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CONTENTS

TEST PROGRAM 2

PERFORMANCE DATA 2

SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPARING ENTRIES 2

2002 TEST FIELDS 3

2002 GROWING SEASON RAINFALL 3

SOURCES OF SEED 3

2002 TEST FIELD LOCATIONS 4

2002 ENTRIES 5

DISEASE AND FALL DORMANCY RATINGS 8

RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS 10

ALFALFA TRLVLS

Freeport 10-12

Yorkville 13

Urbana 14-16

Perry 17

Belleville 18-19

GRASS TRLVLS

Freeport 20

Urbana 21

Perry 22

DATA ALSO AVAILABLE AT: http://vtcropsci.uiuc.edu

This circular was prepared by D. K. Joos, Research Specialist; R. W. Esgar, Agronomist; B. R. Henry Research Specialist; and C.A. Smyth, Computer and Statistics Research Speciahst.

PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL FORAGES IN ILLINOIS

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS commercial forage testing program has been testing public and private forages for over 5 1 years. The initial purpose was to evaluate the many public varieties available, today public varieties are far out numbered by private varieties. This year 44 seed companies are participating in the 2002 trials.

The purpose of this commercial forage testing program is to provide unbiased, objective, and accurate testing of all varieties entered. The tests are conducted on as uniform a soil as is available in the testing area. Small plots are used to reduce the chance of soil and climatic variations occurring between one variety plot and another.

The results of these tests should help you judge the merits of varieties in comparison with other private and public varieties. Because your soils and management may differ from those of the test location, you may wish to plant variety strips of the higher-performing varieties on your farm. The results printed in this circular should help you decide which varieties to try.

TEST PROGRAM

Selection of entries Forage producers in Illinois and surrounding states were invited to enter varieties in the 2002 Illinois forage performance trials. Entrants were required to provide seed in a commercially available container to the University of Wisconsin for distribution to other public testing programs. This is to ensure performance is not affected by seed source and to avoid each entrant the cost of sending a commercial bag of seed to each program.

To help finance the testing program, a fee of $450 per location per 4 years was charged for each variety entered by the seed producer. Most of these varieties are commercially available, but some experimental varieties were also entered. A total of 140 varieties were tested in 2002. Number and location of tests In 2002, tests were conducted at 5 locations throughout the state (see map on pg. 4). These sites represent the major soils and dairy producing areas of the state. Field plot design Entries of each test were replicated four times in a randomized complete block. Plot size was 23 feet by 3 feet and end trimmed at each harvest to obtain a 1 9 foot long plot. Fertility and weed control All test locations were managed at a high level of fertility for each crop. Herbicides were used at all test locations for weed control.

Method of planting and harvesting All trials were seeded with a five row seeder modified to accommodate small plot seeding. Plots were seeded at 1 8 pounds per acre. Harvests were taken with a custom built flail chopper equipped with electronic data gathering equipment.

PERFORMANCE DATA

Yield Forage yield is reported in tons dry matter per acre. Yields were converted to a dry matter basis by estimating percent moisture within each tnal.

SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPARING ENTRIES

It IS impossible to obtain an exact measure of performance when conducting any test of plant material. Harvesting efficiency may vary, soils may not be uniform, and many other conditions may produce variability. Results of repeated tests are more reliable than those of a single year or a single-strip test. When one variety consistently out yields another at several test locations and over several years of testing, the chances are good that this difference is real and should be considered in selecting a variety.

As an aid in comparing alfalfa varieties within a single trial, certain statistical tests have been devised. One of these tests, the least significant difference (L.S.D.), when used in the manner suggested by Carmer and Swanson' is quite simple to apply and is more appropriate than most other tests. When two entries are compared and the difference between them is greater than the tabulated L.S.D. value, the entries are judged to be "significantly different."

The L.S.D. is a number expressed in tons dry matter per acre and presented following the average yield. An L.S.D. of 5% is shown. Add the L.S.D. value to the trial mean. Every variety with a greater yield than the resulting number is 'statistically better than average. Consider the merits of the varieties in this group when making varietal selections.

To make the best use of the information presented in this circular and to avoid any misunderstanding or misrepresentation of it, the reader should consider an additional caution about comparing entries. Readers who compare entries in different trials should be extremely careful, because no statistical tests are presented for that purpose. Readers should note that the difference between a single entry's performance at one location and its performance at another is caused primarily by environmental effects and random variability. Furthermore, the difference between the performance of entry A in one trial and the performance of entry B in another tnal is the result not only of environmental effects and random variability, but of genetic effects as well.

'Carmer, S.G. and M.R. Swanson. "An Evaluation of Ten Pairwise Multiple Comparison Procedures by Monte Carlo Methods." Journal of American Statistical Association 68:66-74. 1983.

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2002 TEST FIELDS

Freeport

Location: Stephenson county, north of Freeport, north central

Ilhnois.

Cooperators: Dave and Mike Macomber.

Yorkville

Location: Kendall county, south of Yorkville, north eastern

Illinois.

Cooperator: Dave Stewart.

Urbana

Location: University of Illinois, Crop Sciences Research and

Education Center, Champaign County, east central Illinois.

Cooperators; Robert Dunker, agronomist, Mike Kleiss, farm

foreman.

Perry

Location: University of Illinois, Ort Agricultural Research and

Demonstration Center, near Perry, Pike County, west central

Illinois.

Cooperators: Glenn Raines, agronomist; Mike Vose, farm

foreman.

Belleville

Location: Southern Illinois University Research Center, east of

Belleville, St. Clair County.

Cooperators: Ed Varsa, research director; Ron Krausz, field

manager.

2002 GROWING SEASON RAINFALL

Location

April

May June

Julv Aug

Freeport

4.90

2.70 6.90

1.40 12.0

Yorkville

4.40

4.80 3.20

1.60 3.10

Urbana

4.30

5.60 2.50

3.20 7.60

Perry

5.66

9.15 4.60

4.75 4.46

Belleville

4.90

6.60 1.70

3.70 3.62

SOURCES OF SEED

ABI Alfalfa, ABI Alfalfa, Inc., 2316 259th St., Ames, lA 50014

AgriBioTech, AgroBioTech, Inc., 120 Corporate Park Dr.,

Henderson, NV 89014

AgriPro, AgriPro Seeds, Inc., R.R. 2, Hwy 30 East, Ames, lA

50010

America's Alfalfa, ABI Alfalfa, 23 16 259th St., Ames, lA 50014

Ampac, Ampac Seed Co., P.O. Box 318, Tangent, OR 97389

Bio Plant, Bio Plant Research, P.O. Box 320, Camp Point , IL

62320

Callahan, Callahan Seeds, 1122 East 169th St., P.O. Box 367,

Westfield, IN 46074-0367

Cargill, Cargill Hybrid Seeds, P.O. Box 5645, Minneapolis, MN

55440

Cebeco , Cebeco Intematinal seeds inc., P.O. Box 229 / 175 W.

