TABLE 6.  2004-2006 YIELDS, UC DAVIS ALFALFA ROUNDUP READY TRIAL.  TRIAL PLANTED 08/28/03
      2004   2005   2006                         % of
      Yield   Yield   Yield   Average                     CUF101
FD Dry t/a %
Control Varieties
Magna 801FQ 8 12.4   (   2) 10.6   (   6) 9.7   (   1) 10.9   (   1) A 104.2
Tango 6 12.5   (   1) 11.0   (   2) 8.7   (   9) 10.7   (   2) A 102.9
SW7410 7 12.0   (   4) 11.1   (   1) 8.8   (   8) 10.6   (   3) A B 101.9
CUF101 9 11.8   (   8) 10.5   (   7) 9.1   (   3) 10.4   (   7) A B C D 100.0
WL525HQ 8 11.1   ( 14) 9.8   ( 15) 8.9   (   7) 9.9   ( 12) B C D E F G 95.2
Parade 6 11.3   ( 12) 9.3   ( 17) 8.0   ( 18) 9.6   ( 17) E F G H 91.6
Sutter 7 10.8   ( 17) 9.2   ( 18) 8.3   ( 16) 9.5   ( 18) F G H 90.5
WL325HQ 3 10.2   ( 20) 9.2   ( 20) 7.6   ( 19) 9.0   ( 20) H 86.1
Roundup ReadyŽ Varieties
REVOLUTION(RR03BD-181) 9 12.0   (   3) 10.9   (   4) 8.9   (   5) 10.6   (   4) A B 101.8
RR03BD-194 8 11.8   (   7) 10.6   (   5) 9.2   (   2) 10.6   (   5) A B 101.1
RR03BD-176 8 11.9   (   5) 10.5   (   8) 8.9   (   6) 10.4   (   6) A B C 100.1
RR03BD-196 7 11.3   ( 13) 10.9   (   3) 9.0   (   4) 10.4   (   8) A B C D 99.6
RR03BD-164 8 11.8   (   6) 10.3   ( 10) 8.5   ( 12) 10.2   (   9) A B C D E 97.8
WL550RR(RR03BD-101) 8 11.5   ( 10) 10.4   (   9) 8.6   ( 11) 10.1   ( 10) A B C D E F 97.2
RRALF6R100(RR03BD-161) 6 11.6   (   9) 9.7   ( 16) 8.7   ( 10) 10.0   ( 11) B C D E F 95.7
DKA84-10RR(RR03BD-140) 8 11.4   ( 11) 9.9   ( 13) 8.2   ( 17) 9.8   ( 13) C D E F G 93.9
RR03B-115 8 11.0   ( 16) 10.0   ( 12) 8.4   ( 15) 9.8   ( 14) C D E F G 93.7
RR03B-182 8 10.6   ( 18) 10.1   ( 11) 8.4   ( 14) 9.7   ( 15) D E F G H 93.0
RR03B-189 8 10.5   ( 19) 9.8   ( 14) 8.5   ( 13) 9.6   ( 16) E F G H 92.0
RR03BD-127 5 11.1   ( 15) 9.2   ( 19) 7.4   ( 20) 9.2   ( 19) G H 88.5
MEAN 11.43 10.15 8.59 10.06
CV 6.5 8.4 7.9 6.0
LSD (0.1) 0.92 1.04 0.83 0.74
                                                 
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 10% probability level according to Fishers (protected) LSD.
FD = Fall Dormancy reported by seed companies.