Davis Semidormant '98 Yields

Table 4. UC Davis (Sacramento Valley) Semidormant Alfalfa Cultivar Trial 1998 Yields. Trial Planted 9/16/96
  Cut 1 Cut 2 Cut 3 Cut 4 Cut 5 YEAR                         % of
ENTRY 4/28 5/26 6/29 7/28 8/24 TOTAL                         Lahontan
Dry Tons/Acre                          
Released Cultivars                            
Sutter 1.35 (9) 1.50 (4) 1.97 (6) 2.26 (2) 1.17 (5) 8.39 (2) A B                     145.5
Corona 1.40 (6) 1.44 (5) 1.97 (4) 2.02 (6) 1.16 (8) 7.99 (4) A B C D                 138.6
Tango (FG6B99) 1.64 (1) 1.55 (2) 1.97 (7) 1.78 (23) 0.96 (21) 7.90 (5) A B C D E               137.0
5681 1.19 (26) 1.38 (12) 1.97 (5) 1.94 (11) 1.29 (3) 7.77 (7) B C D E F           134.7
Express 1.35 (10) 1.43 (7) 1.85 (17) 1.95 (10) 1.08 (14) 7.67 (8) B C D E F G           133.0
ABI 9252 1.33 (12) 1.33 (19) 1.97 (3) 1.82 (19) 1.05 (16) 7.51 (11)     C D E F G H         130.2
Parade 1.11 (29) 1.41 (8) 1.96 (9) 1.99 (8) 1.01 (19) 7.47 (12)     C D E F G H I       129.6
Achiever (90MC1) 1.45 (3) 1.40 (9) 1.82 (20) 1.86 (17) 0.92 (25) 7.43 (14)     C D E F G H I       128.9
Royal 1.29 (18) 1.24 (24) 1.87 (13) 2.00 (7) 1.02 (18) 7.42 (15)     C D E F G H I       128.7
WL 325HQ 1.31 (16) 1.35 (14) 1.77 (23) 1.84 (18) 0.93 (23) 7.20 (21)       D E F G H I J     124.8
WL 414 1.31 (15) 1.35 (15) 1.87 (14) 1.77 (24) 0.86 (28) 7.16 (23)       D E F G H I J     124.1
DK 166 1.51 (2) 1.35 (17) 1.69 (28) 1.79 (21) 0.84 (29) 7.10 (25)         E F G H I J     123.2
Arriba (ABI 9161) 1.12 (28) 1.29 (21) 1.76 (24) 1.86 (16) 0.96 (20) 7.00 (27)           F G H I J     121.4
Lahontan 0.73 (32) 0.87 (32) 1.60 (31) 1.67 (31) 0.75 (32) 5.77 (32)                     K   100.0
Experimental Cultivars                                                  
SW 7410 1.32 (13) 1.40 (10) 2.27 (1) 2.28 (1) 1.37 (1) 8.63 (1) A                       149.6
SW 7602 1.17 (27) 1.33 (18) 2.06 (2) 2.17 (3) 1.33 (2) 8.06 (3) A B C                   139.9
IK 8808 1.41 (5) 1.50 (3) 1.80 (21) 2.04 (5) 1.10 (11) 7.86 (6) A B C D E             136.3
DS 673 1.26 (20) 1.35 (16) 1.80 (22) 2.08 (4) 1.15 (10) 7.63 (9)   B C D E F G           132.3
SW 7525 1.07 (30) 1.44 (6) 1.96 (8) 1.92 (13) 1.16 (7) 7.54 (10)   B C D E F G H         130.8
CW 46106 1.44 (4) 1.56 (1) 1.90 (12) 1.72 (26) 0.83 (30) 7.46 (13)     C D E F G H I       129.4
WL C166 1.26 (19) 1.21 (25) 1.76 (25) 1.92 (14) 1.17 (6) 7.31 (16)     C D E F G H I J     126.8
CW 4791 1.37 (8) 1.25 (22) 1.92 (10) 1.71 (28) 1.05 (15) 7.30 (17)     C D E F G H I J     126.6
SW 7407 1.22 (22) 1.18 (26) 1.83 (18) 1.97 (9) 1.08 (13) 7.27 (18)     C D E F G H I J     126.1
DS 672 1.03 (31) 1.24 (23) 1.86 (15) 1.87 (15) 1.23 (4) 7.24 (19)     C D E F G H I J     125.6
ZX 9363 1.25 (21) 1.32 (20) 1.91 (11) 1.79 (22) 0.94 (22) 7.21 (20)     D E F G H I J     125.0
DS 671FQ 1.32 (14) 1.15 (27) 1.86 (16) 1.82 (20) 1.02 (17) 7.16 (22)       D E F G H I J     124.2
SW 7627 1.40 (7) 1.14 (28) 1.64 (30) 1.71 (27) 1.15 (9) 7.14 (24)         E F G H I J     123.8
CW 4692 1.30 (17) 1.37 (13) 1.83 (19) 1.67 (30) 0.91 (26) 7.09 (26)       E F G H I J     123.0
SW 7524 1.19 (25) 1.01 (31) 1.70 (26) 1.92 (12) 1.09 (12) 6.91 (28)             G H I J     119.9
DS 674 1.35 (11) 1.11 (29) 1.56 (32) 1.69 (29) 0.93 (24) 6.73 (29)               H I J   116.8
IK 8919 1.20 (24) 1.39 (11) 1.68 (29) 1.49 (32) 0.87 (27) 6.64 (30)                 I J   115.1
WL 91-210 1.21 (23) 1.09 (30) 1.69 (27) 1.74 (25) 0.79 (31) 6.53 (31)                   J K   113.3
                                                 
MEAN 1.28 1.32   1.84   1.88   1.04   7.38                            
                                                 
CV 13.50   16.30   12.30   12.60   12.60   8.20                            
LSD (.05) 0.24   0.30   0.32   0.33   0.18   0.85                            
                                                 
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on Yolo clay loam soil at the Univ. of California Agronomy Farm, Davis, CA.
Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.

Last Updated on 3/3/99
By Dan Putnam