NDSU Main Station * North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
315 Morrill, NDSU Fargo, ND 58105, Voice: (701) 231-7655 fax: (701)
231-8520
North Central Research and Extension Center; Minot, ND; 1995 dryland†.
| 1998 forage yield | Relative yield | |||||||||
| Entry‡ | 6-15 | 7-27 | total | 1997 | 1996 | 96-98 total | 1998 | 96-98 | ||
| -----------------------------tons dry matter/acre------------------------ --------% of Vernal--------- | ||||||||||
| DK 127 | 1.48 | 1.50 | 2.97 | 1.97 | 2.5 | 7.40 | 85 | 86.1 | ||
| LegenDairy | 1.42 | 1.60 | 3.03 | 2.00 | 2.7 | 7.69 | 86 | 89.5 | ||
| Proof | 1.60 | 1.61 | 3.21 | 2.04 | 3.0 | 8.21 | 91 | 95.6 | ||
| Spredor 3 | 1.18 | 1.45 | 2.63 | 1.92 | 2.9 | 7.43 | 75 | 86.5 | ||
| Sterling | 1.33 | 1.57 | 2.90 | 1.94 | 2.9 | 7.74 | 83 | 90.1 | ||
| Vernal | 1.82 | 1.69 | 3.51 | 2.19 | 2.9 | 8.59 | 100 | 100.0 | ||
| WL 252 HQ | 1.37 | 1.56 | 2.93 | 1.93 | 2.4 | 7.33 | 83 | 85.3 | ||
| 2555-ML | 1.41 | 1.61 | 3.03 | 2.03 | 2.8 | 7.85 | 86 | 91.4 | ||
| 5262 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 3.26 | 2.08 | 2.5 | 7.79 | 93 | 90.7 | ||
| 5454 | 1.79 | 1.64 | 3.43 | 2.16 | 2.8 | 8.38 | 98 | 97.6 | ||
| Mean | 1.50 | 1.59 | 3.09 | 2.03 | 2.7 | 7.84 | 88 | 91.3 | ||
| LSD (0.05) | 0.32 | NS | 0.48 | NS | NS | 0.83 | 114 | 9.7 | ||
| CV (%) | 14.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 7.3 |
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†Design: Randomized complete block Plot size: 4 by 24
ft
Seeding method: Drilled, 6-inch rows Soil type: William loam
Seeding date: May 18, 1995 Replicates: Four
Cuttings: 1995 (1), 1996, 1997, 1998 (2) Herbicide: None
Fertilization: None Insecticide: None
Cooperator: Mark Zarnstorff
‡Seed obtained from Dr. Dan Undersander at University of Wisconsin.
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