TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 83.5 46.7 91.7 46.0 2 104.8 50.0 32
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 77.5 47.2 86.4 47.7 3 97.4 51.2 46
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 498 74.0 42.2 86.9 42.3 1 106.5 47.3 40
S. WILDLIFE SEED MONARCH - - 85.1 47.5 4 97.1 50.6 46
AG SOUTH GENETIC AGS2000 * - - 64.5 55.4 7 69.2 56.3 36
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93078-Y18 - - - - 5 96.3 50.2 45
UNIV. OF FLA. FL92T056-A15 - - - - 6 81.4 49.5 44
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AVERAGES 78.3 45.4 82.9 47.8 93.2 50.7 41
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L.S.D. (.10) 11.0 2.1 16.0 4.4 7.6 0.6 1.5
C.V. (%) 8.7 1.4 8.2 1.4 6.6 0.6 1.8
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 3.7 0.7 5.3 1.5 3.1 0.2 0.5 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: NOV. 25, 2003 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED.
HARVESTED: JUNE 10, 2004 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 3.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=LOW+, K=MEDIUM-, pH=5.9
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 427 LB/AC 7-23-17
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
* WHEAT, BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 60 LB/BU
TRITACALE, BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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