BARLEY: 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.--
---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 CALLAO 70.2 45.4 77.6 45.0 4 97.6 47.9 27
VIRGINIA TECH THOROUGHBRED 65.8 42.9 77.2 44.5 2 99.8 48.0 29
VIRGINIA TECH PRICE 65.5 44.5 69.6 44.1 3 98.0 48.2 27
NC.STATE UNIV. BOONE 64.2 39.7 68.3 41.8 1 106.1 46.5 34
VIRGINIA TECH NOMINI 55.0 42.8 62.5 43.8 6 75.2 45.9 32
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE - - 67.4 54.3 5 85.8 54.8 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 - - - - 7 67.9 55.6 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010475 - - - - 8 66.4 55.7 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010455 - - - - 9 66.1 54.6 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010476 - - - - 10 61.3 55.6 27
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AVERAGES 64.1 43.1 70.5 45.6 82.4 51.3 29
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L.S.D. (.10) 16.3 3.4 25.0 4.3 11.5 1.0 2.1
C.V. (%) 13.1 1.8 12.6 1.2 11.6 1.1 4.0
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 6.2 1.3 8.8 1.5 4.8 0.4 0.8 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.25, 2003 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED
HARVESTED: JUNE 2, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=LOW+, K=MEDIUM-, pH=5.9
FERTILIZATION: LIME: 1000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 427 LB/AC 7-23-17
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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