BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
SIMPSON EXPERIMENT STATION, CLEMSON - EARLY PLANTING.
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--3-YEAR AVG.-- --2-YEAR AVG.--
---2001-2003-- ---2002-2003--- ----------------2003 DATA----------------
YIELD TEST YIELD TEST RANK YIELD TEST PLANT 50%
COMPANY OR VARIETY WEIGHT WEIGHT WEIGHT HEIGHT HEADED
BRAND NAME OR STRAIN (BU/A) (LB/BU) (BU/A) (LB/BU) (BU/A) (LB/BU) (IN) (DATE)
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PUBLIC PRICE 95.9 45.7 78.3 44.0 5 90.8 45.3 26 4/ 4
PUBLIC THOROUGHBRED 91.4 44.9 82.9 43.7 1 114.7 45.1 30 4/ 4
PUBLIC NOMINI 89.5 41.6 73.4 39.8 4 91.8 42.3 34 4/ 2
PUBLIC BOONE 85.1 41.7 77.8 40.1 2 104.3 42.9 36 4/11
PUBLIC CALLAO 84.0 43.3 74.3 42.1 3 91.8 46.1 26 4/ 2
CLEMSON UNIV. SC960247 62.5 47.9 56.9 46.1 6 75.6 46.9 35 4/ 5
CLEMSON UNIV. SC933072 52.9 53.3 42.6 52.9 8 55.1 52.9 34 4/ 3
PUBLIC DOYCE - - - - 7 71.6 55.7 29 4/ 3
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AVERAGES 78.3 45.4 69.5 44.1 87.0 47.1 31 4/ 4
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L.S.D. (.10) 15.3 2.4 19.6 3.8 16.8 1.7 3.3
C.V. (%) 12.7 2.1 14.6 2.3 15.9 1.9 5.7
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 6.1 0.9 7.1 1.4 6.9 0.6 1.2 DF=21
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PLANTED: OCT.23, 2002 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 16, 2003 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=LOW+, K=HIGH, pH=6.0
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 240 LB/AC 12-33-16
TOPDRESS: 50 LB/AC N.
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