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Canton Trial
NEW YORK
Canton. St. Lawrence County, Sown April 26, 1995
1998
1997
1996
3-Yr
Entry(a)
9-Jul (adj.)
18-Aug (adj.)
24-Sep (adj.)
Total (adj.)
Total (adj.)
Total (adj.)
Total (adj.)
------------Tons/Acre Dry Matter------------
Released Cultivars
Magnum IV ++
2.21
1.92
0.95
5.11
2.77
3.81
11.67
ABT 205
2.12
1.78
0.84
4.74
2.87
3.94
11.55
Mariner
1.98
1.84
0.93
4.77
2.74
3.95
11.44
ABT 405
2.08
1.84
0.88
4.84
2.76
3.79
11.38
5312++
2.16
1.78
0.89
4.83
2.65
3.86
11.35
DK 127++
1.98
1.73
0.90
4.61
2.75
3.78
11.13
5454++
1.97
1.77
0.95
4.67
2.64
3.80
11.11
Supercuts++
2.08
1.73
0.81
4.65
2.48
3.65
10.78
Dividend
1.82
1.68
0.76
4.26
2.71
3.67
10.64
Alfastar
1.69
1.70
0.81
4.20
2.58
3.71
10.48
WL 252 HQ ++
1.73
1.72
0.85
4.29
2.49
3.69
10.45
Preferred
1.77
1.63
0.86
4.28
2.45
3.58
10.30
Oneida VR (check)
1.73
1.72
0.83
4.30
2.40
3.44
10.13
Pinnacle (check)
1.66
1.54
0.75
3.93
2.56
3.42
9.90
Experimental Strains
Monument+
2.02
1.92
1.09
5.04
2.98
3.84
11.87
Rhino*** +
2.14
1.92
1.09
5.04
2.98
3.84
11.87
Mean
1.89
1.71
0.87
4.47
2.59
3.67
10.73
LSD (.05)
0.25
0.16
0.12
0.44
0.26
0.20
0.69
CV (%)
10.5
7.3
10.9
8.0
8.1
4.4
5.2
MCV (%)
13
9
14
10
10
5
6
LSR (%)
29
36
31
31
34
27
27
Lattice Efficiency
111%
215%
194%
145%
152%
242%
153%

(a) varieties entered in the trial as experimentals, that were later changed to a variet by "Variety Name +" Varieties, where the seed source was a bag of commercial seed, a "Variety name++". Public experimentals have been excluded from the tables.
 
Seed Treatment: All entries were treated with Apron except the following entries Mariner, Dividend, Alfastar, Preferred, Pinnacle, Oneida VR, Monument, Rhino

Experimental Design: Partially balanced lattice, 32 entries, 5 reps., 4 entries/block.

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