2000-2001 Small Grains Performance Tests

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

Research Report Number 673
August 2001

Statewide Summary:
Rye Forage Performance - All Harvests, 2000-2001
with Two- and Three-Year Averages
Dry Forage Yield - All Harvests
Tifton Plains Griffin Statewide
Brand-Variety 2001 3-Year
Average		   2001 3-Year
Average		   2001 3-Year
Average		   2001 2-Year
Average		 3-Year
Average
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Commercial lines
Bates                            6556  6960  6737  6281  6443  7445  6579  7031  6895
Danko Kier                       7587     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
Danko Walet                      6570     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
Early Grazer                     6513  6795  6237  5610  6187  6831  6312  6604  6412
Elbon                            7499  7330  6294  5862  6761  7514  6851  7102  6902
GI-87                            6600  7057  6781  6265  6927  7238  6769  7043  6853
Hancock                          7644     .  5598     .  5742     .  6328     .     .
Kelly Grazer II                  7130  7365     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
Maton                            6684  7284  5904  6112  6317  7065  6302  6810  6820
Oklon                            7057  7305  6563  5977  6705  7071  6775  6967  6784
Winter King                      6846     .  6265     .  6611     .  6574     .     .
Wintergrazer 70                   6550  6994  6201  6023  5410  7320  6053  6727  6779
Wrens 96                         5794  6421  6281  5816  5928  6910  6001  6334  6382
Wrens Abruzzi                    5822  6316  6229  5686  5697  6843  5916  6335  6282
Experimental lines
FL2000RP1                        6062     .  6148     .  5332     .  5847     .     .
FL2000RP10                        5424     .  5734     .  4378     .  5178     .     .
FL2000RP11                        5350     .  6316     .  6170     .  5945     .     .
FL2000RP12                        6527     .  6353     .  5366     .  6082     .     .
FL2000RP13                        6022     .  6657     .  6205     .  6295     .     .
FL2000RP2                        6157     .  6230     .  5702     .  6029     .     .
FL2000RP3                        6317     .  5801     .  5595     .  5904     .     .
FL2000RP4                        5728     .  6280     .  5431     .  5813     .     .
FL2000RP5                        6208     .  6273     .  5718     .  6066     .     .
FL2000RP6                        5851     .  5852     .  4865     .  5523     .     .
GA96P16M                         5402     .  5722     .  5289     .  5471  5993     .
Pennington SPIRye  6970     .  6616     .  6715     .  6767  6952     .
Seed Resource XR9903  6731     .  6679     .  6658     .  6689     .     .
Seed Resource XR9907  7174     .  6706     .  6987     .  6955     .     .
Seed Resource XR9908  6955     .  6708     .  6226     .  6630     .     .
Seed Resource XR9909  6759     .  6926     .  6286     .  6657     .     .
Seed Resource XR9916  6432     .  6229     .  6178     .  6280     .     .
Seed Resource XR9917  6889     .  5917     .  6172     .  6326     .     .
UGA 96RS1                        6302     .  6179     .  6422     .  6301     .     .
Average                          6488  6983  6280  5959  6014  7137  6241  6718  6679
LSD at 10% Level 692 340 345 291 772   N.S.1 541 329 244
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 295 121   206 103   328 208   178 193 124
 
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).
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