TRITICALE: 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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RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 342 126.3 50.5 128.1 49.0 1 98.1 52.3 45
RESOURCE SEEDS TRICAL 314 114.5 50.5 114.6 48.5 2 92.7 52.3 36
AGSOUTH GENETICS AGS2000 * 94.4 56.9 96.7 55.8 3 92.6 57.3 36
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0009H6 - - - - 4 86.6 54.1 48
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H3 - - - - 5 81.9 50.9 37
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0005H4 - - - - 6 78.7 51.1 40
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H3 - - - - 7 75.5 54.2 43
UNIV. OF FLA. FL0008H8 - - - - 8 75.4 53.1 42
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93072 - - - - 9 69.9 51.4 47
UNIV. OF FLA. FL007H11 - - - - 10 68.4 53.4 47
SOU. WILDLIFE MONARCH - - - - 11 52.9 51.0 45
UNIV. OF FLA. FL93054 - - - - 12 52.1 50.0 37
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AVERAGES 111.8 52.6 113.1 51.1 77.1 52.6 42
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L.S.D. (.10) 5.9 0.6 8.3 0.8 5.9 0.8 2.9
C.V. (%) 7.5 1.1 8.2 1.0 6.4 0.9 3.8
STD. ERROR OF ENTRY MEAN 2.4 0.2 3.3 0.3 2.5 0.3 1.1 DF=33
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PLANTED: DEC. 02, 2005 MANAGEMENT: CHISEL PLOW AND DISK.
HARVESTED: JUNE 08, 2006 HERBICIDE: 0.75 LB/ACRE 2,4-D
SOIL TYPE: VARINA LOAMY SAND SEEDING RATE: 3.0 BU/AC
SOIL TEST: P=HIGH+, K=HIGH, pH=5.8
FERTILIZATION:
PREPLANT: 0 LB/AC
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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