Table 6. 2004-2005 YIELDS, UC DAVIS ALFALFA ROUNDUP READY TRIAL. TRIAL PLANTED 8/28/03
2004 2005 % OF
    Yield Yield AVERAGE                 CUF101
FD Dry t/a %
Control Varieties
Magna801FQ 8 12.5 ( 1) 10.8 ( 4) 11.7 ( 1) A 106.6
TANGO 6 12.2 ( 2) 10.8 ( 3) 11.5 ( 2) A B 105.4
SW7410 7 11.8 ( 4) 10.9 ( 2) 11.4 ( 3) A B C 103.9
CUF101 9 11.6 (10) 10.3 ( 8) 10.9 (10) A B C D E 100.0
WL525HQ 8 11.4 (12) 9.8 (15) 10.6 (14) C D E F G 97.0
PARADE 6 11.3 (14) 9.4 (17) 10.3 (17) E F G 94.6
Sutter 6 10.8 (18) 8.9 (20) 9.8 (19) G H 90.0
WL325HQ 3 9.7 (20) 8.9 (19) 9.3 (20) H 85.1
Roundup ReadyŽ Varieties
REVOLUTION(RR03BD-181) 8 11.8 ( 6) 10.8 ( 5) 11.3 ( 4) A B C D 103.2
RR03BD196 10 11.6 ( 9) 10.9 ( 1) 11.2 ( 5) A B C D 102.9
RR03BD194 10 11.8 ( 5) 10.5 ( 6) 11.2 ( 6) A B C D E 102.3
RR03BD176 10 11.9 ( 3) 10.2 (11) 11.0 ( 7) A B C D E 101.1
RR03BD164 10 11.7 ( 7) 10.3 (10) 11.0 ( 8) A B C D E 100.7
WL550RR(RR03BD-101) 8 11.5 (11) 10.4 ( 7) 11.0 ( 9) A B C D E 100.5
DKA84-10RR(RR03BD-140) 8 11.7 ( 8) 9.9 (14) 10.8 (11) B C D E 98.6
RR03B182 9 11.2 (15) 10.3 ( 9) 10.8 (12) B C D E F 98.4
RR03B115 9 11.4 (13) 10.1 (12) 10.7 (13) B C D E F 98.1
RR03B189 9 10.9 (17) 10.0 (13) 10.5 (15) D E F G 95.7
RRALF6R100(RR03BD-161) 6 11.1 (16) 9.6 (16) 10.4 (16) E F G 94.7
RR03BD127 7 10.6 (19) 9.2 (18) 9.91 (18) F G H 90.7
Mean 11.42 10.10 10.76
CV 5.5 8.3 5.6
LSD (.05)   0.88 1.18 0.86                  
Variety X Year interation is significant
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on Yolo clay loam soil at the UC Davis Agronomy Farms, CA.
Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% probability level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.
FD = Fall Dormancy reported by seed companies.