WHEAT: 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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PIONEER 26R24 79.3 54.0 77.8 53.0 3 77.8 52.0 36 4/22
UNISOUTH GENETICS USG 3209 77.8 54.4 75.9 53.3 18 66.4 51.7 29 4/21
SOUTHERN STATES SS535 77.3 57.3 74.6 56.8 7 73.9 55.3 37 4/22
NK COKER 9184 77.1 58.2 77.3 58.0 8 73.8 56.5 34 4/25
PIONEER 26R61 75.6 57.1 74.6 56.0 10 73.5 52.8 36 4/23
AGRIPRO CRAWFORD 75.3 56.4 72.4 56.2 29 60.4 53.9 35 4/21
PUBLIC NC-NEUSE 73.8 58.0 74.5 57.8 13 70.4 56.0 34 4/23
PIONEER 26R38 73.5 55.2 72.4 54.7 5 75.7 53.3 40 4/23
SOUTHERN STATES SS520 72.2 54.5 68.0 54.4 32 53.3 51.7 32 4/21
FEATHERSTONE 520 71.8 57.2 70.2 56.5 14 69.2 53.8 35 4/21
AG SOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 69.7 55.3 67.5 54.8 31 56.4 53.1 33 4/25
SOUTHERN STATES SS566 69.4 56.8 68.2 56.2 17 67.2 53.9 38 4/25
VIGORO TRIBUTE 69.1 57.3 67.0 56.5 34 47.8 54.1 30 4/25
NK COKER 9663 67.8 57.6 68.0 57.0 26 62.4 53.9 39 4/25
NK COKER 9835 66.5 55.0 63.3 54.4 24 62.8 51.8 33 4/23
SOUTHERN STATES SS522 59.3 57.5 57.7 57.1 36 45.5 54.2 33 4/27
PUBLIC McCORMICK - - 78.1 55.4 22 63.0 54.3 28 4/24
NK CENTURY II - - 76.4 55.0 16 68.6 53.4 35 4/23
PIONEER 26R12 - - 74.7 56.5 9 73.7 53.8 33 4/24
SOUTHERN STATES SS524 - - 73.4 53.1 27 61.9 50.5 33 4/19
NK COKER 9295 - - 71.0 55.0 12 71.2 52.6 36 4/25
PUBLIC AGS2485 - - 65.6 57.0 33 52.9 55.5 30 4/24
PIONEER 26R58 - - - - 1 81.1 52.1 31 4/22
AGRIPRO L96*9266-1 - - - - 2 77.8 55.3 38 4/21
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996284 - - - - 4 77.6 56.5 40 4/23
PUBLIC GA931241E16 - - - - 6 75.5 53.1 36 4/23
AGRIPRO D99*5725 - - - - 11 72.6 52.9 34 4/21
PUBLIC GA931233E17 - - - - 15 69.1 54.3 37 4/21
PUBLIC NC9826143 - - - - 19 65.4 51.5 39 4/23
PUBLIC GA931470E62 - - - - 20 64.8 55.2 34 4/22
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996289 - - - - 21 64.2 54.2 36 4/25
PUBLIC NC99-13022 - - - - 23 63.0 52.8 34 4/24
NK COKER 9152 - - - - 25 62.6 51.8 41 4/22
PUBLIC NC98-24182 - - - - 28 61.2 53.9 26 4/22
PUBLIC VA98W-706 - - - - 30 57.8 53.5 30 4/21
NK B960457 - - - - 35 46.8 49.9 34 4/25
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AVERAGES 72.2 56.4 71.3 55.7 65.8 53.5 34 4/23
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L.S.D. (.10) 9.5 1.2 15.5 1.6 8.9 2.1 3.5
C.V. (%) 8.5 1.7 9.5 2.0 11.6 2.3 6.1
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 3.9 0.5 6.4 0.7 3.8 0.9 1.5 DF=105
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PLANTED: NOV. 26, 2002 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JULY 8, 2003 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 1.5 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM-, K=HIGH-, pH=6.1
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 240 LB/AC 12-33-16
TOPDRESS: 50 LB/AC N.
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