TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 91.0 48.4 105.7 48.9 1 122.8 53.6 49
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 86.8 48.8 102.8 48.3 2 114.2 54.6 38
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 498 79.1 44.2 96.8 44.8 3 109.8 50.5 43
S. WILDLIFE SEED MONARCH - - 94.5 49.1 4 104.7 54.1 48
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * - - 82.4 56.4 7 90.0 59.1 38
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93078-Y18 - - - - 5 104.5 53.9 48
UNIV. OF FLA. FL92T056-A1 - - - - 6 98.8 52.8 50
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AVERAGES 85.6 47.1 96.5 49.5 106.4 54.1 45
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L.S.D. (.10) 6.8 2.4 10.5 4.2 6.5 0.9 2.5
C.V. (%) 11.0 3.7 10.0 3.3 5.0 0.9 2.9
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.2 0.8 3.5 1.4 2.7 0.3 0.9 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: NOV. 21, 2003 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 3, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: VARINA LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 3.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=HIGH, K=MEDIUM+, pH=5.7
FERTILIZATION: LIME: 2000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 300 LB/AC 0-10-30
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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