"H" Street, Halsey, OR 97333

Dairyland, Dairyland Seed Co., P.O. Box 958, West Bend, WI

53095

Dekalb, Monsanto, 3100 Sycamore Road, Dekalb, IL 601 15

Delong, The Delong Co., P.O. Box 522, Clinton, WI 53525

FFR, FFR Cooperative, 41 12 E. St. Rd. 225, West Lafayette, IN

47906

DLF, DLF-JENKS, P.O. Box 216, Albany, OR 97321

Emerald, Emereald Commodities Inc., 32041 Cartney Dr.

Hanisburg, OR 97466

Garst, Garst Seed Co., 2369-330th St, P.O. Box 500, Slater, lA

50244

Geertson, Geertson Seed Farms, 1 665 Burroughs Rd.,Adrian, OR

98901

George Keller, George Keller & Sons Co., P.O. Box 490, 909

Maine St., Quincy, IL 62306-0490

Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest Seed Co., 27420 137th Ave. N.,

Cordova, IL 61242

Grassland West, Grassland West Co., 908 Port Dr., Clarkston,

WA 99403

Great Plains, Great Plains Research Co., 3624 Kildaire Farm

Road, Apex, NC 27502

Growmark, Growmark Inc., 1701 Towanda Ave., Bloomington,

IL 61701

Improved Forages, Improved Forages, P.O. Box 230, Lake

Oswego, OR 97034

Int'l Seeds, International Seeds, Inc., P.O. Box 168, Halsey, OR

98348

Jenks Seed, Jenks Seed Connection, 34058 Oakville Road, P.O.

Box 1468, Albany, OR 98321

Kaltenberg, Kaltenberg Seed Farms, P. O. Box 278, Waunakee,

WI 53597

Kitchen, Kitchen Seed Company, Inc., P.O. Box 286, Arthur,IL

61911

Lewis, Lewis Seed Co., 33820 Linn- West Dr. Shedd, OR 97377

MBS, MBS, 225 West First St., Story City, lA 50248

Mountain View Seeds, Mountain View Seeds, 8955 Sunny View

Rd. NE, Salem, OR 97305

NC+, NC+ Hybrid, P.O. Box 4408, Lmcoln, NE 68504

NetSeeds, NetSeeds, Inc., 900 1 Hickman Rd., Ste 320, Urbandale,

lA 50322

Ottilie, Ottilie Seed Farms. Seeds, 1462 Sanford Ave.,

Marshalltown,IA 50158

Pennington Seed, Pennington Seed, Inc. of Oregon, Lebanon, OR

98355

Pickseed, Pickseed Canada Inc., 1 Greenfield Rd., Lindsay, ON

K9V453

Pioneer, Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., 14171 Carole Dr.,

Bloomington. IL 61704

Public Varieties, Various sources

Pyne Gould Guiness, Pyne Gould Guiness, 41 1 Blenheim Rd.,

Christchurch, New Zealand 8015

Renk, Renk Seed Co., 6800 Wilbum Road, Sun Praire, WI 53590

Schultz, Schultz Turf and Forage Seed, P.O. Box 1623,

Effungham,IL 62401

Seed Research, Seed Research of Oregon, 27630 Llewellyn Rd.

Corvalis, OR 97333

Smith Seed, Smith Seed Services, P.O. Box 288, Halsey OR

97348

United Suppliers, United Suppliers Inc., P.O. Box 538, Eldora, I A

50627

W-L Research, W-L Research, Inc., 8701 W. US Hwy. 14,

Evansville, WI 53536-8752

2002 FORAGE LOCATIONS

Belleville

2002 Alfalfa and Forage Grass Entries

* experimental Marketer

1 1

O 9)

Freeport >* Urbana Perry CQ

Brand-Variety 99 00 01 02 99 99 00 01 02 99 01 99 00

631 X X X X X

6310 X X

6410 X X X X X X

9701 X

3R22* i X

4 TRAFFIC X '

4G70* X

4R37* X X

53H81 i ' X X

53H81* X X X

53Q60 X X XXX X xx

54H91 X

54V54 XX XX x;

54V54* X XX

6420 X

645-11 X X X X X

797 LHR X

9702 X

A 30-06 X X

A-395 X

ABUNDANCE x x

ABSOLUTE BRAND . . . . x x x

ABSOLUTE BRAND GZ . x x x x

ABSOLUTE BRAND II . . x x

ABT 400 SCL x

AMERIGUARD 302 +Z . x x

AMERISTAND 403T .... x x

AV 3420 X

AWESOME X X ;

BARALFA 54 x

C 207* X I

C 224* X

C316* X

C416* j X

CIMARRON SR I x

CLEAN SWEEP 1000 .. . \ x

DEFENSE +EV x 1 x

DK 131 HG X j X XX

DK 134 X

DK 140 X X XX

DK 141 X X XX

DKA 42-15 X X

EMPEROR X X

ENHANCER x s x

EXTENDER II i x

FEAST +EV X XX j x

FQ 302 HR X '

