BARLEY: 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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VIRGINIA TECH PRICE 115.1 46.8 112.4 46.4 1 107.5 47.8 28 4/ 9
VIRGINIA TECH THOROUGHBRED 107.3 46.8 104.7 46.6 2 101.1 49.4 26 4/13
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE 90.4 54.9 88.3 54.0 8 83.0 57.9 27 4/11
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 78.8 57.1 82.5 56.5 5 84.8 59.5 29 4/ 9
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010047 - - 92.3 43.1 3 91.4 47.3 32 4/11
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010183 - - 89.7 43.6 4 87.7 47.7 34 4/10
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010456 - - 83.6 56.7 7 83.2 59.3 28 4/ 8
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010442 - - 80.8 56.4 6 83.4 59.6 28 4/ 9
VIRGINIA TECH VA01H-68 - - - - 9 82.7 60.3 29 4/ 7
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AVERAGES 97.9 51.4 91.8 50.4 89.4 54.3 29 4/10
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L.S.D. (.10) 6.0 1.0 7.5 1.1 6.1 0.8 1.6
C.V. (%) 8.8 1.9 9.7 1.7 5.7 0.8 3.0
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.5 0.4 3.2 0.4 3.4 0.3 0.6 DF=24
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PLANTED: NOV. 03, 2005 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: MAY 23, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: CECIL SANDY LOAM SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=LOW+, K=MEDIUM+, pH=6.0
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 220 LB/AC 14-28-19
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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