Table 4. UC TULELAKE ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 1999-2000 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 5/13/99
1999 2000 Average
ENTRY
Dry Tons/Acre
Released Cultivars
329 4.63 (01) 8.82 (02) 6.73 (01) A                   114.4
Dura 512 4.41 (04) 9.00 (01) 6.71 (02) A                   114.0
WL 325 HQ 4.40 (05) 8.65 (07) 6.52 (04) A B C               111.0
Innovator +Z 4.34 (07) 8.70 (05) 6.52 (05) A B C               110.9
Plumas (3L102) 4.33 (08) 8.57 (10) 6.45 (06) A B C D             109.7
Leaf Master 4.46 (02) 8.35 (20) 6.40 (08)   B C D E           108.9
53V08 4.16 (26) 8.61 (08) 6.38 (09)   B C D E F         108.6
Forecast 1001 4.18 (23) 8.58 (09) 6.38 (10)   B C D E F         108.6
Tristar 4.23 (18) 8.44 (13) 6.34 (12)   B C D E F G       107.8
Gold Plus 4.25 (15) 8.41 (15) 6.33 (13)     C D E F G       107.7
WL 334 RK 4.24 (17) 8.39 (16) 6.32 (14)     C D E F G H     107.4
Key 2 4.28 (11) 8.28 (21) 6.28 (15)     C D E F G H     106.8
Select 4.20 (21) 8.36 (19) 6.28 (16)     C D E F G H     106.8
DK 142 4.16 (27) 8.38 (17) 6.27 (17)     C D E F G H     106.6
Blazer XL 4.32 (09) 8.22 (25) 6.27 (18)     C D E F G H     106.6
Aggressor 4.28 (12) 8.22 (24) 6.25 (20)     C D E F G H     106.3
Forecast 3001 4.20 (20) 8.27 (22) 6.24 (22)     C D E F G H     106.1
Sentry 4.27 (13) 8.20 (28) 6.23 (23)     C D E F G H     106.0
Dura 400 4.21 (19) 8.25 (23) 6.23 (24)     C D E F G H     105.9
AlfaStar 4.27 (14) 8.14 (30) 6.21 (26)       D E F G H I   105.5
Reno 3.94 (35) 8.46 (12) 6.20 (27)       D E F G H I   105.4
WL 327 4.31 (10) 8.08 (35) 6.19 (28)       D E F G H I   105.3
330 3.88 (39) 8.49 (11) 6.18 (29)       D E F G H I   105.2
Magnum V 4.17 (25) 8.17 (29) 6.17 (30)       D E F G H I J 104.9
Affinity +Z 4.03 (33) 8.13 (31) 6.08 (33)             G H I J 103.4
Fortress 4.18 (22) 7.92 (39) 6.05 (34)             G H I J 103.0
Amerigraze 401+Z 4.12 (28) 7.98 (36) 6.05 (35)             G H I J 102.9
Archer II 3.89 (38) 8.20 (27) 6.05 (36)             G H I J 102.8
Blazer 3.94 (36) 8.11 (34) 6.02 (37)               H I J 102.4
Vernal 4.25 (16) 7.51 (40) 5.88 (39)                   J 100.0
Spirit 3.80 (40) 7.94 (38) 5.87 (40)                   J 99.9
Experimental Cultivars
CW5440 4.45 (03) 8.82 (03) 6.63 (03) A B                 112.8
CW75044 4.18 (24) 8.71 (04) 6.44 (07) A B C D             109.6
CW6539 4.03 (32) 8.66 (06) 6.34 (11)   B C D E F G       107.9
DS9707HYB 4.39 (06) 8.13 (32) 6.26 (19)     C D E F G H     106.4
DS9704HYB 4.07 (31) 8.43 (14) 6.25 (21)     C D E F G H     106.3
ZG 9650A 4.07 (29) 8.36 (18) 6.22 (25)       D E F G H I   105.8
ZX 9451 4.03 (34) 8.21 (26) 6.12 (31)         E F G H I J 104.0
ZX 9853 4.07 (30) 8.12 (33) 6.10 (32)           F G H I J 103.7
DS9705HYB 3.90 (37) 7.95 (37) 5.93 (38)                 I J 100.8
MEAN 4.19   8.33 6.26
 
CV 6.70 3.60 4.70
LSD (.05) 0.39   0.42 0.30
 
VARIETY X YEAR INTERACTION IS SIGNIFICANT
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed UC Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake CA.

Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.

NOTE: Two harvests were completed during the seeding year, 1999, 3 harvests in subsequent years