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Beresford Trial
South Dakota
Beresford, Clay County, Southeast Research Farm
Planted 25 April 1997, RCB with 6 replicates
2000
1999
1998
3-yr
Entry
24/May
1/Jul
28/Jul
30/Aug
Total
Total
Total
Toatl
-----------------Tons Dry Matter/Acre-----------------
Released Cultivars
Ciba 2888
1.39
1.20
1.55
0.61
4.74
5.89
9.50
20.13
Pioneer Brand 5312
1.40
1.15
1.55
0.61
4.71
6.03
9.19
19.93
WL 325HQ
1.37
1.24
1.48
0.67
4.76
6.16
8.98
19.89
Ciba 2444
1.34
1.22
1.44
0.57
4.57
6.35
8.89
19.80
Depend+EV
1.34
1.17
1.58
0.61
4.69
6.20
8.75
19.64
ExcaliburII
1.29
1.19
1.50
0.60
4.58
6.00
9.06
19.64

RHINO***
1.31
1.18
1.54
0.68
4.71
5.83
9.08
19.62

Amerigraze 401+Z
1.40
1.14
1.43
0.60
4.57
6.21
8.77
19.54
Asset
1.32
1.14
1.52
0.60
4.58
6.06
8.89
19.53
TMF MultiplierII
1.31
1.16
1.40
0.61
4.48
6.18
8.75
19.41
DK 140
1.22
1.18
1.47
0.54
4.41
6.06
8.82
19.29
Avalanche+Z
1.26
1.13
1.44
0.56
4.39
6.20
8.65
19.24
Garst 631
1.23
1.12
1.54
0.56
4.45
6.20
8.56
19.21
Pioneer Brand 5454
1.30
1.12
1.42
0.55
4.38
6.25
8.52
19.16
Pioneer Brand 5347LH
1.23
1.09
1.48
0.53
4.33
5.82
9.00
19.15
Garst 620
1.29
1.16
1.52
0.63
4.60
5.77
8.70
19.07
WL 324
1.33
1.14
1.39
0.63
4.48
5.87
8.70
19.05
Rainier
1.22
1.15
1.48
0.52
4.37
5.736
8.91
19.01
Spartan
1.24
1.11
1.45
0.53
4.33
5.80
8.69
18.81
DK 142
1.24
1.23
1.53
0.63
4.63
5.73
8.31
18.67
DK 127
1.12
1.13
1.41
0.55
4.20
5.87
8.56
18.63
Spur
1.08
1.12
1.52
0.60
4.32
5.73
8.52
18.57
Complete
1.29
1.03
1.49
0.55
4.35
5.76
8.46
18.57
Innovator+Z
1.24
1.07
1.43
0.52
4.26
5.80
8.36
18.42
Ace
1.12
1.08
1.45
0.60
4.26
5.56
8.04
17.86
Vernal
1.06
1.00
1.44
0.59
4.09
5.24
8.12
17.45

Experimental Strains
CW 5305
1.31
1.19
1.57
0.63
4.69
6.12
9.19
19.99
CW 5347
1.21
1.23
1.56
0.60
4.61
5.69
8.74
19.04
CW 5321
1.20
1.13
1.47
0.56
4.36
5.58
8.30
18.23
CW 2227
1.33
1.11
1.45
0.53
4.41
5.43
8.26
18.10
CW 5236
1.03
1.07
1.35
0.54
3.82
5.39
8.24
17.45

Mean
1.26
1.14
1.48
0.58
4.46
5.89
8.69
19.04
Maturity (Kalu & Flick)
4.2
5.5
5.1
5.0
LSD (P=0.05)
0.20
0.11
NS
NS
0.49
0.58
0.63
1.45
CV (%)
14.2
8.7
13.1
15.2
9.7
8.6
6.4
6.7
MCV (%)
16.2
10.0
11.1
9.8
7.3
7.6
LSR (%)
55.5
47.8
52.6
52.0
43.4
54.0

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