2004 Perennial Ryegrass Harvest – PARC, Agassiz | |||||||
Dry Matter Yield (tonnes/ha) | |||||||
Cultivar | Cut 1 May 14 |
Cut 2 July 07 |
Cut 3 Aug 18 |
Cut 4 Sep 24 |
Cut 5 Nov 04 |
Total | % of Check |
Early Maturing Cultivars | |||||||
ARIES | 4.93 | 2.79 | 1 | 1.59 | 0.74 | 11.04 | 105 |
TETRYLYTE II | 5.16 | 4.35 | 0.83 | 1.11 | 0.63 | 12.07 | 115 |
BASTION | 4.56 | 2.8 | 0.93 | 1.55 | 0.66 | 10.49 | |
Intermediately Maturing Cultivars | |||||||
CALIBRA | 3.94 | 3.01 | 1.12 | 1.45 | 0.62 | 10.14 | 104 |
LAGUANA | 3.58 | 2.95 | 0.95 | 1.58 | 0.6 | 9.67 | 99 |
PSGG-9-04 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.87 | 1.38 | 0.49 | 9.74 | 100 |
ROSALIN | 3.85 | 2.96 | 0.81 | 1.47 | 0.68 | 9.77 | |
Late Maturing Cultivars | |||||||
PIAMONTE | 3.58 | 3.46 | 1.23 | 1.57 | 0.63 | 10.47 | 105 |
TURNDOT | 3.06 | 3.07 | 1.11 | 1.5 | 0.66 | 9.4 | 94 |
CONDESA | 2.93 | 3.38 | 1.29 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 10 | |
Mean | 3.98 | 3.16 | 1.01 | 1.49 | 0.64 | 10.28 | |
CV | 19.9 | 19.6 | 23.6 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 9.6 | |
LSD (P | 0.49 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.74 |
CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference
Bastion, Rosalin and Condesa were used as check cultivars.