Winter Rye - Langdon | ||||||||||
Grain Yield | Average Yield | |||||||||
Variety |
Days to Head | Winter Survival | Plant Height | Lodging Score | Test Weight | 1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2 year |
3 year |
from June 1 |
% | in | 0-9 | lbs/bu | ------------------- bu/ac ------------------- | |||||
AC Rifle | 4 | 100 | 42 | 0.0 | 52.3 | 64.4 | 46.5 | 57.2 | 51.9 | 56.0 |
Dacold | 7 | 100 | 57 | 2.5 | 49.5 | 84.9 | 78.6 | 84.4 | 81.5 | 82.6 |
Prima | 3 | 100 | 61 | 2.0 | 53.8 | 70.6 | 89.4 | 77.2 | 83.3 | 79.1 |
Mean | 5.1 | 100 | 54.1 | 2.1 | 50.9 | 75.9 | 71.2 | 73.1 | -- | -- |
C.V. % | 17.4 | - | 1.3 | 73.8 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 7.4 | -- | -- |
LSD 5% | 2.8 | - | 2.3 | NS | 2.1 | 10.2 | 13.3 | NS | -- | -- |
Planting Date: September 10, 1998
Harvest Date: August 4, 1999
Lodging: 0=No
lodging, 9=Completely flat
Trial was planted on fallow
ground. Snow cover from December through February was good and resulted in 100
percent
winter survival for all varieties.