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2017-2018 Short-lived Grass and Cover Crops Trial

Results of the Penn State 2017-2018 Short-lived Grass and Cover Crops Trial located at the Penn State Agronomy Farm, Centre County.

Updated:

October 31, 2022

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Annual Ryegrass (multi-cut)

	DM Yield tons/acre				First Cutting			Second Cutting			Stand
Variety	11-May	1-Jun	21-Jun	Total	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	20-Mar
ME4*	2.49	1.73	1.18	5.39	20.2	79	73	19.1	60	51	97
KB Exp 16-421*	2.38	1.90	1.07	5.36	22.4	81	72	18.5	67	56	96
Marshall	2.45	1.70	1.03	5.18	20.5	79	72	19.1	66	55	97
Kodiak	1.97	2.09	1.07	5.13	22.8	78	68	16.2	62	52	93
Mckinley	2.28	1.73	1.06	5.07	23.1	81	71	19.8	64	54	98
Ribeye	2.13	1.80	1.07	5.01	22.4	79	71	21.2	63	54	94
KB Exp 15-381*	2.04	2.04	0.92	5.00	21.5	80	71	20.7	66	55	98
KB Supreme	2.02	1.84	1.08	4.94	22.2	80	71	19.7	64	53	94
M2CVS*	1.96	1.73	1.24	4.92	20.6	80	72	18.6	63	53	92
Jackson	2.03	1.75	1.11	4.89	21	78	72	17.9	62	52	93
ME-94*	2.07	1.79	0.87	4.72	22.3	80	70	17.0	65	55	95
WMWL*	2.02	1.89	0.81	4.72	21.6	79	70	17.7	62	52	94
BAR LM 16168-3*	1.79	1.92	1.00	4.71	24.1	83	73	19.0	63	54	92
KB Royal	2.25	1.74	0.70	4.70	20.3	76	67	18.6	62	51	93
PST-3G16*	1.39	1.81	1.17	4.37	23.9	84	73	17.5	67	56	87
BAR LM 16168-1*	1.86	1.61	0.84	4.30	24.4	83	75	18.6	61	50	94
Nelson	1.40	1.84	0.99	4.23	25.4	87	80	18.7	64	53	86
BAR LM 17503*	1.37	1.73	1.10	4.21	25.9	83	75	19.4	67	56	71
Andes	1.38	1.74	0.92	4.04	24.2	84	75	19.2	66	55	78
PPG-LWT 105*	1.21	1.78	1.04	4.04	26.3	83	75	18.9	65	56	80
BAR LM 17425*	1.27	1.70	1.06	4.03	28.6	81	74	20.7	65	55	61
BAR LM 17538*	1.13	1.92	0.90	3.95	27	87	79	20.0	67	57	61
Maximus	1.23	1.71	0.96	3.91	25.9	84	79	18.7	62	52	73
Jumbo	1.17	1.63	1.01	3.80	24.5	82	78	21.7	65	56	64
BAR LM 17514*	1.17	1.52	0.99	3.69	24.1	80	74	19.5	65	54	63
Hercules	1.28	1.54	0.82	3.64	24.5	85	79	19.7	64	54	71
Barextra	1.16	1.45	0.86	3.47	27	87	78	20.9	70	60	64
BAR LM 17534*	1.10	1.62	0.71	3.43	26.2	84	81	20.6	65	54	59
BAR LM 17477*	0.74	1.48	0.78	3.00	26.2	80	75	19.9	66	56	60
Mean	1.68	1.75	0.98	4.40	23.8	81.6	73.8	19.2	64.3	54.1	82.6
LSD (.05)	0.29	0.32	0.22	0.49
CV%	12.23	12.67	15.78	11.90

*not commercially available
CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

Details:

Planted September 22, 2017
Yields (tons per acre DM basis)
Stand score based on a scale of 1 to 100. A 100 is considered to be a perfect stand.
Grand Mean, CV and LSD values represent 29 total entries.
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total yields.

Annual Ryegrass (single-cut)

		DM T/A				Stand
Variety	Cut date	Total	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	20-Mar
Marshall	15-May	3.05	20.3	74	62	97
Jackson	18-May	2.18	22.7	73	60	92
Nelson	15-May	2.04	22.5	76	66	91
PST-3G16*	17-May	1.93	19.5	69	59	90
PPG-LWT 105*	18-May	1.91	21.5	71	60	89
Mean		2.22	21.3	72.7	61.5	91.7
LSD (.05)		8.99
CV%		0.11

*not comercially available
CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

Details:

Planted September 22, 2017
Yields (tons per acre DM basis)
Stand score based on a scale of 1 to 100. A 100 is considered to be a perfect stand.
Grand Mean, CV and LSD values represent 5 total entries.
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total yields.

Short-Season Cereals

			DM T/A
Variety	Species	Cut date	Total	CP%	NDFD30	TTNDFD
BCT 17003*	Triticale	17-May	4.23	17.5	64	54
BCT 17001*	Triticale	14-May	3.80	19.8	70	60
HyOctane	Triticale	17-May	3.68	19.8	67	56
Traction	Triticale	18-May	3.67	18.8	65	57
Fredro	Triticale	17-May	3.59	18.7	64	55
Thundercale	Triticale	17-May	3.48	18.0	64	53
BCT 15509*	Triticale	17-May	3.45	20.4	66	57
Trical Exp 08TF01*	Triticale	17-May	3.40	21.5	67	55
BCT 15513*	Triticale	18-May	3.38	19.9	70	58
Trical Gainer 154	Triticale	15-May	3.35	20.5	66	57
KWS Binntto	Rye	9-May	3.28	22.2	73	59
KWS Progas	Rye	9-May	3.15	21.7	73	61
Trical Flex 719	Triticale	15-May	3.11	20.9	65	56
KWS Propower	Rye	9-May	3.11	21.5	73	59
Trical Exp 30113*	Triticale	14-May	3.10	20.2	68	59
Short Beard Thunder	Triticale	14-May	3.07	21.0	73	63
Trical Exp 917*	Triticale	15-May	3.06	22.0	69	58
Exp 508*	Triticale	14-May	3.05	21.0	71	58
Arcia	Triticale	14-May	2.97	21.4	72	62
KWS Brasetto	Rye	9-May	2.92	22.1	74	62
Tricale 813	Triticale	14-May	2.88	21.1	71	61
BCT 17002*	Triticale	14-May	2.82	22.2	72	61
Aroostook	Rye	8-May	2.64	21.0	64	65
Mean			3.26	20.6	69	58
LSD (.05)			0.25
CV%			10.08

*not comercially available
CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

Details:

Planted September 22, 2017
Yields (tons per acre DM basis)
Stand score based on a scale of 1 to 100. A 100 is considered to be a perfect stand.
Grand Mean, CV and LSD values represent 24 total entries.
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total yields.