2022 YIELDS,  USDA ARS PARLIER ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL.  TRIAL PLANTED 3/10/20
Note: Single year data should not be used to evaluate alfalfa varieties or choose alfalfa cultivars
			Cut 1			Cut 2			Cut 3			Cut 4			Cut 5			Cut 6			Cut 7			YEAR										% of
			7-Apr			11-May			14-Jun			20-Jul			24-Aug			29-Sep			3-Nov			TOTAL										CUF 101
	FD		Dry t/a
Released Varieties
SW8421-S	8		2.59	(  3)		1.98	(  1)		2.62	(  1)		2.52	(  1)		2.16	(  1)		1.61	(  1)		1.03	(  1)		14.52	(  1)		A							117.1
SW88-304	8		2.18	(15)		1.70	(12)		2.55	(  2)		2.50	(  2)		2.16	(  2)		1.59	(  2)		0.92	(  6)		13.60	(  2)		A	B						109.7
Desert Rose	8		2.37	(  6)		1.96	(  2)		2.47	(  7)		2.11	(  5)		1.99	(  6)		1.53	(  4)		0.93	(  5)		13.36	(  3)		A	B						107.8
SW8421RRS	8		2.77	(  1)		1.87	(  4)		2.54	(  3)		1.97	(  8)		2.00	(  5)		1.37	(12)		0.81	(12)		13.33	(  4)		A	B						107.5
SW9813	9		2.35	(  8)		1.78	(  8)		2.54	(  5)		1.96	(  9)		2.02	(  3)		1.49	(  6)		0.89	(  7)		13.01	(  5)		A	B	C					104.9
Super Sonic	9		2.68	(  2)		1.85	(  5)		2.52	(  6)		1.76	(15)		1.83	(10)		1.42	(  9)		0.95	(  4)		13.01	(  6)		A	B	C					104.9
SW9812	9		2.23	(13)		1.82	(  6)		2.54	(  4)		1.76	(14)		1.87	(  9)		1.54	(  3)		0.99	(  2)		12.74	(  7)			B	C	D				102.8
HVX840RR	8		2.03	(18)		1.60	(17)		2.40	(10)		2.15	(  4)		2.01	(  4)		1.50	(  5)		0.96	(  3)		12.64	(  8)			B	C	D				101.9
SW9215RRS	9		2.13	(17)		1.57	(18)		2.43	(  9)		2.18	(  3)		1.99	(  7)		1.49	(  7)		0.84	(  8)		12.62	(  9)			B	C	D				101.8
CUF 101	9		2.41	(  4)		1.75	(  9)		2.43	(  8)		2.01	(  7)		1.69	(16)		1.29	(15)		0.81	(13)		12.40	(10)			B	C	D				100.0
AFX779	7		2.33	(  9)		1.80	(  7)		2.35	(11)		1.83	(12)		1.77	(12)		1.38	(11)		0.82	(  9)		12.30	(11)			B	C	D				99.2
UC Cibola	9		2.19	(14)		1.62	(15)		2.35	(12)		2.06	(  6)		1.89	(  8)		1.31	(14)		0.80	(14)		12.23	(13)			B	C	D				98.6
SW10	10		2.32	(10)		1.66	(13)		2.15	(16)		1.95	(10)		1.73	(14)		1.48	(  8)		0.82	(10)		12.12	(14)			B	C	D				97.8
Magna 905	9		2.29	(12)		1.60	(16)		2.33	(14)		1.93	(11)		1.77	(11)		1.29	(16)		0.76	(18)		11.98	(15)			B	C	D				96.6
715RR	7		2.15	(16)		1.72	(11)		2.23	(15)		1.52	(17)		1.69	(15)		1.35	(13)		0.80	(16)		11.46	(16)				C	D				92.4
UC Highline	9		2.38	(  5)		1.65	(14)		2.15	(17)		1.58	(16)		1.56	(18)		1.21	(18)		0.77	(17)		11.29	(17)				C	D				91.1
UC Impalo	9		2.35	(  7)		1.73	(10)		2.07	(18)		1.38	(18)		1.64	(17)		1.23	(17)		0.80	(15)		11.21	(18)					D				90.4
Experimental Varieties
98218	8		2.31	(11)		1.90	(  3)		2.34	(13)		1.78	(13)		1.75	(13)		1.41	(10)		0.82	(11)		12.30	(12)			B	C	D				99.2
UC 2705	9		1.70	(19)		1.25	(19)		1.30	(19)		1.11	(19)		1.28	(19)		0.89	(19)		0.50	(19)		8.03	(19)						E			64.8
UC 2693	9		1.07	(20)		0.72	(20)		1.01	(20)		0.74	(20)		0.61	(20)		0.45	(20)		0.29	(20)		4.88	(20)							F		39.4
MEAN			2.24			1.68			2.27			1.84			1.77			1.34			0.82			11.95
CV			18.16			14.80			14.55			26.03			16.13			13.23			15.35			12.09
LSD (0.1)			0.50			0.30			0.40			0.59			0.35			0.22			0.15			1.77
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.