BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
SIMPSON EXPERIMENT STATION, CLEMSON.
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--3-YEAR AVG.-- --2-YEAR AVG.--
---2003-2005-- ---2004-2005--- ----------------2005 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 PRICE 92.0 43.6 118.9 46.3 1 117.2 45.1 36 4/ 8
VIRGINIA TECH THOROUGHBRED 90.4 43.0 110.3 45.5 3 108.4 43.8 36 4/14
VIRGINIA TECH CALLAO 86.6 43.1 107.9 45.2 2 109.5 43.9 33 4/ 7
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE 76.1 51.4 94.0 53.4 4 93.7 50.2 38 4/ 7
VIRGINIA TECH NOMINI 74.7 41.3 77.9 42.7 15 36.6 40.6 44 4/ 8
NC.STATE UNIV. BOONE 71.6 41.4 85.7 43.3 14 75.3 42.0 35 4/13
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010455 - - 81.2 54.9 8 84.1 52.2 32 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010475 - - 80.1 55.8 7 86.2 53.9 35 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 - - 75.8 55.9 10 80.1 53.6 34 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010047 - - - - 5 93.1 38.9 39 4/11
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010183 - - - - 6 91.7 39.6 41 4/11
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010456 - - - - 9 84.0 54.1 35 4/ 6
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010442 - - - - 11 78.2 53.3 36 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010476 - - - - 12 77.6 55.5 35 4/ 7
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010441 - - - - 13 76.6 54.4 37 4/ 8
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AVERAGES 81.9 44.0 92.4 49.2 86.1 48.0 36 4/ 8
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L.S.D. (.10) 6.9 0.7 7.8 1.1 13.1 1.6 3.3
C.V. (%) 12.3 1.6 10.0 1.8 12.8 1.9 5.2
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.9 0.3 3.3 0.4 5.5 0.7 1.3 DF=42
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PLANTED: OCT. 28, 2004 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 10, 2005 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM, K=HIGH, pH=5.7
FERTILIZATION: LIME 2000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 200 LB/AC 15-25-20
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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