WHEAT: 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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PIONEER 26R38 64.8 54.2 56.1 53.0 3 56.6 52.4 35
PIONEER 26R24 61.9 53.6 52.7 52.2 6 55.7 51.2 37
PIONEER 26R61 59.0 56.9 51.6 55.6 4 56.2 54.8 37
PUBLIC NC-NEUSE 59.0 56.8 50.6 55.7 9 52.3 55.8 31
AGRIPRO CRAWFORD 58.7 55.8 52.2 54.8 15 46.5 54.6 34
SOUTHERN STATES SS535 58.1 56.2 50.5 55.3 21 44.9 54.8 32
UNISOUTH GENETICS USG 3209 57.1 53.0 46.5 51.2 26 42.4 51.5 31
AG SOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 56.7 54.9 43.9 53.3 28 41.6 53.9 33
VIGORO TRIBUTE 56.1 58.0 47.6 57.0 24 42.7 56.0 30
SOUTHERN STATES SS520 56.0 54.1 45.0 52.6 29 40.5 53.1 36
FEATHERSTONE 520 55.9 56.2 48.0 55.1 17 45.9 52.9 32
NK COKER 9835 55.8 53.7 51.9 52.2 8 54.1 51.4 32
NK COKER 9184 54.6 57.3 46.5 56.1 16 46.3 54.1 30
SOUTHERN STATES SS566 53.4 53.8 43.6 52.1 25 42.5 51.3 35
SOUTHERN STATES SS522 49.8 56.4 37.4 55.9 36 32.2 55.8 31
NK COKER 9663 41.4 55.2 33.0 54.5 35 33.2 53.9 36
PIONEER 26R12 - - 54.0 55.4 7 55.5 54.7 32
NK CENTURY II - - 52.1 54.2 11 51.5 54.1 35
PUBLIC McCORMICK - - 48.4 55.0 19 45.4 53.6 31
PUBLIC AGS2485 - - 44.7 56.0 27 41.6 55.3 30
NK COKER 9295 - - 43.9 53.4 30 40.0 52.5 33
SOUTHERN STATES SS524 - - 40.2 50.9 32 36.1 49.8 30
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996284 - - - - 1 58.8 56.5 38
CLEMSON UNIV. SC996289 - - - - 2 56.9 54.8 39
AGRIPRO L96*9266-1 - - - - 5 55.9 54.1 33
PUBLIC NC9826143 - - - - 10 52.1 50.2 36
PIONEER 26R58 - - - - 12 49.2 51.9 33
AGRIPRO D99*5725 - - - - 13 47.2 51.5 33
PUBLIC GA931470E62 - - - - 14 46.6 54.9 30
PUBLIC GA931241E16 - - - - 18 45.6 53.9 34
PUBLIC GA931233E17 - - - - 20 45.1 54.6 34
PUBLIC NC98-24182 - - - - 22 44.8 55.2 27
NK B960457 - - - - 23 43.8 50.6 35
NK COKER 9152 - - - - 31 38.6 52.2 36
PUBLIC NC99-13022 - - - - 33 33.7 52.2 31
PUBLIC VA98W-706 - - - - 34 33.3 54.0 27
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AVERAGES 56.2 55.4 47.3 54.2 46.0 53.4 33
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L.S.D. (.10) 7.0 1.4 7.4 1.7 6.6 1.1 3.6
C.V. (%) 10.6 1.7 10.2 1.8 12.1 1.2 6.5
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.9 0.6 3.0 0.7 2.8 0.5 1.5 DF=105
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PLANTED: NOV. 21, 2002 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED.
HARVESTED: JUNE 24, 2003 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 1.5 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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