WHEAT: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
EDISTO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, BLACKVILLE.
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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 87.4 53.0 79.2 52.6 1 101.7 54.1 41
AG SOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 80.9 55.4 73.0 55.2 10 88.0 54.5 40
PIONEER 26R38 79.6 53.5 72.0 53.6 3 91.5 53.1 45
VIGORO TRIBUTE 78.0 57.1 70.8 57.4 6 90.8 55.8 38
SOUTHERN STATES SS520 75.7 53.0 65.1 51.7 29 77.6 50.8 41
UNISOUTH GENETICS USG 3209 75.6 53.3 69.5 52.7 12 86.6 52.0 36
PIONEER 26R61 75.0 56.1 69.0 56.2 13 86.4 54.8 42
FEATHERSTONE 520 71.2 55.7 63.4 55.3 23 81.4 52.5 39
PUBLIC NC-NEUSE 71.1 55.9 65.6 56.0 18 83.7 55.3 40
NK COKER 9184 69.4 57.3 63.0 57.2 17 83.7 56.2 39
AGRIPRO CRAWFORD 68.6 54.7 65.0 54.0 22 81.8 53.4 42
SOUTHERN STATES SS535 67.4 55.1 58.7 55.0 35 74.3 51.9 47
NK COKER 9835 67.2 53.2 60.4 53.0 33 75.8 51.3 38
SOUTHERN STATES SS522 66.4 55.3 58.5 55.2 34 74.4 54.2 42
NK COKER 9663 65.4 55.3 58.6 55.0 26 80.1 54.1 46
SOUTHERN STATES SS566 60.7 54.0 54.8 53.4 36 73.4 51.3 44
PUBLIC McCORMICK - - 71.2 55.8 4 91.4 54.9 37
PUBLIC AGS2485 - - 69.5 55.8 8 88.8 55.3 41
NK CENTURY II - - 68.9 54.8 9 88.0 54.4 42
SOUTHERN STATES SS524 - - 61.1 48.4 27 80.0 48.7 36
PIONEER 26R12 - - 61.0 56.4 25 80.1 54.8 43
NK COKER 9295 - - 59.3 52.4 32 76.7 50.7 42
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996289 - - - - 2 99.8 55.0 46
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996284 - - - - 5 91.0 55.0 46
AGRIPRO L96*9266-1 - - - - 7 89.4 55.3 44
AGRIPRO D99*5725 - - - - 11 87.1 53.4 42
PUBLIC NC99-13022 - - - - 14 84.8 51.2 39
PUBLIC GA931233E17 - - - - 15 84.7 54.1 40
PIONEER 26R58 - - - - 16 84.4 50.6 38
PUBLIC GA931241E16 - - - - 19 83.3 52.9 42
PUBLIC GA931470E62 - - - - 20 83.1 54.1 38
NK B960457 - - - - 21 81.9 50.3 44
PUBLIC NC9826143 - - - - 24 80.2 50.5 44
PUBLIC VA98W-706 - - - - 28 78.5 53.9 35
NK COKER 9152 - - - - 30 77.2 51.8 45
PUBLIC NC98-24182 - - - - 31 76.9 53.9 36
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AVERAGES 72.5 54.9 65.3 54.4 83.8 53.2 41
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L.S.D. (.10) 5.3 1.8 5.7 2.4 8.8 1.3 2.5
C.V. (%) 10.0 1.9 9.6 2.1 8.9 1.5 3.6
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.2 0.7 2.3 1.0 3.7 0.6 1.1 DF=105
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PLANTED: NOV. 22, 2002 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 17, 2003 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: VARINA LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 1.5 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM+, K=HIGH, pH=6.0
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 0 LB/AC N.
TOPDRESS: 50 LB/AC N.
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