FQ315 X X

GH 700 X

GOLD LEAF x x

HYBRlFORCE-400 x x

IMPERIAL x

INTRIGUE X

JADE II X

MAGNUM V X X

NETYIELD 500* x

PEGASUS X

5

GARST

GARST

GARST

GEERSTON

GARST

KALTENBERG

GARST

FFR

PIONEER

PIONEER

PIONEER

PIONEER

PIONEER

PIONEER

GARST

GARST

KITCHEN

GEERSTON

MBS

MBS

BIO PLANT RESEARCH

GEORGE KELLER

GEORGE KELLER

GEORGE KELLER

AGRIBIOTECH

AMERICA'S ALFALFA

AMERICA'S ALFALFA

AG VENTURE

CALLAHAN

BARENBRUG

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

GREAT PLAINS

FFR

AGRIPRO

DEKALB

DEKALB

DEKALB

DEKALB

DEKALB

AMERICA'S ALFALFA

BIO PLANT RESEARCH

KITCHEN

AGRIPRO

CARGILL

CARGILL

GOLDEN HARVEST

BIO PLANT RESEARCH

DARIYLAND

AMERICA'S ALFALFA

SCHULTZ

NC+ HYBRIDS

DARIYLAND

NETSEED

GROWMARK

2002 Alfalfa and Forage Grass Entries

* experimental Marketer

o

1

pa

Brand-Variety

Freeport > Urbana Perry 99 00 01 02 99 99 00 01 02 99 01 99 00

BIO PLANT RESEARCH

DELONG

GROWMARK

PGI ALFAFLA

GEERSTON

GROWMARK

GROWMARK

PUBLIC

CALLAHAN

ALLIED SEED

OTTILIE

UNITED SUPPLIERS

PUBLIC

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

W-L RESEARCH

BIO PLANT RESEARCH

RENK

GROWMARK

GROWMARK

GROWMARK

GROWMARK

AGRIPRO

ABI ALFALFA

ABI ALFALFA

PROLIFIC

RADIANT

RELIANCE

REWARD II

RHINO X

ROCKET

ROCKET* X

SARANAC AR x

STELLAR

TRIPLE CROWN

TRUMP x

US A4230

VERNAL X

W20I* X

W 304* X

W31I* X

W324* X

W330* X

W426* X

WETLAND X

WINTER GOLD x

WL319HQ

WL327

WL338SR

WL 342

YIELDER

ZH 9825 H*

ZH9831 H*

X XX X

X X X X X X X X

X X

; X

X X

X

X X

Perennial Forage Grasses

PENNINGTON

SCHULTZ TURF & FORAGE

IMPROVED FORAGES

PUBLIC

GRASSLAND WEST

IMPROVED FORAGES

JENKS

PYNE GOULD GUINESS

SEED RESERCH OF OREGON

CEBECO INTL. SEEDS

PUBLIC

DLF-JENKS

AMPAC

AMPAC

AMPAC

EMERALD

EMERALD

ALLIED SEED

DLF-JENKS

PICKSEED

SMITH SEED SERVICES

JENKS

SEED RESERCH OF OREGON

AMPAC

PUBLIC

AGRBW 101 TF' .. ..

ALBERT OG

BESTFOR LH

BISON HRG

BRONC OG

BULL TF

CAS-LG31 OG

CAS-M85 TF

CENTURY OG

CISIOG 10* OG

CLAIR TM

DEBORAH* SB

DIXON PB

DUO FS

EASTWOOD OG ....

EC406* RC

EC407* PRG

EXTEND SB

FELINA FS

FESTIVAL TF

GRAND DADDY PRT

HOEDOWN TF

ICON OG

K5666 V* TF

KENTUCKY 3 1 TF . .

2002 Alfalfa and Forage Grass Entries

* experimental Marketer

o

>

Freeport >* Urbana Perry

Brand-Variety 99 00 01 02 99 99 00 01 02 99 01 99 00

KOKANEE TF x x

KORA TF

LATEMATE OG

LATOKA PB

LINCOLN SB

MARATHON RC

MARTIN 2 TF x

MATUA PB

MAVERICK GOLD RG . .

MAX Q JESUP TF x x

OG9701 OG

OG9705G OG x

OKAY OG X

PALATON RC

PEAK SB

POTOMAC OG X X

QUANTUM* TF i

QUARTET PRG

RAD-MA216*TF

SELECT TF x

SUMMIT TM

TAKENA OG

TETON TF x

TONGA PRT x x x

TUUKKA TM

UDDER OG x x

VALLY SELECT MX . . . x

YORK* SB x

AMPAC

DLF-JENKS

CEBECO INT'L. SEEDS

AMPAC

PUBLIC

ALLIED SEED

INTL SEEDS

PUBLIC

AMPAC

PENNINGTON

ALLIED SEED

FFR

PICKSEED

PUBLIC

ALLIED SEED

PUBLIC

AMPAC

AMPAC

LEWIS SEED CO.

FFR

ALLIED SEED

SMITH SEED SERVICES

MOUNTAIN VIEW

PUBLIC

AMPAC

IMPROVED FORAGES

LEWIS SEED CO.

AMPAC

!

'0G= Orchard grass

PR= Perennial ryegrass

SB= Smooth bromegrass

TF= Tall fescue

C= Chicory

TM= Timothy

RC= Reed canarygrass

PG= Prairie grass

HRG= Hybrid ryegrass

PRT= Perennial ryegrass tetraploid

MX= Mixture

FS= Festulolium

LH= Lolium Hybidum

PB= Prairie Broomegrass

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Disease and Fall Dormancv Ratings

of Alfalfa Varieties in

Illinois

Brand-Variety

FD*

BW

PR

AP

VW

FW

AN

PA

SN

RN

LH

631

4

HR

HR

MR

R

HR

R

HR

R

-

S

6310^

3

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

R

MR

-

R

6410

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

MR

-

S

970 r

3

R

HR

R

R

HR

R

-

-

-

-

3R22^

3

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

.

HR

4 TRAFFIC

4

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

HR

-

-

-

4070^^

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

MR

-

-

4R37^

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

-

-

-

R

53H81

3

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

-

53H8r

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

HR

53Q60

3

HR

HR

R

R

R

HR

MR

R

MR

S

54H91

4

HR

HR

R

HR

R

HR

R

MR

MR

-

5454

4

R

HR

LR

MR

HR

HR

R

MR

ND

ND

54V54

4

HR

HR

MR

HR

HR

HR

-

LR

-

LR

6420

4

HR

HR

R

R

HR

-

R

R

HR

-

645-11

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

R

MR

-

S

797 LHR-"

3

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

R

9702

4

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

M

R

-

-

-

A 30-06

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

-

A-395

3-

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

MR

MR

-

-

ABUNDANCE

4

NR

HR

R

R

HR

R

R

R

HR

-

ABSOLUTE BRAND^

4

HR

R

-

R

R

HR

R

ND

-

-

ABSOLUTE BRAND GZ^

4

HR

HR

MR

MR

HR

HR

HR

R

ND

ND

ABSOLUTE BRAND ir

4

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

ABT400SCL

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

-

AMERIGUARD 302+2^^

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

R

-

-

AMERISTAND 403T

4

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

MR

-

-

-

AV 3420

4

HR

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

-

R

-

-

AWESOME^

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

-

-

-

-

BARALFA 54

5

R

HR

-

R

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

0 207'^

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

-

-

-

-

C224^

2

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

-

-

-

-

C316'^

4

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

-

-

-

-

C416^

4

HR

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

-

-

-

-

CIMARRON SR^

4

HR

HR

MR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

R

-

CLEAN SWEEP 1000

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

R

-

-

R

DEFENSE +EV

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

R

DK131 HG^

3

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

MR

MR

-

HR

DK 134^

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

MR

-

-

DK 140

4

HR

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

R

MR

-

-

DK141

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

MR

-

-

DKA42-15

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

EMPEROR

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

MR

-

-

ENHANCER

4

HR

HR

MR

R

HR

R

-

-

-

-

EXTENDER II

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

MR

MR

S

FEAST +EV

3

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

MR

MR

-

-

FQ 302 HR'^

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

-

R

-

HR

FQ315^

3

HR

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

R

R

-

-

GH700

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

GOLD LEAF

4

HR

HR

R

R

HR

R

R

R

HR

-

HYBRIFORCE-400

4

HR

HR

MR

R

HR

R

R

R

HR

-

IMPERIAL

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

HR

HR

LR

-

-

INTRIGUE

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

-

-

JADE II

4

HR

HR

MR

R

HR

R

R

-

MR

-

MAGNUM V

4

HR

HR

MR

R

HR

R

R

R

MR

-

NETYIELD 500-"

4

HR

HR

MR

R

MR

R

R

R

HR

PEGASUS

4

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

-

R

-

-

PROLIFIC

3

HR

HR

R

R

HR

R

R

R

HR

-

RADIANT

4

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

HR

R

R

-

-

RELIANCE

3

HR

HR

R

HR

HR

HR

R

MR

-

-

REWARD II

4

HR

HR

R

R

HR

R

R

R

HR

S

* See page 9 for abbreviation key.

