BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
PEE DEE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, FLORENCE, SC
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--3-YEAR AVG.-- --2-YEAR AVG.--
---2004-2006-- ---2005-2006-- ----------------2006 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 THOROUGHBRED 96.9 47.2 95.2 46.8 2 85.7 49.0 27
VIRGINIA TECH PRICE 96.6 47.1 95.7 46.6 1 90.4 47.5 27
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE 86.5 55.6 86.8 56.0 3 73.2 57.6 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 66.1 56.7 65.0 57.2 4 66.7 59.1 27
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010047 - - 75.2 42.8 6 65.6 44.5 30
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010456 - - 65.6 55.9 7 61.9 57.7 27
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010183 - - 64.3 42.8 5 66.2 44.8 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010442 - - 64.2 56.9 9 61.1 59.0 28
VIRGINIA TECH VA01H-68 - - - - 8 61.2 59.3 30
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AVERAGES 86.5 51.7 76.5 50.6 70.2 53.1 28
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L.S.D. (.10) 6.1 0.5 8.5 0.6 8.3 0.6 1.9
C.V. (%) 10.1 0.8 12.4 0.9 9.8 0.6 3.6
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.5 0.2 3.6 0.2 3.4 0.2 0.7 DF=24
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PLANTED: NOV. 17, 2005 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED
HARVESTED: MAY 25, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM, K=MEDIUM-, pH=5.6
FERTILIZATION: LIME: 1000 LB/AC
PREPLANT: 325 LB/AC 9-24-22
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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