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, Fargo, ND; seeded 1996, dryland.
1998 forage yield | ||||||||||||
3-cut: | 5-29 | 7-9 | 8-6 | 96-98 | % of Vernal | Stand | ||||||
Entry | 4-cut: | 5-29 | 6-30 | 7-31 | 10-28 | total | 1997 | 1996 | total | 1998 | 96-98 | 4-22 |
------------------------- tons dry matter/acre ------------------------------- | % | |||||||||||
3-cut system | ||||||||||||
Avalanche + Z | 2.86 | 1.92 | 1.20 | 5.98 | 5.95 | 1.17 | 13.10 | 118 | 108 | 85 | ||
Big Horn | 3.10 | 2.06 | 1.16 | 6.32 | 6.47 | 1.14 | 13.93 | 125 | 114 | 81 | ||
Depend + EV | 2.85 | 2.01 | 1.34 | 6.20 | 6.10 | 1.19 | 13.49 | 122 | 111 | 86 | ||
DK 127 | 3.07 | 2.19 | 1.21 | 6.47 | 6.40 | 1.11 | 13.98 | 128 | 115 | 84 | ||
Imperial | 3.12 | 2.12 | 1.20 | 6.44 | 6.69 | 1.23 | 14.36 | 127 | 118 | 88 | ||
Innovator + Z | 3.05 | 2.04 | 1.21 | 6.30 | 6.15 | 1.16 | 13.61 | 124 | 112 | 80 | ||
Rainier | 2.83 | 1.98 | 1.17 | 5.98 | 6.04 | 1.14 | 13.16 | 118 | 108 | 84 | ||
Vernal | 2.96 | 1.71 | 0.65 | 5.32 | 5.93 | 1.18 | 12.43 | 105 | 102 | 80 | ||
Vernal | 2.56 | 1.54 | 0.72 | 4.82 | 5.74 | 1.35 | 11.92 | 95 | 98 | 80 | ||
WL 324 | 3.21 | 2.00 | 1.30 | 6.51 | 6.47 | 1.29 | 14.27 | 128 | 117 | 84 | ||
WL 325 HQ | 2.54 | 1.98 | 1.29 | 5.81 | 5.98 | 1.18 | 12.97 | 115 | 107 | 88 | ||
5312 | 3.17 | 2.20 | 1.30 | 6.67 | 6.46 | 1.08 | 14.22 | 132 | 117 | 86 | ||
5454 | 3.21 | 2.10 | 1.37 | 6.68 | 6.22 | 1.20 | 14.10 | 132 | 116 | 89 | ||
Mean | 2.97 | 1.99 | 1.16 | 6.12 | 6.20 | 1.19 | 13.50 | 121 | 111 | 84 | ||
LSD (0.05) | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0.55 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
CV (%) | 5.9 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
MCV (%) | 8.5 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | ||
LSR (%) | 39 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 58 | 96 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 51 | ||
4-cut system | ||||||||||||
Avalanch + Z | 2.98 | 1.44 | 1.32 | 0.53 | 6.27 | 6.10 | 1.73 | 14.10 | 123 | 109 | 80 | |
Big Horn | 3.01 | 1.44 | 1.25 | 0.66 | 6.36 | 6.52 | 1.83 | 14.70 | 125 | 114 | 80 | |
Depend + EV | 2.92 | 1.54 | 1.39 | 0.64 | 6.49 | 6.63 | 1.84 | 14.96 | 127 | 115 | 84 | |
DK 127 | 2.86 | 1.46 | 1.33 | 0.62 | 6.27 | 6.39 | 1.82 | 14.47 | 123 | 112 | 81 | |
Imperial | 3.00 | 1.39 | 1.23 | 0.62 | 6.24 | 6.45 | 1.84 | 14.54 | 122 | 112 | 83 | |
Innovator + Z | 2.88 | 1.42 | 1.28 | 0.63 | 6.21 | 6.39 | 1.77 | 14.37 | 122 | 111 | 83 | |
Rainier | 2.73 | 1.39 | 1.24 | 0.61 | 5.97 | 6.41 | 1.69 | 14.07 | 117 | 109 | 82 | |
Vernal | 2.70 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.36 | 4.86 | 6.14 | 1.68 | 12.69 | 95 | 98 | 81 | |
Vernal | 2.91 | 1.21 | 0.77 | 0.45 | 5.34 | 6.14 | 1.74 | 13.22 | 105 | 102 | 79 | |
WL 324 | 3.23 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 0.71 | 6.77 | 6.74 | 1.83 | 15.35 | 132 | 118 | 81 | |
WL 325 HQ | 2.83 | 1.45 | 1.41 | 0.64 | 6.33 | 6.21 | 1.75 | 14.29 | 124 | 110 | 83 | |
5312 | 3.16 | 1.50 | 1.22 | 0.60 | 6.48 | 6.67 | 1.78 | 14.94 | 127 | 115 | 84 | |
5454 | 3.24 | 1.50 | 1.22 | 0.50 | 6.46 | 6.55 | 1.72 | 14.73 | 127 | 114 | 83 | |
Mean | 2.96 | 1.42 | 1.20 | 0.58 | 6.16 | 6.41 | 1.77 | 14.34 | 121 | 111 | 82 | |
LSD | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.22§ | 0.58 | 7 | 4 | 4§ | |
CV (%) | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.6 | |
MCV | 10.1 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 18.7 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | |
LSR | 55 | 63 | 18 | 31 | 19 | 58 | 137 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 85 |
Design: Splitplot, cuts = mainplot Fertilization: 50P & 100 K
lb/acre Soil type: Fargo clay
Seeding method: Broadcast Cuttings: 1996 (1 / 2), 1997-98 (3 / 4) Replicates: Four
Seeding rate: 25 lb/acre Plot size: 3 by 18 ft Herbicide: None in 1998
Seeding date: May 13, 1996 Harvest plot: 3 by 13 ft Insecticide: None
Seed obtained from Dan Undersander at University of Wisconsin
§F - test nonsignificant
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