| Table 7. UC DAVIS ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 2002-2003 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 9/17/01 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | % OF | ||||||||||||||||||
| -----------------Yield-------------------- | Average | CUF 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ---------------------Dry tons/acre--------------------- | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released Varieties | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AL999Plus | 11.60 | ( 2) | 12.66 | ( 1) | 12.13 | ( 1) | A | 112.4 | ||||||||||||
| WL625HQ | 11.21 | (10) | 11.99 | ( 4) | 11.60 | ( 3) | A | B | C | 107.5 | ||||||||||
| DS681FQ | 11.23 | ( 8) | 11.90 | ( 5) | 11.56 | ( 4) | A | B | C | 107.2 | ||||||||||
| 59N49 | 11.46 | ( 5) | 11.52 | ( 8) | 11.49 | ( 6) | A | B | C | D | 106.5 | |||||||||
| WL711WF | 11.22 | ( 9) | 11.66 | ( 6) | 11.44 | ( 7) | A | B | C | D | E | 106.0 | ||||||||
| SW7410 | 11.32 | ( 6) | 11.41 | (10) | 11.37 | ( 8) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 105.4 | |||||||
| CW57104 | 11.28 | ( 7) | 11.42 | ( 9) | 11.35 | ( 9) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 105.2 | |||||||
| Achiever | 10.94 | (13) | 11.16 | (14) | 11.05 | (13) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 102.4 | |||||
| Fiesta | 11.05 | (12) | 10.83 | (20) | 10.94 | (15) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 101.4 | |||||
| SW9720 | 10.93 | (14) | 10.83 | (21) | 10.88 | (16) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 100.9 | |||||
| 58N57 | 10.51 | (21) | 11.10 | (17) | 10.81 | (18) | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 100.2 | ||||||
| Sedona | 10.54 | (19) | 11.07 | (18) | 10.80 | (19) | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 100.1 | ||||||
| CUF 101 | 10.27 | (25) | 11.30 | (11) | 10.79 | (20) | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 100.0 | ||||||
| Dura765 | 10.61 | (16) | 9.92 | (29) | 10.26 | (24) | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | 95.1 | ||||||
| El Tigre Verde | 9.39 | (33) | 10.95 | (19) | 10.17 | (25) | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | 94.3 | ||||||
| Magna601 | 10.02 | (28) | 10.25 | (27) | 10.13 | (26) | F | G | H | I | J | K | 93.9 | |||||||
| Tahoe | 10.46 | (22) | 9.54 | (31) | 10.00 | (27) | G | H | I | J | K | 92.7 | ||||||||
| Sutter | 9.78 | (29) | 10.20 | (28) | 9.99 | (28) | G | H | I | J | K | 92.6 | ||||||||
| 54Q53 | 10.05 | (27) | 9.87 | (30) | 9.96 | (29) | G | H | I | J | K | 92.3 | ||||||||
| Tango | 9.17 | (35) | 10.69 | (22) | 9.93 | (30) | H | I | J | K | 92.0 | |||||||||
| Aspire | 10.26 | (26) | 9.45 | (32) | 9.86 | (32) | H | I | J | K | 91.3 | |||||||||
| WL325HQ | 9.63 | (30) | 9.11 | (33) | 9.37 | (33) | I | J | K | L | 86.8 | |||||||||
| Dura 512 | 9.47 | (31) | 8.79 | (34) | 9.13 | (34) | J | K | L | 84.6 | ||||||||||
| Archer II | 9.18 | (34) | 8.63 | (35) | 8.91 | (35) | K | L | 82.5 | |||||||||||
| Plumas | 8.98 | (36) | 7.57 | (36) | 8.27 | (36) | L | 76.7 | ||||||||||||
| Experimental Varieties | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS187 | 12.02 | ( 1) | 11.61 | ( 7) | 11.82 | ( 2) | A | B | 109.5 | |||||||||||
| DS189 | 11.08 | (11) | 12.03 | ( 3) | 11.55 | ( 5) | A | B | C | 107.1 | ||||||||||
| CW76098 | 11.55 | ( 3) | 11.11 | (15) | 11.33 | (10) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 105.0 | |||||||
| GP99AL2 | 11.55 | ( 4) | 11.10 | (16) | 11.33 | (11) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 105.0 | |||||||
| ADF 01-70 | 10.43 | (24) | 12.05 | ( 2) | 11.24 | (12) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | 104.2 | ||||||
| DS186 | 10.61 | (15) | 11.30 | (12) | 10.96 | (14) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 101.6 | |||||
| UN628 | 10.52 | (20) | 11.24 | (13) | 10.88 | (17) | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | 100.8 | |||||
| C241 | 10.56 | (18) | 10.55 | (24) | 10.55 | (21) | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | 97.8 | |||||
| C316 | 10.45 | (23) | 10.63 | (23) | 10.54 | (22) | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | 97.7 | |||||
| OK 49 | 10.57 | (17) | 10.48 | (25) | 10.53 | (23) | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | 97.6 | ||||||
| UN576 | 9.42 | (32) | 10.39 | (26) | 9.90 | (31) | H | I | J | K | 91.8 | |||||||||
| Mean | 10.54 | 10.73 | 10.63 | |||||||||||||||||
| CV | 7.5 | 10.5 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| LSD (.05) | 1.28 | 1.83 | 1.28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 Fisher's (protected) LSD. | ||||||||||||||||||||