The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia

Research Report Number 666
August 2000

Statewide Summary: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages
  Dry Forage Yield
  Tifton   Plains   Griffin   Statewide
Brand-Variety 2000 3-Year Average   2000 3-Year Average   2000 3-Year Average   2000 2-Year Average 3-Year Average
  -------------------------------------------------- lb/acre --------------------------------------------------
 
Abundant 8909 .   6790 .   8869 .   8189 . .
Ampac Fantastic 9010 .   6865 .   9310 .   8395 . .
Big Daddy 8676 8952   7008 7599   9318 9778   8334 8666 8777
Common 8639 8211   6733 7227   9476 9851   8283 8569 8430
East Texas Exp. FLX-1995 8732 .   7145 .   9608 .   8495 . .
             
FL X1998(SII)LR 8705 .   5968 .   8660 .   7777 8497 .
FLX1999(GA)LR 8400 .   6516 .   9351 .   8089 . .
Florina 8567 .   6331 .   9536 .   8145 . .
Jackson 8690 8906   5984 6945   9158 9464   7944 8558 8438
Jumbo 9213 8953   7168 7614   9454 9867   8612 9085 8811
             
Lafayette 8697 8217   6726 7511   9593 9707   8339 8498 8478
Lewis King 8952 .   6446 .   9896 .   8431 . .
ME94 9025 8712   6539 7136   9671 9649   8411 8601 8499
Marshall 9366 8908   7148 7590   10561 10459   9025 9333 8986
Natchez 8038 .   6498 .   9251 .   7929 . .
             
Stampede 9075 .   6353 .   9524 .   8317 8756 .
Passerel 9010 8804   6389 7392   9060 9301   8153 8584 8499
Passerel Plus 8719 .   6593 .   10067 .   8459 8786 .
Rio 9177 8663   6346 7338   9098 9286   8207 8529 8429
TAM 90 8407 8114   6529 7370   9810 10181   8249 8482 8555
             
TXR2000-1 8364 .   6379 .   9327 .   8023 . .
TXR2000-T2 8446 .   6013 .   8725 .   7728 . .
             
Average 8764 8644   6567 7372   9424 9754   8251 8688 8590
LSD at 10% Level 499 N.S.1   498 308   713 590   406 301 254
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 212 138   211 110   349 210   245 187 158
 
1. The F-test indicated no statistical difference at the alpha = 0.1 probability level; therefore an LSD value was not calculated.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).

Last Updated on 8/14/00