2022-2023 YIELDS, TULELAKE ALFALFA CULTIVAR TRIAL.  TRIAL PLANTED 8/19/21
      2022   2023                         % of
      Yield   Yield   Average                     Vernal 
FD Dry t/a
Released Varieties
AWS 418RL 4 7.87   (  7) 8.37   (  1) 8.12   (  1) A 110.5
HybriForce-4420/Wet 4 8.11   (  3) 7.88   (  9) 8.00   (  2) A B 108.9
54VQ52 4 7.90   (  4) 8.05   (  2) 7.97   (  3) A B C 108.5
54Q29 4 8.26   (  2) 7.53   (20) 7.89   (  4) A B C D 107.4
6453Q 4 7.70   (  9) 7.98   (  6) 7.84   (  5) A B C D E 106.7
Ameristand 428TQ 4 7.66   (10) 7.98   (  5) 7.82   (  7) A B C D E 106.4
AWS 455 salt 4 7.87   (  6) 7.74   (15) 7.81   (  8) A B C D E 106.2
AFX 439 4 7.56   (12) 8.04   (  3) 7.80   (  9) A B C D E F 106.2
WL377 HQ 5 7.71   (  8) 7.77   (12) 7.74   (10) B C D E F G 105.3
Magna150RR 4 8.33   (  1) 7.12   (24) 7.73   (11) B C D E F G 105.2
6585Q 5 7.48   (14) 7.94   (  8) 7.71   (12) B C D E F G 104.9
Nexgrow 6516R 4.5 7.46   (15) 7.84   (10) 7.65   (13) B C D E F G H 104.2
Ameristand 446NT 4 7.25   (22) 8.02   (  4) 7.64   (14) C D E F G H 103.9
WL341 HVXRR 4 7.42   (16) 7.75   (14) 7.59   (15) D E F G H 103.2
LG5R300 5 7.41   (17) 7.71   (16) 7.56   (16) D E F G H 102.9
Bison Alfalfa 3.5 7.64   (11) 7.49   (21) 7.56   (17) D E F G H 102.9
Ameristand 518NT 5 7.16   (23) 7.94   (  7) 7.55   (18) D E F G H 102.8
Ameristand 416NT RR 4 7.32   (20) 7.75   (13) 7.53   (19) E F G H 102.6
WL375 HVXRR 4.6 7.37   (18) 7.63   (18) 7.50   (20) E F G H 102.1
LG4R300 4 7.25   (21) 7.64   (17) 7.45   (21) F G H 101.4
AWS 390 3.9 7.35   (19) 7.45   (22) 7.40   (22) G H 100.7
WL3441 RR 4 7.08   (24) 7.62   (19) 7.35   (23) H 100.0
Vernal  2 7.55   (13) 7.14   (23) 7.35   (24) H 100.0
Experimental Varieties
SW4615 5 7.87   (  5) 7.77   (11) 7.82   (  6) A B C D E 106.5
MEAN 7.61 7.76 7.68
CV 5.11 4.21 3.79
LSD (0.1) 0.47 0.40 0.35
                                           
Trial seeded at 25 lb/acre viable seed at Intermountain Research and Extension Center, Tulelake, 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.