Winter Forage Barley Trial, CARC 2023

Entry

Height (in)

Heading Date (Julian)

Forage Moisture (%)

Forage Yield (tons/ac)

Forage Crude Protein (%)

ADF (%)

NDF (%)

DDM (%)

RFV

MTWF5(F3)_27-1

29.6

164.7

63.3

1.43

9.2

33.9

59.6

62.5

97.6

MTWF5(F3)_27-2

30.9

162.0

62.0

1.00

8.5

33.4

59.0

62.9

99.1

MTWF5(F3)_29-2

32.9

160.7*

63.7

1.29

8.4

35.2

61.1

61.5

93.6

MTWF6(F2)_50-1

30.3

165.7

63.7

1.36

8.5

33.7

59.7

62.6

97.7

MTWF6(F2)_50-2

31.2

165.3

63.0

1.46

8.7

33.2

58.7

63.0

99.9

MTWF6(F2)_50-5

33.6

162.0

62.7

0.98

8.4

33.0

58.3

63.2

101.3

MTWF6(F2)_50-7

33.5

163.3

65.0

1.12

10.2

33.6

59.3

62.8

98.7

MTWF6(F2)_51-9

30.2

160.7*

64.5

0.46

8.9

33.0

58.3

63.2

100.8

MTWF6(F3)_50-11

29.4

160.7*

61.3

0.75

7.3

34.0

57.9

62.4

100.4

MTWF6(F3)_50-12

28.2

161.7

62.0

0.78

7.7

35.5

61.3

61.3

93.1

MTWF6(F3)_50-13

29.8

160.7*

62.7

1.36

8.6

33.9

59.8

62.5

97.3

MTWF7_19-7

37.3*

b

61.7

1.44

8.8

32.6*

59.5

63.5*

99.3

a MTF20189 WW

42.6

167

59.3

1.78

8.5

37.3

61.9

59.9

90.0

Mean

31.4

162.5

63.0

1.12

8.6

33.7

59.4

62.6

98.2

CV%

7.48

1.27

4.20

38.34

9.65

2.80

2.53

1.18

3.66

LSD (0.05)1

3.98

3.51

NS

NS

NS

1.60

NS

1.25

NS

P-value

<0.01

0.03

0.85

0.12

0.06

0.04

0.22

0.04

0.18

Bold = statistically equivalent to top performer(s), indicated by bold + asterisk

1Fisher's protected LSD not significant when P-Value > 0.05

aMTWF7_19-7 not included in heading date statistics (headed sometime before Julian day 158)

bMTF20189 Winter Wheat check not included in statistical analysis of barley lines