BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
SIMPSON EXPERIMENT STATION, CLEMSON.
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--3-YEAR AVG.-- --2-YEAR AVG.--
---2002-2004-- ---2003-2004--- ----------------2004 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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VIRGINIA TECH NOMINI 87.6 42.0 93.8 41.6 2 119.2 44.7 35 4/ 8
VIRGINIA TECH THOROUGHBRED 80.2 43.8 81.4 42.7 3 112.3 47.3 28 4/11
VIRGINIA TECH PRICE 79.3 43.9 79.3 42.9 1 120.6 47.4 28 4/10
VIRGINIA TECH CALLAO 77.3 42.9 75.1 42.7 4 106.3 46.6 27 4/ 8
NC.STATE UNIV. BOONE 69.3 41.6 69.7 41.1 5 96.1 44.6 32 4/15
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE - - 67.3 52.1 6 94.4 56.6 30 4/ 8
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010455 - - - - 7 78.3 57.7 31 4/ 8
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010475 - - - - 8 73.9 57.7 29 4/ 8
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010476 - - - - 9 73.8 57.8 28 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 - - - - 10 71.5 58.3 30 4/ 9
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AVERAGES 78.7 42.9 77.8 43.9 94.7 51.8 29 4/ 8
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L.S.D. (.10) 12.6 1.5 16.8 1.8 6.4 1.1 3.3
C.V. (%) 10.2 1.4 10.2 1.1 5.6 1.2 6.2
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 4.8 0.6 5.9 0.6 2.7 0.4 1.3 DF=27
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REFER TO PAGE 3 FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE STATISTICAL MEAN
SEPARATIONS (LSD) AND TEST PRECISION (C.V.).
PLANTED: NOV. 3, 2003 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: MAY 28, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM-, K=HIGH+, pH=6.4
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 250 LB/AC 12-33-16
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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