BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
PEE DEE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER,FLORENCE.
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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 CALLAO 80.3 45.6 56.5 44.2 1 57.5 42.0 26
PUBLIC THOROUGHBRED 73.7 42.5 48.8 40.4 2 54.6 41.0 28
PUBLIC PRICE 73.4 44.2 49.2 42.6 6 41.2 40.0 27
PUBLIC NOMINI 71.9 42.9 44.9 41.3 3 49.9 41.7 33
PUBLIC BOONE 68.9 39.5 43.3 36.3 8 30.5 37.1 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC933072 51.8 54.4 36.6 53.0 5 41.6 55.3 37
CLEMSON UNIV. SC960247 49.2 48.5 34.0 45.3 7 37.8 44.2 32
PUBLIC DOYCE - - - - 4 49.1 53.8 33
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AVERAGES 64.6 45.3 44.8 43.3 45.3 44.4 30
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L.S.D. (.10) 16.4 3.3 20.2 4.9 7.5 1.1 4.3
C.V. (%) 11.1 1.7 12.7 1.8 13.5 1.3 7.4
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 6.5 1.3 7.4 1.8 3.1 0.4 1.6 DF=21
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PLANTED: NOV.21, 2002 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED
HARVESTED: JUNE 16, 2003 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM+, K=MEDIUM, pH=5.8
FERTILIZATION: LIME: 1000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 30 LB/AC N.
TOPDRESS: 50 LB/AC N.
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