Table 6. UC DAVIS ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 2000-2002 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 10/4/99                                                
FD % OF
ENTRY Score 2000 2001 2002 AVERAGE                                           MOAPA 69
Dry Tons/Acre %
Released Varieties
DynaGro AL999 9 8.97 ( 5) 12.35 ( 1) 11.60 ( 8) 10.97 ( 1) A 113.1
El Tigre Verde 8 8.75 ( 9) 12.01 ( 2) 11.89 ( 4) 10.88 ( 3) A B C 112.2
Pershing 8 8.56 (12) 11.49 ( 5) 11.82 ( 6) 10.62 ( 4) A B C D 109.6
SW 7410 7 8.38 (17) 11.30 ( 8) 11.57 (10) 10.41 ( 8) A B C D E F 107.4
Tulare 8 8.96 ( 6) 10.80 (14) 10.71 (18) 10.16 (11) A B C D E F G H 104.7
Dura 843 8 8.00 (30) 10.53 (19) 11.92 ( 3) 10.15 (12) A B C D E F G H 104.7
Rio Grande 8 9.40 ( 1) 10.46 (20) 10.41 (21) 10.09 (14) A B C D E F G H I 104.0
58N57 8 8.48 (14) 11.00 (12) 10.77 (17) 10.08 (15) A B C D E F G H I 104.0
57Q77 7 8.28 (19) 10.33 (26) 11.59 ( 9) 10.06 (16) A B C D E F G H I 103.8
WL 530HQ (UN 612) 8 9.03 ( 4) 10.79 (15) 10.24 (25) 10.02 (17) A B C D E F G H I J 103.4
ADF 98-801 7 8.41 (16) 11.15 ( 9) 10.31 (24) 9.96 (18) B C D E F G H I J K 102.7
TruTest (UN 632) 6 8.71 (10) 10.41 (23) 10.32 (23) 9.81 (21) D E F G H I J K L 101.2
Moapa 69 8 8.09 (25) 10.58 (18) 10.42 (20) 9.70 (24) D E F G H I J K L 100.0
Achiever 7 8.89 ( 7) 10.26 (27) 9.91 (29) 9.68 (25) D E F G H I J K L 99.9
Fiesta (8G519) 8 8.82 ( 8) 9.84 (33) 9.94 (27) 9.53 (27) E F G H I J K L M 98.3
Dura 765 7 8.43 (15) 10.03 (30) 9.56 (32) 9.34 (29) G H I J K L M N 96.3
SW 7403 7 7.61 (39) 10.34 (24) 9.91 (28) 9.29 (30) H I J K L M N 95.8
Sutter 7 8.16 (22) 9.33 (35) 9.84 (30) 9.11 (32) I J K L M N O 93.9
CUF 101 9 8.14 (23) 10.06 (29) 8.91 (37) 9.04 (33) J K L M N O P 93.2
Magna 601 6 7.59 (40) 9.58 (34) 9.73 (31) 8.97 (34) K L M N O P Q 92.5
Tango (6B99) 6 8.09 (26) 9.23 (36) 8.47 (40) 8.60 (36) M N O P Q R 88.6
Highline 9 7.65 (37) 9.91 (32) 8.22 (42) 8.60 (37) M N O P Q R 88.6
54Q53 4 7.49 (44) 9.18 (37) 8.72 (38) 8.47 (38) N O P Q R S 87.3
Archer 5 7.62 (38) 8.78 (39) 8.93 (36) 8.44 (39) N O P Q R S 87.1
Magnum V 4 7.33 (46) 8.37 (43) 8.46 (41) 8.06 (42) P Q R S T 83.1
WL 442 7 7.89 (32) 8.42 (41) 7.84 (45) 8.05 (43) P Q R S T 83.0
Tahoe 7 7.56 (42) 8.37 (42) 8.08 (43) 8.01 (44) Q R S T 82.6
Dura 400 4 7.54 (43) 8.12 (44) 8.04 (44) 7.90 (45) R S T 81.5
Dura 512 5 7.35 (45) 7.93 (46) 7.37 (47) 7.55 (47) S T U 77.9
Graze King 5 7.33 (47) 7.56 (48) 6.94 (48) 7.28 (48) T U 75.0
Plumas (3L 102) 4 6.52 (50) 7.54 (49) 6.61 (50) 6.89 (49) U 71.0
Blazer XL 3 7.14 (48) 6.78 (50) 6.73 (49) 6.88 (50) U 71.0
Experimental Varieties
UC-2589 9.06 ( 3) 11.90 ( 3) 11.84 ( 5) 10.94 ( 2) A B 112.8
UC-408 8.65 (11) 10.99 (13) 11.98 ( 2) 10.54 ( 5) A B C D 108.7
Del Rio(CW 55067) 6 9.10 ( 2) 11.04 (11) 11.30 (12) 10.48 ( 6) A B C D E 108.1
SW 8829 8 8.04 (29) 11.73 ( 4) 11.51 (11) 10.43 ( 7) A B C D E F 107.6
UC-2212 7.58 (41) 11.37 ( 7) 12.16 ( 1) 10.37 ( 9) A B C D E F 107.0
UC-407 8.55 (13) 11.39 ( 6) 11.07 (13) 10.34 (10) A B C D E F G 106.6
CW 78059 8 8.27 (20) 11.05 (10) 10.98 (15) 10.10 (13) A B C D E F G H I 104.2
CW 67080 7 7.71 (36) 10.34 (25) 11.70 ( 7) 9.92 (19) C D E F G H I J K 102.3
UC-406 8.07 (27) 10.68 (16) 10.94 (16) 9.90 (20) C D E F G H I J K L 102.1
CW 77093 5 8.13 (24) 10.08 (28) 11.06 (14) 9.76 (22) D E F G H I J K L 100.6
CW 66099 6 8.17 (21) 10.42 (22) 10.53 (19) 9.70 (23) D E F G H I J K L 100.1
SW 8730 7 8.05 (28) 10.64 (17) 10.35 (22) 9.68 (26) D E F G H I J K L 99.8
DS 961 5 7.80 (33) 10.42 (21) 10.08 (26) 9.43 (28) F G H I J K L M N 97.3
DS 973 6 7.95 (31) 9.96 (31) 9.53 (33) 9.15 (31) I J K L M N O 94.3
DS 9706 HYB 4 8.30 (18) 9.15 (38) 9.28 (34) 8.91 (35) L M N O P Q 91.9
DS 9707 HYB 4 7.79 (34) 8.04 (45) 8.62 (39) 8.15 (40) O P Q R S T 84.0
DS 9705 HYB 4 6.53 (49) 8.64 (40) 9.14 (35) 8.10 (41) P Q R S T 83.5
CW 65039 5 7.76 (35) 7.87 (47) 7.71 (46) 7.78 (46) R S T U 80.2
MEAN 8.09 9.97 9.91 9.33
CV 8.60 9.50 10.90 7.60
LSD (.05) 0.98 1.32 1.51 1.00
VARIETY X YEAR INTERACTION IS SIGNIFICANT
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.