2020-2022 YIELDS. USDA ARS PARLIER ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL.  TRIAL PLANTED 3/10/2020
      2020   2021   2022                        
      Yield   Yield   Yield   Average                    
FD Dry t/a
Released Varieties
SW8421-S 8 4.85   (  3) 13.64   (  6) 14.52   (  1) 11.00   (  1) A
Desert Rose 8 4.81   (  4) 14.52   (  2) 13.36   (  3) 10.90   (  2) A
SW9812 9 4.89   (  2) 14.96   (  1) 12.74   (  7) 10.87   (  3) A
SW9813 9 5.26   (  1) 14.16   (  4) 13.01   (  5) 10.81   (  4) A B
SW8421RRS 8 3.92   (14) 14.23   (  3) 13.33   (  4) 10.50   (  5) A B C
SW88-304 8 4.36   (  7) 13.25   (  9) 13.60   (  2) 10.40   (  6) A B C D
CUF 101 9 4.12   (10) 14.05   (  5) 12.40   (10) 10.19   (  7) A B C D E
Super Sonic 9 3.97   (13) 13.31   (  7) 13.01   (  6) 10.09   (  8) A B C D E F
AFX779 7 4.52   (  5) 13.31   (  8) 12.30   (11) 10.04   (  9) A B C D E F
HVX840RR 8 4.29   (  9) 12.57   (14) 12.64   (  8) 9.83   (10) B C D E F G
SW9215RRS 9 4.00   (12) 12.71   (12) 12.62   (  9) 9.78   (11) C D E F G
715RR 7 4.48   (  6) 13.09   (10) 11.46   (16) 9.68   (12) C D E F G
UC Cibola 9 3.54   (16) 12.71   (13) 12.23   (13) 9.49   (13) C D E F G
SW10 10 4.01   (11) 12.26   (15) 12.12   (14) 9.47   (15) D E F G
Magna 905 9 3.79   (15) 12.05   (17) 11.98   (15) 9.27   (16) E F G
UC Highline 9 3.40   (17) 12.74   (11) 11.29   (17) 9.14   (17) F G
UC Impalo 9 3.32   (18) 12.17   (16) 11.21   (18) 8.90   (18) G
Experimental Varieties
98218 8 4.29   (  8) 11.86   (18) 12.30   (12) 9.48   (14) C D E F G
UC 2705 9 2.77   (20) 9.70   (19) 8.03   (19) 6.83   (19) H
UC 2693 9 2.79   (19) 7.30   (20) 4.88   (20) 4.99   (20)
MEAN 4.07 12.73 11.95 9.58
CV 18.40 10.23 12.09 8.74
LSD (0.1) 0.92 1.59 1.77 1.02
                                               
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed at San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, 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.