| Table 1. UC Tulelake Alfalfa Cultivar Trial 1997 yields. Trial planted 7/7/93 | |||||||||
| Cut 1 | Cut 2 | Cut 3 | YEAR | % OF | |||||
| ENTRY | 6/13 | 7/21 | 9/3 | TOTAL | Vernal | ||||
| Dry Tons/Acre | |||||||||
| Released Cultivars | |||||||||
| Asset | 2.32 | (12) | 2.41 | (01) | 2.17 | (05) | 6.90 | (01) | 110.2 |
| 5262 | 2.49 | (01) | 2.31 | (03) | 2.11 | (19) | 6.90 | (02) | 110.2 |
| C/W 1312 | 2.36 | (03) | 2.29 | (05) | 2.19 | (03) | 6.84 | (03) | 109.1 |
| DK 133 | 2.34 | (09) | 2.21 | (13) | 2.19 | (02) | 6.73 | (05) | 107.4 |
| 5364 | 2.47 | (02) | 2.17 | (21) | 2.08 | (30) | 6.72 | (06) | 107.2 |
| DK 122 | 2.36 | (04) | 2.23 | (11) | 2.12 | (14) | 6.71 | (07) | 107.1 |
| Class | 2.27 | (19) | 2.24 | (09) | 2.17 | (06) | 6.68 | (08) | 106.6 |
| 5472 | 2.25 | (28) | 2.28 | (06) | 2.15 | (09) | 6.67 | (09) | 106.5 |
| Ultra | 2.27 | (22) | 2.23 | (10) | 2.13 | (11) | 6.63 | (12) | 105.8 |
| Aggressor | 2.29 | (16) | 2.20 | (14) | 2.13 | (12) | 6.63 | (13) | 105.8 |
| Reward | 2.34 | (08) | 2.16 | (26) | 2.11 | (23) | 6.60 | (14) | 105.4 |
| Achieva | 2.27 | (20) | 2.20 | (15) | 2.11 | (21) | 6.58 | (15) | 105.1 |
| Centurion | 2.30 | (15) | 2.17 | (24) | 2.12 | (15) | 6.58 | (16) | 105.0 |
| Crystal | 2.26 | (23) | 2.15 | (29) | 2.14 | (10) | 6.55 | (17) | 104.6 |
| DK 125 | 2.29 | (18) | 2.19 | (17) | 2.07 | (33) | 6.54 | (18) | 104.4 |
| C/W 1361 | 2.32 | (13) | 2.20 | (16) | 2.01 | (44) | 6.53 | (19) | 104.3 |
| Cimarron VR | 2.26 | (27) | 2.17 | (20) | 2.07 | (32) | 6.51 | (21) | 103.8 |
| Blazer XL | 2.27 | (21) | 2.12 | (41) | 2.12 | (16) | 6.50 | (22) | 103.8 |
| Nemagone | 2.06 | (46) | 2.26 | (07) | 2.17 | (07) | 6.49 | (23) | 103.5 |
| Webfoot MPR | 2.30 | (14) | 2.13 | (32) | 2.05 | (36) | 6.49 | (24) | 103.5 |
| Arrow | 2.26 | (24) | 2.13 | (34) | 2.09 | (27) | 6.48 | (25) | 103.4 |
| Blazer | 2.22 | (30) | 2.17 | (23) | 2.05 | (37) | 6.43 | (28) | 102.7 |
| 5246 | 2.33 | (10) | 2.11 | (43) | 1.99 | (46) | 6.43 | (29) | 102.6 |
| WL 317 | 2.26 | (26) | 2.14 | (30) | 2.02 | (41) | 6.42 | (32) | 102.5 |
| 89-30 | 2.32 | (11) | 2.05 | (48) | 2.04 | (38) | 6.42 | (33) | 102.4 |
| Apollo Supreme | 2.26 | (25) | 2.13 | (36) | 2.01 | (45) | 6.40 | (35) | 102.2 |
| Belmont | 2.14 | (41) | 2.18 | (18) | 2.08 | (31) | 6.40 | (36) | 102.1 |
| WL 323 | 2.20 | (35) | 2.18 | (19) | 2.01 | (43) | 6.39 | (39) | 101.9 |
| Webfoot | 2.15 | (40) | 2.12 | (38) | 2.11 | (20) | 6.38 | (40) | 101.9 |
| WL 322 HQ | 2.20 | (34) | 2.14 | (31) | 2.04 | (40) | 6.38 | (41) | 101.7 |
| Epic | 2.22 | (32) | 2.04 | (49) | 2.08 | (29) | 6.34 | (42) | 101.2 |
| WL 320 | 2.10 | (44) | 2.09 | (45) | 2.12 | (18) | 6.30 | (43) | 100.6 |
| 5454 | 2.13 | (42) | 2.13 | (33) | 2.01 | (42) | 6.27 | (44) | 100.1 |
| Vernal | 2.23 | (29) | 2.09 | (44) | 1.94 | (48) | 6.27 | (45) | 100.0 |
| Archer | 2.01 | (47) | 2.11 | (42) | 2.10 | (25) | 6.22 | (46) | 99.3 |
| LM 456 | 1.96 | (48) | 2.12 | (37) | 2.12 | (17) | 6.20 | (47) | 98.9 |
| Iroquois | 2.20 | (36) | 2.06 | (47) | 1.90 | (49) | 6.15 | (49) | 98.2 |
| Experimental Cultivars | |||||||||
| PGI 3392 | 2.34 | (07) | 2.36 | (02) | 2.04 | (39) | 6.73 | (04) | 107.5 |
| C/W 1404 | 2.19 | (37) | 2.30 | (04) | 2.17 | (04) | 6.66 | (10) | 106.3 |
| C/W 1437 | 2.36 | (05) | 2.16 | (25) | 2.13 | (13) | 6.65 | (11) | 106.2 |
| ABI 9143 | 2.29 | (17) | 2.16 | (27) | 2.08 | (28) | 6.53 | (20) | 104.2 |
| More | 2.35 | (06) | 2.07 | (46) | 2.05 | (35) | 6.48 | (26) | 103.3 |
| Un 60 | 2.20 | (33) | 2.12 | (40) | 2.15 | (08) | 6.47 | (27) | 103.3 |
| PGI 3222 | 2.13 | (43) | 2.21 | (12) | 2.09 | (26) | 6.42 | (30) | 102.5 |
| H-154 | 2.15 | (39) | 2.17 | (22) | 2.10 | (24) | 6.42 | (31) | 102.5 |
| C/W 1349 | 2.22 | (31) | 2.13 | (35) | 2.05 | (34) | 6.40 | (34) | 102.2 |
| 6J89 | 1.94 | (49) | 2.24 | (08) | 2.21 | (01) | 6.40 | (37) | 102.1 |
| C/W 1466 | 2.17 | (38) | 2.12 | (39) | 2.11 | (22) | 6.40 | (38) | 102.1 |
| AS-BG | 2.08 | (45) | 2.16 | (28) | 1.95 | (47) | 6.18 | (48) | 98.7 |
| MEAN | 2.24 | 2.17 | 2.09 | 6.50 | |||||
| CV | 7.00 | 5.9 | 4.00 | 4.10 | |||||
| LSD (.05) | 0.22 | NS | 0.12 | 0.38 | |||||
| Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed UC Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake CA. | |||||||||