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Rosemount Trial
Fourth-Year Forage Stand

**Preliminary 2000 CAIC Format**
Minnesota
Three Year Forage Yield: 1997 Alfalfa Variety Trial, Rosemount, Dakota Co., MN.
Seeded 5-6-97
Forage Yield (Tons DM/Ac
Relative
  
2001 Harvests
Yield
  
Entry (by multiyear total yield)
5/31 Cut1
7/12 *Cut2
8/23 Cut3
Cut4
2000 Total
1999 Total
1998
3-Yr Total
3-Yr% Checks
4-26-00 %Stand
Released Cultivars
5312
2.39
1.80
1.72
.
5.90
5.65
6.88
18.44
111
45
Gateway
2.16
1.73
1.65
.
5.53
5.46
7.07
18.06
109
35
Award
2.10
1.64
1.69
.
5.43
5.40
7.05
17.88
108
36
WinterStar
2.30
1.68
1.59
.
5.57
5.31
7.00
17.88
108
42
Ciba 2888
2.26
1.70
1.60
.
5.57
5.51
6.63
17.71
107
28
631
2.14
1.84
1.70
.
5.67
5.55
6.47
17.70
106
41
5454
2.29
1.65
1.53
.
5.48
5.56
6.64
17.66
106
38
GH767
2.11
1.66
1.71
.
5.48
5.46
6.72
17.66
106
35
RHINO***
2.19
1.60
1.62
.
5.41
5.56
6.67
17.65
106
31
DK142
2.15
1.60
1.60
.
5.34
5.54
6.62
17.50
106
35
DK127
2.20
1.67
1.65
.
5.52
5.49
6.45
17.46
105
39
DK140
2.05
1.64
1.58
.
5.28
5.21
6.89
17.37
105
30
TMF Generation
2.16
1.67
1.63
.
5.45
5.23
6.65
17.33
104
28
Nemesis
2.16
1.64
1.70
.
5.50
5.35
6.37
17.21
104
34
Baralfa 32IQ
2.16
1.66
1.57
.
5.39
5.20
6.59
17.18
103
41
DK141
2.13
1.62
1.54
.
5.29
5.23
6.43
16.95
102
36
GH766 ~QP
1.96
1.52
1.62
.
5.10
5.01
6.47
16.57
100
38
Clean Sweep 1000
2.04
1.35
1.48
.
4.87
5.17
6.46
16.49
99
25
Ameriguard 301
2.07
1.40
1.47
.
4.95
5.11
6.17
16.22
98
29
Experimental Strains
Power Plant [ZM9435]
2.36
2.02
1.72
.
6.10
5.92
6.74
18.76
113
48
CW6307
2.25
1.97
1.79
.
6.01
5.75
6.81
18.55
112
55
DS 9705 HYB
2.29
1.99
1.71
.
5.99
5.78
6.71
18.48
111
46
GoldLeaf [BPR378]
2.21
1.88
1.69
.
5.78
5.38
7.31
18.46
111
59
CW6415
2.23
1.95
1.80
.
5.97
5.52
6.81
18.30
110
45
DS 9704 HYB
2.18
1.76
1.69
.
5.62
5.55
7.05
18.21
110
53
DS 9703 HYB
2.33
1.98
1.76
.
6.07
5.47
6.61
18.15
109
53
Reliance [FG3R63]
2.22
2.11
1.80
.
6.13
5.47
6.33
17.93
108
50
CW 6310
2.27
1.88
1.73
.
5.88
5.35
6.69
17.91
108
55
Prolific [BPR377]
2.11
1.78
1.61
.
5.50
5.59
6.81
17.90
108
36
CW 5347
2.05
1.90
1.70
.
5.65
5.48
6.71
17.84
107
39
DS 9701 HYB
2.05
1.83
1.68
.
5.56
5.52
6.53
17.61
106
48
CW 5434
2.19
1.95
1.65
.
5.79
5.30
6.50
17.58
106
50
DS 9702 HYB
2.14
1.84
1.62
.
5.60
5.39
6.55
17.54
106
45
CW 5321
2.10
1.76
1.68
.
5.54
5.23
6.73
17.50
105
43
TMF 421 (CW2227)
2.15
1.74
1.65
.
5.55
5.27
6.42
17.23
104
40
GH757 [W215]
1.97
1.62
1.55
.
5.15
5.40
6.64
17.18
104
36
CW 5305
2.08
1.66
1.65
.
5.39
5.21
6.50
17.10
103
39
Passport [W309]
2.28
1.51
1.56
.
5.34
5.26
6.49
17.09
103
32
CW 5236
2.14
1.82
1.62
.
5.57
5.41
6.10
17.08
103
41
CW 5435
1.95
1.66
1.50
.
5.10
5.16
6.74
17.00
102
52
WL 232 HQ
2.08
1.64
1.51
.
5.23
5.15
6.45
16.83
101
46
Multi 5301
1.85
1.51
1.60
.
4.95
5.42
6.30
16.67
100
30
5305
1.96
1.42
1.44
.
4.82
5.21
6.44
16.47
99
32
CW 6205
2.07
1.64
1.48
.
5.19
5.00
6.07
16.25
98
40
WH80
1.96
1.62
1.58
.
5.17
4.93
5.87
15.96
96
34
Checks
Oneida VR-ck
2.11
1.59
1.53
.
5.22
5.34
6.38
16.93
102
35
Vernal-ck
2.24
1.63
1.56
.
5.41
5.24
6.23
16.89
102
29
Spredor 3-ck
1.96
1.43
1.33
.
4.72
5.05
6.30
16.07
97
29
...3 Checks
2.10
1.55
1.47
  
5.12
5.21
6.30
16.63
100
31
Mean
2.14
1.71
1.62
5.48
5.37
6.58
17.42
105
40
Range
0.54
0.76
0.47
1.41
0.99
1.44
2.80
17
34
LSD 5%
NS0.3
0.21
0.18
0.55
NS0.5
0.56
1.21
7
12
CV %
9.4
8.8
8.1
7.2
6.8
6.1
5.0
5.0
22.3
MCV (LSD/Mean)
13.2
12.3
11.4
10.1
9.4
8.5
7.0
7.0
31.2
LSR (LSD/Range)
52
28
39
39
51
39
43
43
36
*Severe hail damage 4 days before cut 2

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