Table 2. UC TULELAKE ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 1999-2001 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 5/13/99

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1999

2000

2001

AVERAGE

% of VERNAL

Dry Tons/acre

Released Cultivars

Dura 512

4.41

(04)

9.00

(01)

8.03

(01)

7.15

(01)

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112.4

329

4.63

(01)

8.83

(02)

7.67

(09)

7.04

(02)

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110.7

53V08

4.16

(26)

8.61

(08)

7.96

(02)

6.91

(05)

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108.7

WL 325 HQ

4.40

(05)

8.65

(07)

7.67

(08)

6.91

(06)

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108.6

Innovator +Z

4.34

(07)

8.71

(05)

7.53

(21)

6.86

(07)

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107.8

Plumas (3L102)

4.33

(08)

8.57

(10)

7.61

(12)

6.84

(08)

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107.5

Gold Plus

4.25

(15)

8.41

(15)

7.83

(05)

6.83

(09)

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Forecast 1001

4.18

(23)

8.58

(09)

7.60

(13)

6.79

(10)

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106.7

Sentry

4.28

(13)

8.20

(28)

7.87

(04)

6.78

(11)

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DK 142

4.16

(27)

8.38

(17)

7.73

(07)

6.76

(12)

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Leaf Master

4.46

(02)

8.35

(20)

7.44

(30)

6.75

(13)

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106.1

Select

4.20

(21)

8.36

(19)

7.59

(14)

6.72

(16)

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105.6

Tristar

4.23

(18)

8.44

(13)

7.49

(24)

6.72

(15)

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Dura 400

4.21

(19)

8.25

(23)

7.64

(10)

6.70

(17)

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forecast 3001

4.21

(20)

8.27

(22)

7.56

(16)

6.68

(19)

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WL 327

4.31

(10)

8.08

(35)

7.63

(11)

6.67

(20)

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Blazer XL

4.32

(09)

8.22

(25)

7.43

(31)

6.66

(24)

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Aggressor

4.28

(12)

8.22

(24)

7.47

(28)

6.66

(23)

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104.7

Key 2

4.28

(11)

8.28

(21)

7.37

(34)

6.64

(25)

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AlfaStar

4.27

(14)

8.14

(30)

7.52

(22)

6.64

(26)

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WL 334 RK

4.24

(17)

8.39

(16)

7.27

(40)

6.64

(27)

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Magnum V

4.17

(25)

8.17

(29)

7.54

(19)

6.62

(28)

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104.2

330

3.88

(39)

8.49

(11)

7.42

(32)

6.59

(29)

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103.7

Reno

3.94

(35)

8.46

(12)

7.35

(35)

6.58

(30)

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103.5

Fortress

4.18

(22)

7.93

(39)

7.49

(25)

6.53

(31)

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102.7

Archer II

3.89

(38)

8.20

(27)

7.48

(26)

6.53

(32)

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102.6

Amerigraze 401+Z

4.12

(28)

7.98

(36)

7.47

(29)

6.52

(33)

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102.6

Affinity +Z

4.03

(33)

8.13

(31)

7.40

(33)

6.52

(35)

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102.5

Blazer

3.94

(36)

8.11

(34)

7.32

(37)

6.46

(37)

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Spirit

3.80

(40)

7.94

(38)

7.54

(17)

6.43

(39)

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101.1

Vernal

4.25

(16)

7.51

(40)

7.32

(38)

6.36

(40)

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100.0

Experimental Cutlivars

CW5440

4.45

(03)

8.82

(03)

7.76

(06)

7.01

(03)

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CW75044

4.18

(24)

8.72

(04)

7.92

(03)

6.94

(04)

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CW6539

4.03

(32)

8.66

(06)

7.54

(18)

6.74

(14)

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DS9707HYB

4.39

(06)

8.13

(32)

7.58

(15)

6.70

(18)

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DS9704HYB

4.07

(31)

8.43

(14)

7.50

(23)

6.67

(21)

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104.8

ZG 9650A

4.08

(29)

8.36

(18)

7.54

(20)

6.66

(22)

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ZX 9451

4.03

(34)

8.21

(26)

7.33

(36)

6.52

(34)

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102.6

ZX 9853

4.07

(30)

8.12

(33)

7.31

(39)

6.50

(36)

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102.2

DS9705HYB

3.90

(37)

7.95

(37)

7.48

(27)

6.44

(38)

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101.3

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4.19

� 8.33

7.56

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6.7

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4.3

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LSD (.05)

0.39

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N.S.

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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.