TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 108.7 49.8 109.7 49.1 1 112.6 52.4 44 4/19
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 107.5 49.7 102.1 49.5 2 97.5 52.5 33 4/17
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 498 94.8 46.6 93.9 45.4 3 95.2 49.0 37 4/17
S. WILDLIFE SEED MONARCH - - 93.6 50.2 4 89.5 52.4 42 4/18
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * - - 76.2 55.8 7 74.1 57.9 32 4/22
UNIV. OF FLA. FL92T056-A15 - - - - 5 88.8 50.5 45 4/17
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93078-Y18 - - - - 6 86.5 52.2 44 4/20
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AVERAGES 103.6 48.7 95.1 50.0 92.0 52.4 39 4/18
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L.S.D. (.10) 12.0 1.6 10.0 1.9 5.7 1.5 4.2
C.V. (%) 6.5 3.6 6.0 1.8 5.0 1.5 5.5
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 4.0 0.5 3.3 0.6 2.3 0.6 1.5 DF=18
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REFER TO PAGE 3 FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE STATISTICAL MEAN
SEPARATIONS (LSD) AND TEST PRECISION (C.V.).
PLANTED: DEC. 2, 2003 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 7, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 3.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=HIGH, K=MEDIUM, pH=6.8
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 250 LB/AC 12-33-16
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
* WHEAT, BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 60 LB/BU
TRITICALE, BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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