Table 7. '03 UC KEARNEY ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL 2003-2004 YIELDS. TRIAL PLANTED 5/12/03
2003 2004 % OF
     -----------------Yield------------------ AVERAGE                   CUF101
FD  --------------------------Dry t/a-------------------------- %
Released Varieties
AL999 9 9.0 ( 1) 12.4 ( 7) 10.7 ( 1) A 114.6
WL625HQ 9 8.3 ( 3) 12.8 ( 2) 10.5 ( 2) A B 112.4
Magna901 9 8.1 ( 6) 12.7 ( 3) 10.4 ( 3) A B C 111.2
Magna995(DS995) 9 8.4 ( 2) 12.4 ( 9) 10.4 ( 4) A B C 111.0
Sequoia 9 8.0 ( 8) 12.6 ( 4) 10.3 ( 5) A B C D 109.7
CW1010(CW89064) 10 7.8 (13) 12.5 ( 5) 10.2 ( 6) A B C D E 108.4
MeccaIII 9 7.8 (10) 12.4 (10) 10.1 ( 8) A B C D E 107.7
Catalina(SW9217) 9 7.6 (23) 12.4 ( 6) 10.0 (10) A B C D E 107.0
Salado 9 8.2 ( 4) 11.6 (18) 9.9 (11) A B C D E F 105.8
Dura843 8 7.5 (28) 12.1 (11) 9.8 (13) A B C D E F G 104.4
Westan 8 7.6 (25) 12.0 (13) 9.8 (14) A B C D E F G 104.3
Westar 8 8.0 ( 9) 11.6 (21) 9.8 (15) A B C D E F G 104.3
58N57 8 7.6 (24) 11.6 (17) 9.6 (18) B C D E F G H 102.6
59N49 9 7.6 (26) 11.6 (19) 9.6 (21) B C D E F G H 102.0
SW100(SW101) 10 7.7 (21) 11.4 (23) 9.5 (22) B C D E F G H 101.5
ArtesiaSunrise 7 7.8 (15) 11.2 (27) 9.5 (24) C D E F G H 101.0
WL530HQ 8 7.7 (16) 11.2 (26) 9.5 (25) C D E F G H 101.0
CW801(CW58073) 8 7.7 (18) 11.0 (30) 9.4 (26) D E F G H 100.0
CUF101 9 7.2 (35) 11.6 (20) 9.4 (27) D E F G H 100.0
CW704 7 7.4 (30) 11.4 (24) 9.4 (28) D E F G H 99.9
Magna788(DS788) 8 7.6 (22) 11.1 (29) 9.4 (29) D E F G H 99.8
FG03-01 8 7.8 (12) 10.9 (34) 9.3 (30) D E F G H 99.5
Magna801fq 8 7.7 (20) 10.9 (32) 9.3 (31) D E F G H 99.2
Pershing 8 7.8 (11) 10.8 (35) 9.3 (32) D E F G H 99.2
CW907 9 7.3 (32) 11.1 (28) 9.2 (33) E F G H 98.0
C-241 5 7.5 (27) 10.4 (38) 8.9 (35) F G H 95.5
Dura765 7 6.8 (40) 10.9 (33) 8.8 (37) G H 94.3
DelRio 6 7.0 (38) 10.5 (37) 8.8 (38) G H 93.5
WL325HQ 3 7.2 (36) 7.6 (40) 7.4 (40) I 78.8
Experimental Varieties
SW9218 9 7.3 (31) 12.9 ( 1) 10.1 ( 7) A B C D E 107.8
00I11PN1 8 7.8 (14) 12.4 ( 8) 10.1 ( 9) A B C D E 107.7
SW9215 9 8.1 ( 7) 11.7 (16) 9.9 (12) A B C D E F 105.3
DS8181 8 7.7 (19) 11.8 (14) 9.8 (16) A B C D E F G 104.0
00I10PN1 9 7.7 (17) 11.5 (22) 9.6 (17) B C D E F G H 102.8
UC445 9 8.2 ( 5) 11.0 (31) 9.6 (19) B C D E F G H 102.5
CW09052 9 7.4 (29) 11.8 (15) 9.6 (20) B C D E F G H 102.3
DS288 8 7.0 (39) 12.0 (12) 9.5 (23) C D E F G H 101.4
Y57Q75 7 7.1 (37) 11.3 (25) 9.2 (34) E F G H 98.0
UC450 9 7.2 (33) 10.7 (36) 8.9 (36) F G H 95.4
Y56582 6 7.2 (34) 10.1 (39) 8.6 (39) H 92.1
Mean 7.65 11.49 9.57
CV 7.1 10.3 9.5
LSD (.05)   0.76   1.66   1.03                      
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on Hanford fine sandy loam soil at the UC Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, CA.
Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.