^ Varieties not reviewed by the Alfalfa Council.

Disease and Fall Dormancy Ratings of Alfalfa Varieties in Illinois

Brand- Variety

FD"

BW

PR

AP

VW

FW

AN

PA

SN

RN

LH

RHINO

ROCKET

ROCKET'^

SARANAC AR

STELLER

TRIPLE CROWN

TRUMP'^

US A4230

VERNAL

W20r

W304'^

W311^

W324'^

W330'^

W426^

WETLAND

WINTER GOLD

WL319HQ

WL327

WL338SR

WL342

YIELDER

HR HR HR MR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR

HR HR HR HR

HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR

LR HR HR HR

HR HR HR

R HR

R

MR HR HR HR HR HR MR

R

R

HR

HR

R

R HR

HR HR HR

R

HR HR MR HR HR

R

R HR

R

R

HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR MR HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR HR HR HR

HR HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR HR HR HR HR

R

HR

R HR

S

R HR

R

R

R HR

R

R HR

R

R

MR HR

MR

R

LR

MR

MR R

*FD=Fall Dormancy Rating

1 = Norseman

2 = Vernal

3 = Ranger

4 = Saranac

Disease and Pest Abbreviations BW= Bactenal Wilt PR = Phytophthora Root Rot AP = Aphanomyces VW =Verticillium Wilt FW = Fusarium Wilt AN = Anthracnose PA = Pea Aphid SN = Stem Nematode RN = Root Knot Nematode LH = Leafhopper

%

Resistant

Resistance Class

Plants

HR = High Resistance

>50

R = Resistant

31-50

MR = Medium Resistance

15-30

LR = Low Resistance

6-14

S = Susceptible

0-5

ND = Not Determined

1999 Freeport Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001 Total

2000 Total

3-yr Total

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/25

6/25

7/24

8/27

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

WINTER GOLD

2.50

2.38

1.91

1.70

8.49

7.19

7.40

23.09

110

TRUMP

2.57

2.45

1.90

1.67

8.59

7.16

7.23

22.97

109

54V45*

2.48

2.27

1.74

1.65

8.14

7.08

7.49

22.70

108

ROCKET*

2.57

2.29

1.73

1.67

8.26

6.95

7.34

22.55

107

FQ315

2.66

2.23

1.71

1.62

8.21

6.86

7.43

22.49

107

DK 140

2.53

2.24

1.70

1.62

8.09

7.01

7.38

22.47

107

W330*

2.42

2.09

1.64

1.63

7.78

6.92

7.56

22.25

106

W311*

2.41

2.21

1.71

1.61

7.93

6.75

7.52

22.20

105

C207*

2.40

2.06

1.60

1.59

7.64

6.88

7.63

22.15

105

ENHANCER

2.68

2.15

1.62

1.61

8.05

6.85

7.17

22.08

105

6410

2.28

2.25

1.70

1.61

7.83

6.72

7.34

21.88

104

AWESOME

2.41

2.08

1.64

1.58

7.71

6.75

7.33

21.79

103

W201*

2.32

2.03

1.51

1.50

7.34

7.08

7.23

21.65

103

W324*

2.49

2.11

1.57

1.54

7.70

6.79

7.05

21.54

102

RHINO

2.31

2.08

1.59

1.58

7.56

6.76

7.13

21.44

102

W304*

2.21

2.18

1.57

1.60

7.55

6.56

7.33

21.44

102

53Q60

2.49

2.13

1.58

1.50

7.69

6.44

6.99

21.12

100

C316*

2.32

1.99

1.49

1.50

7.30

6.63

6.90

20.82

99

W426*

2.31

2.13

1.56

1.49

7.48

6.29

7.03

20.80

99

IMPERIAL

2.35

2.16

1.53

1.51

7.53

6.34

6.91

20.78

99

EMPEROR

2.47

2.07

1.53

1.50

7.57

6.34

6.86

20.77

99

C224*

2.31

2.02

1.59

1.52

7.44

6.38

6.92

20.74

99

645-11

2.53

2.06

1.47

1.48

7.54

6.54

6.61

20.69

98

DK141

2.28

2.05

1.49

1.54

7.35

6.27

7.00

20.62

98

NETYIELD 500*

2.27

2.05

1.50

1.50

7.31

6.43

6.83

20.57

98

WETLAND

2.19

2.06

1.53

1.49

7.27

6.43

6.70

20.40

97

631

2.25

1.98

1.47

1.50

7.19

6.09

6.52

19.80

94

FEAST+EV

2.19

2.03

1.47

1.43

7.11

6.03

6.36

19.50

93

9701

2.19

1.91

1.24

1.39

6.73

5.38

5.55

17.66

84

VERNAL

2.11

1.84

1.25

1.39

6.58

5.37

5.39

17.34

82

SARANAC AR

1.83

1.70

1.15

1.26

5.94

4.96

5.53

16.42

78

Mean

2.36

2.10

1.57

1.54

7.58

6.52

6.96

21.05

5%_LSD

0.30

0.21

0.16

0.13

0.64

0.64

0.52

1.59

CV(%)

8.89

6.96

7.04

6.09

5.99

7.02

5.37

5.38

MCV(%)

12.49

9.78

9.89

8.56

8.41

9.86

7.54

7.56

Date of Seeding: April

V\ 1999.

Soil Type: Flagg silt loam.

Herbicides: March 13"^

(Sencor)

Pest Control: July 9'" and August 5'" CPounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

10

1999 Freeport Alfalfa Variety Trial Without Insecticides

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/25

6/25

7/24

8/27

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Expenmental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

6310

1.55

1.48

1.00

1.07

5.10

5.29

6.40

16.78

110

53H81*

1.45

1.39

0.93

0.98

4.74

5.38

5.97

16.08

105

AMERGUARD 302+Z

1.37

1.42

0.93

1.03

4.75

4.58

6.26

15.58

102

VERNAL

1.73

1.44

0.77

1.03

4.96

4.19

5.09

14.24

93

SARANAC AR

1.54

1.34

0.66

0.88

4.41

3.85

5.34

13.60

89

Mean

1.53

1.41

0.86

1.00

4.79

4.65

5.81

15.26

5% LSD

0.26

0.14

0.18

0.16

0.64

0.75

0.86

2.02

CV(%)

11.26

6.60

13.95

10.15

8.62

10.52

9.58

8.57

MCV(%)

17.34

10.17

21.50

15.64

13.28

16.20

14.76

13.21

Date of Seedine: April 1

^ 1999.

