Table 1. 1997 Performance of Full Season Maturity Group III Entries at Three Viginia Locations.

ORG=Orange, SUF=Suffolk, WAR=Warsaw

  1997 YIELD   1997 3-Test Average   1996-97 Avg Yield
BRAND/ENTRY ORG SUF WAR   YIELD MAT LOD HT SQ PROT OIL   ORG WAR MEAN
  --------------BU/A------------   BU/A DAY 1-5 IN 1-5 % %   ---------------BU/A---------------
TS 415 +39 *64 *55   *52.8 27-Sep 1.2 28.4 2.1 38.1 25.8   46 *57 *54.1
TS E387 +37 +59 *55   +50.6 24-Sep 1.0 25.5 1.7 39.3 26.8   -- -- --
FFR-EXP 21683 +37 52 +54   +47.5 27-Sep 1.2 28.3 1.7 40.3 27.4   -- -- --
FFR-396 32 52 50   44.4 24-Sep 1.0 25.4 1.6 41.3 28.2   43 56 50.9
HT-381-STS +40 39 +52   43.9 26-Sep 1.1 27.6 1.8 40.3 27.1   *47 56 50.2
MAVERICK 32 47 50   43.0 30-Sep 1.4 31.7 2.0 40.8 27.9   -- -- --
PIONEER 93B81 33 45 50   42.9 25-Sep 1.2 26.4 1.7 38.4 26.2   -- -- --
IROQUOIS *42 35 50   42.4 24-Sep 1.0 25.1 2.2 40.0 27.3   -- -- --
MACON +35 42 49   42.1 25-Sep 1.1 26.1 2.1 41.0 28.2   -- -- --
UAPX182 +39 34 +51   41.4 25-Sep 1.1 26.7 1.8 40.6 27.4   -- -- --
PIONEER 9395 33 42 49   41.3 24-Sep 1.0 25.7 1.8 41.0 27.9   *47 *57 51.7
BASS 29 41 46   38.5 26-Sep 1.1 27.4 1.8 40.7 27.8   42 51 46.7
CHARLESTON 28 29 44   33.8 12-Sep 1.0 13.8 2.1 41.0 28.3   -- -- --
                               
GRAND MEAN 35 45 51   43.4 25-Sep 1.1 26.0 1.9 -- --   44 55 49.6
CV 21 21 7   16.3 9 14.2 11.4 15.0 -- --   -- -- --
LSD (.10) 8 10 4   5.6 -- -- -- -- -- --   -- -- --

* Highest yielding variety in test
+ Not significantly different from the highest yielding variety

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