Davis Semidormant 1997-8 Yields

Table 5. UC Davis (Sacramento Valley) Semidormant Alfalfa Cultivar Trial 1997-1998 yields. Trial planted 9/16/96  
  1997 1998                         % OF  
ENTRY YIELD YIELD AVERAGE                     LAHONTAN  
  Dry Tons/Acre                        
Released Cultivars                                  
Sutter 11.32 (3) 8.39 (2) 9.78 (2) A B                 159.0  
Tango (FG6B99) 11.20 (4) 7.90 (5) 9.55 (3)   B C               155.3  
Corona 10.74 (9) 7.99 (4) 9.36 (5)   B C D E           152.2  
5681 10.38 (21) 7.77 (7) 9.08 (12)     C D E F G       147.6  
Parade 10.66 (12) 7.47 (12) 9.07 (13)     C D E F G       147.4  
Achiever (90MC1) 10.63 (14) 7.43 (14) 9.03 (15)     C D E F G       146.8  
Express 10.38 (22) 7.67 (8) 9.02 (16)     C D E F G       146.7  
ABI 9252 10.47 (19) 7.51 (11) 8.99 (17)     C D E F G       146.2  
WL 414 10.75 (8) 7.16 (23) 8.95 (18)     C D E F G       145.5  
Royal 10.21 (28) 7.42 (15) 8.82 (22)     D E F G H     143.3  
DK 166 10.33 (24) 7.10 (25) 8.76 (24)         E F G H     142.4  
Arriba (ABI 9161) 10.43 (20) 7.00 (27) 8.71 (25)         E F G H     141.7  
WL 325 HQ 10.03 (30) 7.20 (21) 8.61 (28)       F G H     140.0  
Lahontan 6.61 (32) 5.77 (32) 6.15 (32)                 I   100.0  
Experimental Cultivars                                  
SW 7410 11.87 (1) 8.63 (1) 10.25 (1) A                   166.7  
CW 4791 11.61 (2) 7.30 (17) 9.46 (4)   B C D       153.8  
DS 673 10.92 (7) 7.63 (9) 9.20 (6)   B C D E F         151.0  
SW 7602 10.47 (18) 8.06 (3) 9.27 (7)   B C D E F         150.7  
IK 8808 10.66 (11) 7.86 (6) 9.26 (8)   B C D E F         150.6  
DS 672 11.12 (5) 7.24 (19) 9.18 (9)   B C D E F         149.3  
ZX 9363 11.07 (6) 7.21 (20) 9.14 (10)   B C D E F G       148.5  
SW 7525 10.71 (10) 7.54 (10) 9.12 (11)   B C D E F G       148.3  
CW 46106 10.62 (15) 7.46 (13) 9.04 (14)     C D E F G       147.0  
CW 4692 10.64 (13) 7.09 (26) 8.87 (19)       D E F G H     144.2  
SW 7627 10.60 (16) 7.14 (24) 8.86 (20)       D E F G H     144.0  
SW 7407 10.37 (23) 7.27 (18) 8.82 (21)       D E F G H     143.4  
WL C166 10.29 (26) 7.31 (16) 8.80 (23)       D E F G H     143.1  
SW 7524 10.50 (17) 6.91 (28) 8.71 (26)         E F G H     141.6  
DS 671FQ 10.19 (29) 7.16 (22) 8.68 (27)           F G H     141.1  
IK 8919 10.32 (25) 6.64 (30) 8.48 (29)             G H     137.9  
DS 674 10.25 (27) 6.73 (29) 8.46 (30)             G H     137.5  
WL 91-210 9.98 (31) 6.53 (31) 8.26 (31)               H     134.3  
                                     
MEAN 10.51   7.38   8.98                          
                                     
CV 5.70   8.20   7.30                          
LSD (.05) 0.84   0.85   0.68                          
                                     
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on Yolo clay loam soil at the Universtity of California Agronomy Farm, Davis, CA.  
Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probablility level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.  
Due to a re-calculation of missing values, some of the values and rankings from 1997 yields will vary slightly from last year's (1997) report.

Last Updated on 3/3/99
By Dan Putnam