TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 121.1 49.6 128.4 51.2 1 159.3 49.8 39 4/19
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * 86.6 55.8 90.8 56.8 8 107.4 55.7 39 4/22
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 - - 133.5 50.5 2 154.4 48.7 52 4/19
RESOURCE SEEDS RSI30065 - - - - 3 147.4 50.8 37 4/19
RESOURCE SEEDS RSI30127 - - - - 4 133.9 50.6 39 4/18
UNIV. OF FLA. FL9718E2 - - - - 5 133.3 51.6 53 4/18
UNIV. OF FLA. FL9716E1 - - - - 6 118.9 45.8 51 4/18
N.C. STATE UNIV. ARCIA - - - - 7 109.4 49.3 48 4/21
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AVERAGES 110.8 51.4 117.5 52.8 133.0 50.3 45 4/19
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L.S.D. (.10) 4.6 0.4 5.4 0.6 8.1 1.3 2.2
C.V. (%) 5.8 0.8 5.1 0.7 5.0 1.4 2.6
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 1.9 0.2 2.1 0.2 3.4 0.5 0.8 DF=21
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PLANTED: NOV. 17, 2004 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 24, 2005 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=6.3
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 200 LB/AC 15-25-20
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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