NDSU Main Station * North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
315 Morrill, NDSU Fargo, ND 58105, Voice: (701) 231-7655 fax: (701)
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NORTH DAKOTA Agricultural Experiment Station, Carrington, ND; seeded 1997, irrigated†.
| 1998 forage yield | |||||||||||
| 3-cut: | 6-8 | 7-16 | 8-17 | 97-98 | % of Vernal | ||||||
| Entry‡ | 4-cut: | 6-1 | 7-8 | 8-7 | 10-26 | total | 1997 | total | 1998 | 97-98 | |
| ---------------------- tons dry matter/acre ---------------------------- | |||||||||||
| 3-cut system | |||||||||||
| DK 127 | 3.43 | 2.07 | 1.74 | 7.24 | 1.70 | 8.86 | 100 | 101 | |||
| DK 140 | 3.53 | 2.12 | 1.60 | 7.25 | 1.74 | 8.99 | 100 | 102 | |||
| 5312 | 3.32 | 2.08 | 1.65 | 7.05 | 1.79 | 8.84 | 98 | 100 | |||
| 5347LH | 3.53 | 2.26 | 1.63 | 7.42 | 1.66 | 9.07 | 103 | 103 | |||
| 5454 | 3.57 | 2.15 | 1.74 | 7.46 | 1.66 | 9.12 | 103 | 104 | |||
| 620 | 3.76 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 7.40 | 1.71 | 9.11 | 102 | 103 | |||
| Columbia 2000 | 3.73 | 2.14 | 1.66 | 7.53 | 1.61 | 9.06 | 104 | 103 | |||
| WL 324 | 3.44 | 2.13 | 1.62 | 7.19 | 1.72 | 8.91 | 100 | 101 | |||
| WL 325 HQ | 3.41 | 2.21 | 1.72 | 7.34 | 1.59 | 8.92 | 102 | 101 | |||
| Vernal Foun | 3.43 | 2.13 | 1.52 | 7.08 | 1.69 | 8.77 | 98 | 100 | |||
| Vernal Cert | 3.90 | 1.91 | 1.56 | 7.37 | 1.46 | 8.83 | 102 | 100 | |||
| Mean | 3.54 | 2.11 | 1.63 | 7.29 | 1.66 | 8.94 | 101 | 102 | |||
| LSD (0.05) | 0.49§ | 0.25§ | 0.21§ | 0.70§ | 0.17 | 0.71§ | 9.7§ | 8.2§ | |||
| CV (%) | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | |||
| MCV (%) | 13.9 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 8.0 | |||
| LSR (%) | 85 | 73 | 95 | 276 | 51 | 204 | 276 | 204 | |||
| 4-cut system | |||||||||||
| DK 127 | 2.49 | 1.56 | 1.63 | 1.16 | 6.84 | 3.02 | 9.87 | 103 | 106 | ||
| DK 140 | 2.55 | 1.61 | 1.67 | 1.17 | 7.00 | 2.83 | 9.83 | 106 | 106 | ||
| 5312 | 2.80 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.25 | 7.39 | 2.79 | 10.18 | 111 | 110 | ||
| 5347LH | 2.60 | 1.74 | 1.52 | 1.36 | 7.22 | 2.87 | 10.09 | 109 | 109 | ||
| 5454 | 2.63 | 1.63 | 1.55 | 1.21 | 7.02 | 2.88 | 9.90 | 106 | 107 | ||
| 620 | 2.58 | 1.76 | 1.67 | 1.30 | 7.31 | 2.89 | 10.21 | 110 | 110 | ||
| Columbia 2000 | 2.61 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.23 | 7.06 | 3.08 | 10.14 | 106 | 109 | ||
| WL 324 | 2.54 | 1.56 | 1.67 | 1.24 | 7.01 | 2.98 | 9.99 | 106 | 108 | ||
| WL 325 HQ | 2.71 | 1.53 | 1.74 | 1.20 | 7.18 | 2.83 | 10.01 | 108 | 108 | ||
| Vernal Foun | 2.42 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 1.04 | 6.46 | 2.54 | 9.00 | 97 | 97 | ||
| Vernal Cert | 2.83 | 1.50 | 1.43 | 1.04 | 6.80 | 2.73 | 9.53 | 103 | 103 | ||
| Mean | 2.61 | 1.61 | 1.60 | 1.20 | 7.03 | 2.86 | 9.89 | 106 | 107 | ||
| LSD | 0.30§ | 0.17§ | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 6.5 | 5.6 | ||
| CV (%) | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| MCV | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | ||
| LSR (%) | 72 | 69 | 58 | 53 | 46 | 36 | 44 | 46 | 43 | ||
†Design: Splitplot, cuts = mainplot Fertilization: 50P & 100 K
lb/acre Soil type: Kief loam
Seeding method: Broadcast Cuttings: 1997 (1 / 2), 1998 (3 / 4) Replicates: Four
Seeding rate: 25 lb/acre Plot size: 3 by 18 ft Herbicide: None in 1998
Seeding date: May 27, 1997 Harvest plot: 3 by 13 ft Insecticide: None
‡Seed obtained from Dan Undersander at University of Wisconsin
§F - test nonsignificant
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