -- | 37.2 | 33.7 | 5.8 | 1.7 | ||
| LSD .05 | NS2 | NS | -- | NS | NS | 5 | NS | ||
Seeding
date=May 14, 2001
11st cut for Manska Pubescent Wheatgrass and combinations = June 24; 1st cut for other treatments = June 12th; 2nd cut = July 18th for all treatments.
2NS=no significant difference
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