WHEAT: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
SIMPSON EXPERIMENT STATION, CLEMSON. - LATE 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) (U/A) (LB/BU) (BU/A) (LB/BU) (IN) (DATE)
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AG SOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 79.0 55.6 80.2 55.2 5 70.7 50.5 36 4/28
PIONEER 26R61 76.4 57.7 78.2 56.9 3 72.2 54.4 35 4/30
PIONEER 26R38 73.7 55.3 71.8 54.6 10 65.1 50.6 34 5/ 1
UNISOUTH GENETICS USG 3209 73.3 54.6 72.8 53.6 26 57.6 50.1 29 4/28
VIGORO TRIBUTE 73.2 58.7 72.8 58.2 24 57.6 55.3 30 4/29
PIONEER 26R24 72.9 54.6 69.9 53.7 25 58.0 49.1 36 4/29
PUBLIC NC-NEUSE 71.2 57.3 70.7 57.1 7 69.8 53.9 32 4/30
SOUTHERN STATES SS520 69.3 53.6 70.2 52.9 16 61.8 48.1 36 4/25
SOUTHERN STATES SS566 69.2 55.3 68.0 54.3 17 61.3 51.1 36 5/ 3
SOUTHERN STATES SS535 69.1 56.5 67.1 55.8 30 52.5 50.7 31 5/ 2
FEATHERSTONE 520 67.8 56.6 66.9 55.6 26 55.8 50.7 34 4/28
SOUTHERN STATES SS522 67.7 57.2 65.7 56.7 27 55.6 53.1 33 4/30
AGRIPRO CRAWFORD 67.2 56.5 67.2 56.6 21 59.1 53.0 31 4/28
NK COKER 9184 66.6 58.2 64.9 57.5 29 54.9 54.4 31 5/ 2
NK COKER 9663 65.2 56.9 63.4 56.5 14 62.8 53.2 36 4/30
NK COKER 9835 63.3 54.1 61.2 53.4 31 51.4 50.0 31 5/ 1
PUBLIC McCORMICK - - 76.2 56.1 19 60.7 51.3 29 4/29
PIONEER 26R12 - - 70.6 56.8 8 69.5 53.7 33 5/ 1
PUBLIC AGS2485 - - 69.5 56.3 15 62.6 52.7 35 4/28
NK CENTURY II - - 69.0 54.8 18 60.8 52.6 34 4/29
SOUTHERN STATES SS524 - - 62.2 51.3 34 44.7 47.6 32 4/26
NK COKER 9295 - - 56.6 54.0 36 40.3 51.3 36 5/ 3
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996289 - - - - 1 75.5 51.9 39 4/29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996284 - - - - 2 74.9 54.8 38 4/28
AGRIPRO D99*5725 - - - - 4 72.1 50.5 34 4/27
PUBLIC GA931470E62 - - - - 6 70.7 52.5 31 4/29
PIONEER 26R58 - - - - 9 65.3 51.0 34 4/29
PUBLIC GA931233E17 - - - - 11 64.7 51.3 35 4/29
AGRIPRO L96*9266-1 - - - - 12 63.9 52.6 34 4/28
PUBLIC NC98-24182 - - - - 13 63.8 51.5 29 4/26
NK B960457 - - - - 20 60.0 50.5 39 4/30
PUBLIC NC9826143 - - - - 23 57.8 48.6 36 5/ 1
PUBLIC GA931241E16 - - - - 28 55.2 50.4 35 4/29
NK COKER 9152 - - - - 33 51.2 47.5 37 4/28
PUBLIC VA98W-706 - - - - 35 44.9 50.2 30 4/27
PUBLIC NC99-13022 - - - - 35 44.2 49.6 31 5/ 1
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AVERAGES 70.3 56.2 68.9 55.4 60.2 51.4 33 4/29
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L.S.D. (.10) 6.8 1.3 12.0 2.0 8.5 1.9 3.9
C.V. (%) 9.6 1.6 11.2 2.0 12.0 2.2 6.9
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.8 0.6 4.9 0.8 3.6 0.8 1.6 DF=105
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PLANTED: DEC.18, 2002 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JULY 14, 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=MEDIUM+, pH=6.4
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 240 LB/AC 12-33-16
TOPDRESS: 50 LB/AC N.
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