TRITICALE: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
SIMPSON EXPERIMENT STATION, CLEMSON, 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 116.8 51.1 119.0 50.4 1 83.6 52.2 - 4/21
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 113.4 50.8 121.3 50.0 2 83.4 50.1 - 4/21
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * 77.0 55.9 78.5 55.0 9 49.6 54.2 - 4/26
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0009H6 - - - - 3 76.1 53.7 - 4/20
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H4 - - - - 4 73.4 50.5 - 4/20
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H3 - - - - 5 67.7 51.5 - 4/20
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H3 - - - - 6 63.7 49.0 - 4/20
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H8 - - - - 7 63.0 51.2 - 4/20
UNIV. OF FLA. FL007H11 - - - - 8 59.1 51.2 - 4/21
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93072 - - - - 10 48.4 48.7 - 4/21
SOU. WILDLIFE MONARCH - - - - 11 47.9 47.9 - 4/24
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93054 - - - - 12 40.9 44.9 - 4/23
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AVERAGES 102.5 52.6 106.3 51.8 63.2 50.4 4/22
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L.S.D. (.10) 5.8 0.9 8.6 1.4 10.8 2.6
C.V. (%) 8.0 1.6 9.1 1.8 14.3 2.9
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.4 0.3 3.4 0.5 4.5 1.0 DF=33
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PLANTED: JAN. 9, 2006 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 15, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 3.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=MEDIUM-, K=MEDIUM+, pH=6.4
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 220 LB/AC 14-28-19
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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