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2019-2020 Short-lived Grass and Cover Crops Trial

Results of the Penn State 2019-2020 Short-lived Grass and Cover Crops Trial located at the Penn State Agronomy Farm, Centre County.

Updated:

July 20, 2020

Short Season Winter Cereals (single-cut)

Entry	Species	Harvest	T/A DM	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
TriCal Exp 20T04	Triticale	21-May	6.55	9.44	50.92	45.50	98
TriCal Thor	Triticale	21-May	6.26	9.50	51.67	47.25	97
Nitrous	Triticale	26-May	5.62	9.59	52.69	46.85	93
TriCal Flex 719	Triticale	21-May	5.52	9.24	50.24	44.45	96
BCT19004	Triticale	18-May	5.26	9.58	45.88	41.82	96
HyOctane	Triticale	18-May	5.23	10.23	47.58	43.47	98
TriCal Surge	Triticale	18-May	5.10	10.33	49.77	45.76	96
BCT19005	Triticale	18-May	5.09	10.92	51.66	49.21	98
KWS Progas	Hybrid Rye	8-May	5.08	13.35	56.07	52.84	97
TriCal Exp 20T02	Triticale	15-May	5.08	11.03	51.09	50.34	98
BCT19003	Triticale	21-May	5.05	9.23	48.77	45.57	96
KWS Propower	Hybrid Rye	8-May	4.93	11.09	55.00	51.41	97
BCT19006	Triticale	18-May	4.90	12.73	52.55	48.34	97
TriCal Gainer 154	Triticale	13-May	4.87	11.02	54.87	53.25	98
BCT18001	Triticale	18-May	4.85	9.72	50.11	46.67	97
TriCal Exp 20T03	Triticale	18-May	4.80	8.94	48.41	44.22	96
MBX Tri-cow 814	Triticale	15-May	4.68	10.23	51.80	48.92	95
BCT18002	Triticale	18-May	4.67	13.35	52.94	50.44	97
Caesar	Triticale	18-May	4.38	11.59	51.93	47.97	98
BCHR1901	Hybrid Rye	8-May	4.17	11.37	54.87	52.75	96
BCHR1902	Hybrid Rye	8-May	4.05	10.90	55.28	53.38	96
Aroostook	Rye	28-Apr	3.42	13.07	54.89	53.37	98
Mean			4.97	10.75	51.77	48.35	96.6
LSD (.05)			0.58				2.0
CV%			8.26				1.5

Variety	7-May	29-May	18-Jun	Total	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
KWS Propower	6.87	0.74	0.36	8.06	14.06	59.21	59.29	98
KWS Progas	5.84	0.60	0.63	6.71	12.61	56.35	52.63	96
Mean	6.35	0.67	0.50	7.39				96.8
LSD (.05)	3.53	0.21	0.88	2.82				3.8
CV%	24.67	13.60	52.24	16.97				1.7

Entry	Species	Harvest	T/A DM	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
WAX Marshall	Annual RG	13-May	4.00	12.13	55.76	56.29	99
Centurion	Annual RG	13-May	3.87	11.94	57.78	57.40	97
Nelson	Annual RG	13-May	3.58	12.63	60.26	62.09	96
Jackson	Annual RG	13-May	3.19	12.67	59.15	58.69	97
Mean			3.66	12.34	58.24	58.62	97.1
LSD (.05)			0.69				2.2
CV%			11.82				1.4

Variety	4-May	29-May	19-June	Total	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
ME-94	3.52	1.91	1.70	6.48	14.87	60.44	61.55	96
WAX Marshall	3.58	1.59	1.47	6.38	14.10	59.46	61.45	98
Centurion	3.42	1.56	1.51	6.15	12.94	54.47	50.99	97
WMWL	2.86	1.74	1.48	6.08	14.80	60.57	60.39	98
Green Spirit	2.81	1.67	2.06	6.06	15.55	61.57	61.91	97
McKinley	3.18	1.39	1.23	5.80	15.39	60.91	60.68	97
New Dawn	3.11	1.29	1.34	5.74	15.95	61.30	59.55	98
ME-4	2.68	1.35	1.67	5.70	14.35	60.98	61.01	97
Jackson	2.62	1.45	1.61	5.68	16.00	61.75	62.26	98
LWD-15	2.53	1.83	1.62	5.66	16.48	63.36	61.67	96
Andes	2.77	1.31	1.52	5.60	16.71	65.30	66.81	97
Kodiak	2.68	1.16	1.72	5.55	14.40	61.60	59.94	98
WMWL-2	2.80	1.75	1.29	5.50	14.53	61.58	60.96	97
Ribeye	2.85	1.36	1.25	5.47	15.86	65.18	63.05	98
Nelson	2.70	1.72	1.40	5.36	16.01	62.52	63.68	97
M2CVS	1.99	1.67	1.59	5.25	15.67	64.04	64.42	96
BAR LMF 503	2.34	1.92	1.39	5.15	17.70	63.44	65.58	96
LWT-23	1.88	1.79	1.66	4.87	17.92	65.60	65.52	95
Barextra	1.95	1.67	1.92	4.59	17.11	65.97	66.03	96
Mean	2.75	1.59	1.52	5.63	15.60	62.11	61.97	96.8
LSD (.05)	0.58	0.51	0.37	0.67				1.8
CV%	14.96	22.52	17.36	8.37				1.3

EEntry	Harvest	T/A DM	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
Zenyatta	29-May	2.89	10.97	51.52	44.45	97
Mean		2.89				97.0

Entry	Species	Harvest	T/A DM	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
Blaza	Crimson Clover	18-May	0.88	20.40	53.47	52.69	88
Mean			0.88				87.8

Entry	Harvest	T/A DM	CP%	NDFD 30	TTNDFD	Stand
DART 815 Triticale Mix (Triticale, Annual Ryegrass, Daikon Radish)	13-May	4.20	11.85	55.80	56.38	98
Mean		4.20				98.0

CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

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.
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total accumulated yields.

Note: the Trials were planted on September 25, 2019.