TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 107.9 51.5 113.2 51.7 1 117.8 52.8 48
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 107.9 51.3 109.5 51.9 2 111.4 53.4 35
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * 78.5 57.0 83.2 57.3 7 89.8 57.7 34
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H3 - - - - 3 102.9 52.5 39
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H4 - - - - 4 100.0 52.9 42
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H8 - - - - 5 91.3 53.5 44
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0009H6 - - - - 6 90.4 53.5 46
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H3 - - - - 8 89.8 53.9 43
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93054 - - - - 9 89.7 51.0 39
SOU. WILDLIFE MONARCH - - - - 10 89.6 53.1 46
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93072 - - - - 11 86.7 52.6 49
UNIV. OF FLA. FL007H11 - - - - 12 74.6 52.5 44
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AVERAGES 98.1 53.2 102.0 53.6 94.5 53.3 42
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L.S.D. (.10) 5.5 0.4 7.6 0.5 7.3 0.8 2.2
C.V. (%) 7.9 0.7 8.4 0.6 6.5 0.9 2.9
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.2 0.2 3.0 0.2 3.1 0.3 0.9 DF=33
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PLANTED: NOV. 17, 2005 MANAGEMENT: V-RIPPED AND FIELD CULTIVATED.
HARVESTED: JUNE 06, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: NORFOLK LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 3.0 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.
* 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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