Soil Tvpe: Flagg silt loam.

Herbicides: March 13'" (Sencor).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'

11

2001 Freeport Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/24

6/25

7/24

8/27

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

WL342

2.89

2.15

1.78

1.70

8.52

109

DK134

2.74

2.17

1.67

1.74

8.32

106

ROCKET

2.73

2.12

1.67

1.75

8.26

106

6410

2.60

2.18

1.74

1.62

8.14

104

ABUNDANCE

2.68

2.12

1.61

1.62

8.03

103

DKA 42-15

2.61

2.07

1.68

1.64

8.00

102

US A4230

2.53

2.07

1.74

1.63

7.96

102

HYBRIFORCE-400

2.58

2.16

1.61

1.59

7.94

102

AMERISTAND 403T

2.50

2.36

1.58

1.50

7.94

102

9702

2.61

2.01

1.70

1.61

7.93

101

RELIANCE

2.57

2.08

1.69

1.57

7.91

101

631

2.57

2.05

1.68

1.62

7.91

101

GH700

2.54

2.09

1.69

1.59

7.90

101

TRUMP

2.52

2.04

1.65

1.62

7.83

100

GOLD LEAF

2.51

2.01

1.65

1.62

7.79

100

PROLIFIC

2.58

2.04

1.55

1.59

7.76

99

54V54

2.48

2.07

1.62

1.57

7.74

99

A-30-06

2.49

2.07

1.64

1.53

7.73

99

MAGNUM V

2.49

2.03

1.64

1.58

7.73

99

645-11

2.53

2.03

1.59

1.58

7.72

99

AV 3420

2.38

2.08

1.60

1.61

7.67

98

RADL\NT

2.32

2.03

1.61

1.59

7.55

97

4 TRAFFIC

2.48

2.01

1.50

1.51

7.50

96

53Q60

2.34

1.98

1.59

1.48

7.39

94

ABSOLUTE BRAND

2.37

2.01

1.44

1.48

7.30

93

VERNAL

2.40

1.85

1.19

1.44

6.87

88

Mean 5%_LSD

CV(%) MCV(%)

2.54 2.07 1.62 1.59 7.82

0.24 0.23 0.18 0.11 0.54

6.66 8.03 8.10 4.77 4.88

9.38 11.32 11.41 6.72 6.87

Date of Seeding: April 20'^ 2001.

Soil Type: Flagg silt loam.

Herbicides: March 13*^ (Kerb).

Pest Control: July 9"' and August 5"" (Pounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3' x 19'.

12

1999 Yorkville Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

* Experimental

5/24 TDM/A

6/26

TDM/A

7/24 TDM/A

8/27

TDM/A

Total

TDM/A

Total

TDM/A

Total

TDM/A

Total

TDM/A

Yield

% Tnal Mean

54V45*

2.31

2.32

1.68

1.49

7.79

8.14

8.47

24.40

107

ENHANCER

2.45

2.33

1.66

1.43

7.86

7.87

8.44

24.18

106

645-11

2.49

2.36

1.66

1.49

8.00

7.66

8.31

23.98

106

FEAST+EV

2.05

2.18

1.49

1.32

7.03

7.63

8.41

23.06

102

6410

2.15

2.21

1.54

1.42

7.32

7.69

8.03

23.04

101

53Q60

2.31

2.24

1.55

1.41

7.50

7.58

7.87

22.95

101

631

2.30

2.12

1.51

1.37

7.29

7.45

7.94

22.68

100

WETLAND

2.29

2.21

1.46

1.31

7.28

7.36

7.76

22.40

99

SARANAC AR

2.08

1.90

1.25

1.16

6.38

6.76

7.30

20.44

90

VERNAL

2.29

2.08

1.28

1.21

6.86

6.30

6.88

20.04

88

Mean

2.27

2.19

1.51

1.36

7.33

7.44

7.94

22.72

5% LSD

0.17

0.20

0.17

0.12

0.43

0.43

0.47

1.06

CV(%)

5.07

6.43

7.67

5.91

4.02

3.95

4.10

3.22

MCV(%)

7.35

9.33

11.12

8.57

5.83

5.74

5.95

4.68

Date of Seeding: April 1", 1999.

Soil Type: Savbrook silt loam.

Herbicides: March 13''' (Sencor).

Pest Control: July 9"' and August S"" (Pounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3'xl9'.

1999 Yorkville Alfalfa Variety Trial Without Insecticides

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/24

6/26

7/24

8/27

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

53H81*

1.98

1.96

1.85

1.19

6.97

7.67

8.43

23.07

116

6310

2.03

1.98

1.68

1.15

6.84

7.41

8.16

22.41

112

DEFENSE+EV*

1.90

1.68

1.18

0.90

5.65

6.74

8.00

20.39

102

VERNAL

2.20

1.63

0.80

0.76

5.38

5.18

6.64

17.20

86

SARANAC AR

1.95

1.51

0.77

0.68

4.90

5.34

6.43

16.66

84

Mean

2.01

1.75

1.25

0.93

5.95

6.47

7.53

19.95

5% LSD

0.27

0.20

0.09

0.20

0.56

0.58

0.43

1.42

CV(%)

8.81

7.35

4.75

14.19

6.15

5.80

3.72

4.62

MCV(%)

13.57

11.32

7.31

21.87

9.48

8.94

5.73

7.12

Date of Seeding: April 1

^ 1999.

Soil Type: Saybrook silt

loam.

Herbicides: March 13"' (

Sencor),

Plot Dimensions: 3x19

13

1999 Urbana Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/22

6/24

7/22

8/26

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Expenmental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

ROCKET*

2.37

2.68

1.30

1.71

8.06

8.13

10.00

26.19

108

54V45*

2.18

2.70

1.37

1.73

7.97

7.84

10.05

25.85

107

JADE II

2.26

2.63

1.35

1.65

7.89

7.34

9.42

24.65

102

53Q60

2.23

2.60

1.26

1.66

7.75

7.00

9.56

24.30

101

YIELDER

2.25

2.52

1.24

1.54

7.54

7.39

9.19

24.13

100

VERNAL

2.19

2.40

0.99

1.50

7.09

6.83

8.27

22.18

92

SARANAC AR

1.83

2.25

0.97

1.49

6.54

6.45

8.86

21.86

90

Mean

2.19

2.54

1.21

1.61

7.55

7.28

9.33

24.16

5% LSD

0.20

0.22

0.15

0.24

0.55

0.49

0.56

1.03

CV(%)

6.15

5.77

8.36

10.18

4.93

4.48

4.05

2.86

MCV(%)

9.14

8.57

12.42

15.12

7.32

6.66

6.01

4.25

Date of Seeding: April

2"^ 1999

Soil Type: Drummer-Flanaean si

Ity-clay

loam.

