2015-2017 YIELDS, UC DAVIS ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL.  TRIAL PLANTED 9/30/2014
      2015   2016   2017                                
      Yield   Yield   Yield   Average                            
FD Dry t/a
Released Varieties
UC Impalo 8 10.78   (  3) 7.99   (  1) 9.15   (  1) 9.31   (  1) A
DG9212 9 10.29   (14) 7.69   (  2) 9.11   (  2) 9.03   (  3) A B C
SW9215 9 10.35   (12) 7.57   (  9) 8.69   (  5) 8.87   (  7) A B C D
AmeriStand 803T 8 10.52   (  8) 7.50   (11) 8.52   (  9) 8.84   (  8) A B C D
Desert Sun 8.10 RR 8 10.79   (  2) 7.68   (  3) 8.00   (17) 8.82   (  9) A B C D
8R100 8 10.60   (  6) 7.39   (14) 8.31   (12) 8.77   (10) A B C D E
AmeriStand 715NT RR 7 10.27   (15) 7.60   (  6) 8.25   (14) 8.71   (11) A B C D E
9R100 9 10.10   (20) 7.28   (18) 8.54   (  7) 8.64   (14) A B C D E F
6R200 6 10.12   (19) 7.35   (17) 8.03   (15) 8.50   (15) B C D E F G
UC415 9 10.68   (  4) 7.20   (24) 7.62   (26) 8.50   (16) B C D E F G
Camas 4 9.40   (30) 7.62   (  5) 8.43   (11) 8.48   (17) B C D E F G
Integra 8800 8 10.02   (21) 7.25   (22) 7.94   (19) 8.40   (19) C D E F G
Pacifico 8 9.65   (25) 7.39   (13) 7.77   (22) 8.27   (21) D E F G H I
ICON 6 9.70   (24) 7.27   (19) 7.70   (23) 8.22   (23) D E F G H I
Arriba II 6 9.54   (28) 7.38   (16) 7.69   (24) 8.20   (24) D E F G H I
SW8421‐S 8 10.13   (18) 7.00   (27) 7.49   (27) 8.20   (25) D E F G H I
Integra 8420 4 9.14   (34) 7.50   (12) 7.96   (18) 8.20   (26) D E F G H I
Cuf 101 9 10.15   (17) 6.98   (28) 7.00   (32) 8.04   (28) E F G H I J K
Integra 8600 6 9.15   (33) 7.25   (21) 7.30   (30) 7.90   (30) G H I J K
Integra 8444 RR 4 8.28   (36) 6.92   (30) 7.44   (28) 7.55   (33) I J K
4R200 4 8.75   (35) 6.57   (35) 7.31   (29) 7.54   (34) I J K
NuMex Bill Melton 7 9.60   (27) 6.76   (33) 5.82   (36) 7.39   (35) J K
Experimental Varieties
SW 8208 8 10.81   (  1) 7.55   (10) 9.05   (  3) 9.14   (  2) A B
SW 8357 8 10.51   (  9) 7.63   (  4) 8.59   (  6) 8.91   (  4) A B C D
R89M935 9 10.58   (  7) 7.59   (  7) 8.47   (10) 8.88   (  5) A B C D
SW 8421‐RRS 8 10.33   (13) 7.59   (  8) 8.71   (  4) 8.87   (  6) A B C D
R88T829 9 10.17   (16) 7.39   (15) 8.54   (  8) 8.70   (12) A B C D E
CW058071 8 10.50   (10) 7.26   (20) 8.26   (13) 8.67   (13) A B C D E F
R99T939 8 10.50   (11) 6.82   (32) 8.02   (16) 8.45   (18) B C D E F G
UC 2671 9 10.61   (  5) 7.22   (23) 7.01   (31) 8.28   (20) D E F G H
SW 9215‐RRS 9 9.84   (23) 6.91   (31) 7.93   (20) 8.23   (22) D E F G H I
CW096043 6 9.29   (31) 7.05   (26) 7.93   (21) 8.09   (27) E F G H I J
Artesian Sunrise 7 9.26   (32) 6.96   (29) 7.67   (25) 7.97   (29) F G H I J K
SW 6334 6 9.48   (29) 7.13   (25) 6.75   (33) 7.79   (31) G H I J K
UC2693 9 9.97   (22) 6.70   (34) 6.21   (34) 7.63   (32) H I J K
UC 410 9 9.62   (26) 6.41   (36) 5.98   (35) 7.34   (36) K
MEAN 9.99 7.26 7.87 8.37
CV 7.23 7.71 15.49 7.26
LSD (0.1) 0.86 0.67 1.46 0.73
                                                       
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed on Yolo clay loam at the Univ. of California Agronomy Farm, Davis, CA.
Entries followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 10% probability level according to Fisher's (protected) LSD.
FD = Fall Dormancy reported by seed companies.