BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
EDISTO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, BLACKVILLE.
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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 THOROUGHBRED 82.3 45.0 101.0 45.9 2 99.5 45.7 31
VIRGINIA TECH PRICE 82.1 42.9 93.7 44.6 1 108.3 44.9 33
VIRGINIA TECH CALLAO 77.2 42.5 89.5 44.5 3 91.1 43.5 30
VIRGINIA TECH NOMINI 75.6 41.7 83.4 43.5 5 80.0 43.9 35
NC.STATE UNIV. BOONE 69.6 42.6 83.1 43.9 4 88.7 45.7 29
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE - - 74.2 54.7 7 74.6 55.5 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010455 - - - - 6 74.7 56.3 31
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010476 - - - - 8 73.8 57.4 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010475 - - - - 9 71.9 57.5 32
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 - - - - 10 71.6 58.0 31
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AVERAGES 77.4 42.9 87.5 46.2 83.4 50.8 31
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L.S.D. (.10) 15.0 1.9 18.6 2.7 12.3 1.1 3.1
C.V. (%) 11.3 1.8 10.9 1.0 12.2 1.2 5.5
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 5.7 0.7 6.5 0.9 5.1 0.4 1.2 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.21, 2003 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 2, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: VARINA LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM+, K=HIGH, pH=6.0
FERTILIZATION: LIME: 2000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 300 LB/AC 0-10-30
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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