Herbicides: March IQ""

(Pursuit)

'

Pest Control: Mav 16"^

, July 2""

and August 2"*^

(Pounce]

.

Plot Dimensions: 3'xl9'.

1999 Urbana

Alfalfa

Variety Trial Without Insecticides

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/22

6/24

7/22

8/26

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

4R37*

2.43

2.74

1.43

1.61

8.20

7.45

9.51

25.16

107

53H81*

2.46

2.54

1.51

1.59

8.09

7.13

9.80

25.02

107

FQ 302 HR

2.48

2.54

1.41

1.52

7.95

7.09

9.54

24.58

105

ZH9831 H*

2.49

2.54

1.39

1.59

8.01

7.10

9.38

24.49

104

DK131HG

2.31

2.41

1.36

1.57

7.64

6.90

9.79

24.33

104

ZH 9825 H*

2.09

2.29

1.35

1.46

7.18

7.11

9.33

23.62

101

AMERGUARD 302+Z 2.04

2.24

1.05

1.19

6.51

6.46

9.06

22.03

94

SARANAC AR

2.15

2.15

0.69

1.03

6.02

6.26

8.63

20.91

89

VERNAL

2.59

2.33

0.72

1.13

6.76

6.02

8.03

20.81

89

Mean

2.34

2.42

1.21

1.41

7.37

6.83

9.23

23.44

5% LSD

0.26

0.18

0.19

0.16

0.50

0.34

0.48

0.78

CV(%)

7.51

5.00

10.94

7.61

4.65

3.44

3.54

2.29

MCV(%)

10.95

7.29

15.96

11.11

6.78

5.01

5.17

3.34

Date of Seeding: April 2"", 1999.

Soil Type: Drummer-Flanagan silty-clay loam.

Herbicides: March 19'^ (Pursuit).

Pest Control: May 16'*' (Pounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

14

2000 Urbana Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001 2-yr Relative

Brand- Variety

5/22

6/24

7/22

8/26

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

MAGNUM V

2.74

2.90

1.80

1.86

9.29

7.66

16.95

109

GOLD LEAF

2.69

2.76

1.71

1.84

9.00

7.15

16.14

104

631

2.61

2.77

1.66

1.83

8.87

7.10

15.97

103

54V54

2.52

2.82

1.66

1.86

8.87

7.06

15.93

103

645-11

2.64

2.80

1.62

1.85

8.90

7.02

15.92

103

INTRIGUE

2.65

2.80

1.76

1.81

9.01

6.87

15.88

102

6410

2.60

2.62

1.60

1.86

8.69

7.05

15.73

101

53Q60

2.54

2.76

1.70

1.77

8.76

6.84

15.60

100

WETLAND

2.77

2.72

1.52

1.74

8.74

6.79

15.52

100

53H81

2.49

2.71

1.59

1.73

8.52

6.59

15.11

97

SARANAC AR

2.44

2.39

1.28

1.53

7.64

6.44

14.08

91

VERNAL

2.44

2.26

1.22

1.46

7.37

6.21

13.58

87

Mean 5%_LSD

CV(%) MCV(%)

2.59 2.69

0.18 0.19

4.88 4.91

7.02 7.06

1.59 0.17 7.62 10.97

1.76 0.12 4.74 6.83

8.64 0.53 4.25 6.11

6.90 15.53

0.48 0.89

4.87 3.98

7.01 5.73

Date of Seeding: April V\ 2000.

Soil Type: Drummer-Flanagan silty-clay loam.

Herbicides: March 19"' (Pursuit).

Pest Control: May 16'\ July 2"'^ and August 2"" (Pounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

15

2001 Urbana Alfalfa Variety Trial

Brand-Variety

* Expenmental

2002

5/21

T

6/24

TDM/A

7/22

TDM/A

8/26 TDM/A

Total

TDM/A

Relative Yield

% Trial Mean

PEGASUS 3.04 3.12 1.69 1.85 9.69 105

PROLIFIC 2.90 2.92 1.83 1.88 9.53 103

631 2.90 2.92 1.83 1.86 9.50 103

WL327 2.95 3.01 1.68 1.86 9.49 103

DKA 42-15 2.96 2.93 1.71 1.88 9.48 103

HYBRIFORCE-400 3.17 2.82 1.63 1.85 9.46 102

6410 2.91 3.00 1.62 1.85 9.37 101

54V54 2.88 2.99 1.60 1.91 9.37 101

645-11 2.95 2.95 1.63 1.82 9.34 101

AMERISTAND 403T 3.04 2.85 1.55 1.84 9.27 100

53Q60 2.80 2.89 1.75 1.82 9.25 100

ABUNDANCE 2.94 2.82 1.57 1.84 9.17 99

EXTENDER II 2.91 2.88 1.44 1.82 9.05 98

ABSOLUTE BRAND II 2.87 2.84 1.55 1.79 9.04 98

797 LHR 3.00 2.87 1.39 1.76 9.02 98

ABSOLUTE BRAND GZ 2.89 2.83 1.55 1.75 9.01 98

VERNAL 2.88 2.59 1.08 1.53 8.07 87

Mean 5%_LSD

CV(%) MCV(%)

2.94 2.89 1.59 1.82 9.24

0.21 0.15 0.39 0.11 0.63

4.98 3.67 17.09 4.11 4.80

7.08 5.22 24.29 5.85 6.82

Date of Seeding: April 3'*^ ,2001.

Soil Type: Drummer-Flanagan silty-clay loam.

Herbicides: March 19* (Pursuit).

Pest Control: May 16'^ July 2"'* and August 2"^* (Pounce).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

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1999 Perry Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/18

8/20

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

T DM/A T DM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

DK140

2.56

2.51

1.25

1.22

7.54

7.12

4.34

19.00

106

DK141

2.70

2.47

1.20

1.25

7.61

6.95

4.12

18.68

104

ABSOLUTE BRAND GZ

2.53

2.39

1.21

1.14

7.27

6.84

4.15

18.26

102

SARANAC AR

2.32

2.14

1.00

1.35

6.80

6.63

3.93

17.35

97

VERNAL

2.47

2.14

1.03

1.28

6.92

6.48

3.96

17.35

97

ABSOLUTE BRAND

2.36

2.23

1.01

1.15

6.74

6.23

3.75

16.72

93

Mean

2.49

2.31

1.11

1.23

7.15

6.71

4.04

17.89

5% LSD

0.20

0.18

0.13

0.16

0.33

0.57

0.48

1.26

CV(%)

5.35

5.30

7.50

8.85

3.08

5.62

7.94

4.69

MCV(%)

8.07

7.99

11.31

13.34

4.64

8.46

11.97

7.07

Date of Seeding: April 7'\ 1

999.

