| Table 3. UC TULELAKE ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 2003 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 5/19/03 | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: SINGLE YEAR DATA SHOULD NOT BE USED TO EVAULATE | ||||||||||||||||
| ALFALFA VARIETIES OR CHOOSE ALFALFA CULTIVARS | ||||||||||||||||
| Cut 1 | Cut 2 | YEAR | % OF | |||||||||||||
| 7/16 | 9/11 | TOTAL | VERNAL | |||||||||||||
| --------------Dry tons/acre-------------- | % | |||||||||||||||
| Released Varieties | ||||||||||||||||
| BlazerXL | 2.61 | ( 2) | 2.22 | ( 3) | 4.83 | ( 1) | A | 110.5 | ||||||||
| XTRA-3 | 2.41 | (21) | 2.41 | ( 1) | 4.81 | ( 3) | A | B | 110.1 | |||||||
| WL319HQ | 2.50 | ( 5) | 2.23 | ( 2) | 4.74 | ( 4) | A | B | C | 108.3 | ||||||
| CW5440 | 2.47 | (10) | 2.20 | ( 5) | 4.67 | ( 5) | A | B | C | D | 106.9 | |||||
| RewardII | 2.50 | ( 7) | 2.15 | (10) | 4.65 | ( 6) | A | B | C | D | E | 106.3 | ||||
| Plumas | 2.55 | ( 3) | 2.06 | (25) | 4.61 | ( 8) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.5 | ||||
| C316Lot9078 | 2.41 | (20) | 2.20 | ( 6) | 4.60 | (10) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.3 | ||||
| Recover | 2.47 | (12) | 2.13 | (15) | 4.60 | (11) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.2 | ||||
| WL325HQ | 2.42 | (15) | 2.18 | ( 7) | 4.60 | (12) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.2 | ||||
| Vitro | 2.50 | ( 6) | 2.08 | (22) | 4.58 | (13) | A | B | C | D | E | 104.8 | ||||
| Reno | 2.43 | (14) | 2.12 | (16) | 4.55 | (16) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 104.2 | |||
| WL357HQ | 2.42 | (18) | 2.12 | (17) | 4.54 | (17) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 103.8 | |||
| Innovator+Z | 2.54 | ( 4) | 1.99 | (30) | 4.53 | (18) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 103.5 | |||
| 9429 | 2.40 | (22) | 2.12 | (19) | 4.52 | (19) | B | C | D | E | F | 103.3 | ||||
| LegenDairyYPQ | 2.35 | (25) | 2.14 | (14) | 4.49 | (20) | C | D | E | F | 102.6 | |||||
| 54Q25 | 2.42 | (16) | 2.06 | (24) | 4.48 | (21) | C | D | E | F | 102.6 | |||||
| Magna601 | 2.36 | (24) | 2.11 | (21) | 4.46 | (22) | C | D | E | F | 102.0 | |||||
| AlfalfaStar II | 2.34 | (26) | 2.12 | (18) | 4.45 | (23) | C | D | E | F | 101.9 | |||||
| LM459WD | 2.42 | (17) | 2.03 | (27) | 4.45 | (24) | C | D | E | F | 101.9 | |||||
| Masterpiece | 2.42 | (19) | 2.03 | (28) | 4.44 | (25) | C | D | E | F | 101.6 | |||||
| 53V08 | 2.26 | (31) | 2.16 | ( 9) | 4.42 | (26) | D | E | F | 101.1 | ||||||
| SW4A135 | 2.29 | (29) | 2.11 | (20) | 4.41 | (27) | D | E | F | 100.8 | ||||||
| Dura512 | 2.49 | ( 8) | 1.91 | (32) | 4.40 | (28) | D | E | F | 100.6 | ||||||
| Vernal | 2.33 | (28) | 2.05 | (26) | 4.37 | (29) | D | E | F | 100.0 | ||||||
| Hybriforce-420-wet | 2.33 | (27) | 2.01 | (29) | 4.34 | (31) | E | F | 99.3 | |||||||
| Expedition | 2.28 | (30) | 1.99 | (31) | 4.27 | (32) | F | 97.6 | ||||||||
| Experimental Varieties | ||||||||||||||||
| DS218Hyb | 2.68 | ( 1) | 2.14 | (13) | 4.82 | ( 2) | A | B | 110.3 | |||||||
| 4M124 | 2.45 | (13) | 2.18 | ( 8) | 4.62 | ( 7) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.7 | ||||
| DS309Hyb | 2.47 | (11) | 2.14 | (12) | 4.61 | ( 9) | A | B | C | D | E | 105.4 | ||||
| CW94023 | 2.36 | (23) | 2.21 | ( 4) | 4.57 | (14) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 104.5 | |||
| 4M125 | 2.49 | ( 9) | 2.08 | (23) | 4.56 | (15) | A | B | C | D | E | F | 104.3 | |||
| CW05009 | 2.22 | (32) | 2.14 | (11) | 4.36 | (30) | E | F | 99.7 | |||||||
| MEAN | 2.42 | 2.12 | 4.54 | |||||||||||||
| CV | 6.3 | 9 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||
| LSD (.05) | 0.19 | NS | 0.31 | |||||||||||||
| Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on 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 Fisher's (protected) LSD. | ||||||||||||||||