BARLEY: RESULTS OF THE VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS AT THE
EDISTO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER, BLACKVILLE, 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 95.5 46.7 89.1 47.5 1 88.0 49.5 26
VIRGINIA TECH THOROUGHBRED 87.4 46.5 81.3 46.9 2 72.9 49.7 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010440 73.8 57.3 74.8 56.9 7 63.1 58.5 32
VIRGINIA TECH DOYCE 72.1 54.0 70.8 53.3 3 71.6 57.6 29
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010047 - - 77.0 43.9 6 67.3 46.6 31
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010183 - - 75.3 44.2 4 69.7 46.7 30
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010456 - - 75.3 56.5 5 68.4 58.3 31
CLEMSON UNIV. SC010442 - - 67.6 55.9 8 59.7 58.3 33
VIRGINIA TECH VA01H-68 - - - - 9 45.8 58.7 27
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AVERAGES 82.2 51.1 76.4 50.6 67.4 53.7 30
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L.S.D. (.10) 8.7 1.2 12.3 1.6 14.2 0.9 4.6
C.V. (%) 15.2 2.3 19.1 2.6 17.4 0.9 8.4
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 3.6 0.5 5.2 0.7 5.9 0.4 1.8 DF=24
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PLANTED: DEC.02, 2005 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: MAY 24, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: VARINA LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 2.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=HIGH+, K=HIGH, pH=5.8
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 0 LB/AC
TOPDRESS: 70 LB/AC N.
BU/AC CALCULATED USING TEST WEIGHT OF 48 LB/BU
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