Soil Type: Rozetta silt loam

Herbicides: March 12"" (Pursuit).

Pest Control: Mav 17* and

July 31

'' (Lorsban).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

1999 Perry Alfalfa Variety Trial Without Insecticides

2002

2001 Total

2000 Total

3-yr Total

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/18

8/20

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

DK 131 HG

2.25

2.27

1.25

1.18

6.94

6.98

4.10

18.02

108

CIMARRON SR

2.48

2.32

1.08

0.99

6.87

6.82

3.77

17.45

105

VERNAL

2.46

2.02

0.84

1.06

6.38

5.95

3.35

15.67

94

SARANAC AR

2.38

2.01

0.84

0.91

6.13

5.97

3.50

15.61

94

Mean

2.39

2.16

1.00

1.03

6.58

6.43

3.68

16.69

5% LSD

0.24

0.11

0.14

0.18

0.36

0.42

0.34

0.98

CV(%)

6.29

3.20

8.82

10.75

3.42

4.12

5.73

3.68

MCV(%)

10.06

5.12

14.11

17.20

5.46

6.59

9.17

5.88

Date of Seeding: April 7^ 1999. Soil Type: Rozetta silt loam. Herbicides: March 12"' (Pursuit). Pest Control: May H* (Lorsban). Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

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2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/19

8/20

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

Expen mental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

4G70*

L69

1.91

1.14

1.19

5.92

7.46

6.04

19.42

105

DK140

1.66

1.86

1.07

1.24

5.82

7.44

5.76

19.02

103

DK141

L66

1.73

0.98

1.18

5.55

7.44

5.90

18.88

103

53Q60

L61

1.81

1.12

1.18

5.71

7.27

5.78

18.75

102

A-395

L61

1.86

1.04

1.13

5.63

7.28

5.68

18.59

101

EMPEROR

L61

1.87

1.09

1.19

5.76

7.17

5.59

18.53

101

ABT 400 SCL

L68

1.78

1.12

1.23

5.80

7.19

5.54

18.52

101

STELLER

L57

1.71

1.04

1.02

5.34

6.93

5.57

17.83

97

VERNAL

L56

1.75

0.88

1.32

5.51

6.65

5.31

17.46

95

SARANAC AR

L40

1.69

1.01

1.25

5.35

6.43

5.36

17.14

93

Mean

1.60

1.80

1.05

1.19

5.64

7.12

5.65

18.41

5% LSD

0.18

0.09

0.13

0.12

0.28

0.45

0.24

0.65

CV(%)

7.64

3.32

8.29

7.08

3.37

4.38

2.87

2.43

MCV(%)

11.08

4.82

12.03

10.27

4.89

6.35

4.17

3.53

Date of Seeding: March 31'", 1999.

Soil Type: Alford silt loam.

Herbicides: March 12"^ (Pursuit) July 3''^ (Select).

Pest Control: April 17"" (Warrior), July 3"* (Pounce) and July 22""* (Warrior).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

1999 Belleville Alfalfa Variety Trial Without Insecticides

2002

2001

2000

3-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/19

8/20

Total

Total

Total

Total

Yield

Expenmental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

DK 131HG

1.47

1.81

1.03

1.06

5.38

7.39

5.61

18.38

105

3R22*

1.50

1.79

0.85

1.13

5.27

7.24

5.45

17.95

103

CLEAN SWEEP 1000

1.50

1.68

0.87

1.02

5.06

7.08

5.25

17.39

100

VERNAL

1.72

1.79

0.91

0.98

5.41

6.73

4.92

17.05

98

BARALFA 54

1.41

1.55

0.83

1.17

4.95

6.97

5.08

17.00

98

SARANAC AR

1.68

1.67

0.84

1.06

5.25

6.62

5.00

16.86

97

Mean

1.55

1.71

0.89

1.07

5.22

7.00

5.22

17.44

5% LSD

0.17

0.19

0.15

0.14

0.36

0.29

0.21

0.73

CV(%)

7.22

7.51

11.03

8.84

4.62

2.74

2.67

2.78

MCV(%)

10.89

11.32

16.62

13.32

6.96

4.13

4.02

4.19

Date of Seeding: March 31"'. 1999.

Soil Type: Alford sih loam.

Herbicides: March 12'"

(Pursuit) July 3'''

(Select)

Pest Control: April 17"^

(Warrior).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

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2000 Belleville Alfalfa Variety Trial

2002

2001

2-yr

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/19

8/20

Total

Total

Total

Yield

* Expenmental

T

T

T

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

54V54

1.71

1.81

1.08

1.06

5.66

7.08

12.74

106

ROCKET

1.55

1.87

1.07

1.08

5.57

6.93

12.49

104

AWESOME

1.54

1.78

1.05

1.07

5.44

7.00

12.44

103

DK140

1.62

1.83

1.05

1.06

5.56

6.86

12.42

103

RELIANCE

1.72

1.78

1.00

1.03

5.53

6.86

12.39

103

A 30-06

1.47

1.87

1.05

1.11

5.50

6.80

12.29

102

53H81

1.48

1.81

0.93

1.04

5.26

6.91

12.17

101

ABSOLUTE BRAND

1.63

1.78

1.01

0.99

5.40

6.69

12.09

100

SARANAC AR

1.64

1.73

0.93

1.01

5.31

6.68

11.99

99

53Q60

1.36

1.69

0.93

1.10

5.07

6.85

11.92

99

FQ315

1.38

1.71

0.91

1.06

5.05

6.83

11.89

99

C416

1.48

1.72

1.03

1.07

5.29

6.58

11.87

98

DK141

1.55

1.80

0.81

0.96

5.11

6.67

11.79

98

ABSOLUTE BRAND GZ

1.43

1.63

0.89

1.06

5.00

6.72

11.72

97

FEAST+EV

1.45

1.85

0.89

0.98

5.18

6.53

11.71

97

VERNAL

1.47

1.58

0.94

1.04

5.03

6.60

11.63

96

YIELDER

1.44

1.73

0.94

0.95

5.06

6.50

11.55

96

Mean 5%_LSD

CV(%) MCV(%)

1.52 1.76 0.97 1.04 5.29 6.77 12.06

0.21 0.20 0.16 0.14 0.52 0.44 0.77

9.52 7.98 11.44 9.63 6.86 4.56 4.52

13.5 11.34 16.26 13.70 9.76 6.48 6.42

Date of Seeding: April 3'", 2000.

Soil Type: Alford silt loam.

Herbicides: March 12"' (Pursuit) July 3'" (Select).

Pest Control: April 17* (Warrior), July 3^*^ (Pounce) and July 22""^ (Warrior).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

2000 Belleville Alfalfa Variety Trial Without Inscticides

2002

2001 Total

2-yr Total

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/20

7/19

8/20

Total

Yield

* Experimental

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

4R37*

1.63

1.66

1.02

0.93

5.23

7.36

12.58

106

53H81

1.67

1.83

0.94

0.89

5.32

7.18

12.50

105

DK131HG

1.54

1.76

0.90

0.91

5.11

7.09

12.20

102

DEFENSE+EV

1.63

1.72

0.88

0.85

5.07

7.02

12.09

101

VERNAL

1.52

1.72

0.71

0.95

4.90

6.25

11.15

94

SARANAC AR

1.49

1.73

0.72

0.74

4.67

6.29

10.96

92

Mean

1.58

1.73

0.86

0.88

5.05

6.86

11.91

5% LSD

0.26

0.14

0.11

0.14

0.40

0.51

0.77

CV(%)

11.06

5.55

8.51

10.37

5.21

4.93

4.28

MCV(%)

16.67

8.36

12.82

15.63

7.85

7.44

6.45

Date of Seeding: April 3^^ 2000.

Soil Type: Alford silt loam.

Herbicides: March 12"' (Pursuit) July 3"* (Select).

Pest Control: April 17'" (Warrior).

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

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2000 Freeport Grass Variety Trial

2002

2001 Total

2-yr Total

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/24

6/26

7/24

8/27

Total

Yield

* Expenmental

Species'

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

Festival

IF

2.54

2.11

0.78

0.51

5.94

6.76

12.7

125

Kentucky 31

TF

1.83

1.89

0.83

0.4

4.95

6.97

11.91

117

Select

TF

2.21

1.84

0.73

0.41

5.18

6.53

11.71

115

MaxQ Jesup

TF

1.99

1.71

0.59

0.4

4.7

6.25

10.94

108

Kokanee

TF

1.9

1.92

0.46

0.35

4.63

5.59

10.21

100

OG9705G

OG

2.4

1.6

0.44

0.35

4.79

5.12

9.91

97

Okay

OG

2.17

1.66

0.37

0.3

4.51

5.26

9.77

96

Potomac

OG

2.17

1.57

0.4

0.35

4.5

5.04

9.53

94

Eastwood

OG

1.11

1.47

0.27

0.37

3.21

2.75

5.96

59

Mean

2.03

1.72

0.52

0.38

4.65

5.51

10.16

5% LSD

0.41

0.32

0.17

0.12

0.79

0.99

1.64

CV(%)

13.86

12.91

22.26

21.47

11.67

12.43

11.09

MCV(%)

20.11

18.73

32.29

31.16

16.93

18.04

16.09

Date of Seedine: April 4'\ 2OO0

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Soil Tvpe: Flaee silt loam.

Herbicides: None.

Plot Dimensions: 3' xl9'.

20

2000 Urbana Grass Variety Trial

2002

2001 Total

2-yr Total

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/21

6/24

7/22

8/26

Total

Yield

* Experimental

Species'

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Tnal Mean

HOEDOWN

TF

2.94

2.58

0.58

1.03

7.13

5.77

12.90

127

TETON

TF

3.75

2.14

0.53

0.83

7.24

5.47

12.71

125

BULL

TF

2.99

2.40

0.58

0.83

6.79

5.37

12.16

119

KENTUCKY 31

TF

3.22

2.38

0.46

0.73

6.78

5.21

11.98

118

MARTIN 2

TF

3.00

1.96

0.51

0.85

6.31

4.54

10.85

106

POTOMAC

OG

2.96

2.07

0.26

0.62

5.91

4.66

10.58

104

MAXQJESUP

TF

2.47

2.04

0.42

0.60

5.53

4.99

10.52

103

BRONC

OG

3.07

1.99

0.22

0.80

6.08

4.05

10.13

99

UDDER

OG

2.84

2.08

0.28

0.76

5.96

4.14

10.09

99

CAS-M85

TF

2.70

1.70

0.43

0.74

5.57

4.52

10.08

99

CAS-LG31

OG

1.89

1.76

0.16

0.64

4.44

3.69

8.13

80

EASTWOOD

OG

1.94

1.74

0.19

0.78

4.65

3.35

8.00

79

GRAND DADDY

PRT

1.62

1.57

0.17

0.58

3.93

2.50

6.43

63

TONGA

PRT

1.22

1.42

0.15

0.61

3.40

2.07

5.46

54

Mean

2.65

2.01

0.36

0.75

5.77

4.41

10.19

5%_LSD

0.60

0.36

0.13

0.23

1.05

1.23

2.06

CV(%)

15.86

12.45

26.10

20.99

12.73

19.45

14.19

MCV(%)

22.63

17.76

37.24

29.96

18.17

27.76

20.25

Date of Seedine: April V\ 2000.

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Soil Type: Drummer

-Flanagan si

Ity-clay

loam.

Herbicides: Mav 28"

' (Weedon).

Plot Dimensions: 3' ;

d9'.

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2001 Perry Grass Variety Trial

2002

Relative

Brand-Variety

5/20

6/21

7/18

Total

Yield

* Experimental

Species'

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

TDM/A

% Trial Mean

KENTUCKY 31

TF

3.68

4.54

0.98

9.20

167

FESTIVAL

TF

3.51

3.03

0.82

7.36

134

KOKANEE

TF

3.42

3.19

0.54

7.14

130

MAXQ JESUP

TF

3.88

2.48

0.67

7.03

128

POTOMAC

OG

3.20

2.71

0.39

6.30

114

CLAIR

TM

3.24

1.85

0.24

5.33

97

OKAY

OG

3.26

1.84

0.22

5.32

97

AGRBW 101

PG

2.74

2.24

0.34

5.31

96

MATUA

PB

2.67

2.27

0.32

5.27

96

DUO

FS

2.84

2.04

0.15

5.02

91

BISON

HRG

2.44

2.24

0.16

4.84

88

DIXON

PB

2.21

2.05

0.49

4.75

86

LAKOTA

PB

2.12

2.11

0.29

4.52

82

EASTWOOD

OG

2.40

1.75

0.37

4.52

82

LINCOLN

SB

2.88

1.09

0.36

4.33

79

TONGA

PRG

2.08

1.73

0.20

4.01

73

TUUKKA

TM

2.10

1.12

0.24

3.46

63

Mean

2.86

2.25

0.40

5.51

5% LSD

0.77

0.54

0.19

1.06

CV(%)

18.98

16.81

34.15

13.50

MCV(%)

26.99

23.90

48.55

19.19

Date of Seeding: April 5'\ 2001. Soil Type: Rozetta silt loam. Herbicides: None. Plot Dimensions: 3' x 19'.

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