HOW WELL DOES PERSIST YIELD IN KENTUCKY?
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YIELD DATA FROM LEXINGTON, PRINCETON, AND QUICKSAND, KY

 

While still in the experimental stage, Persist was included in variety trials at Lexington and Princeton, KY in 1993 and 1994.  The plots were seeded in mid-September 1992.  Ten years later, Persist was included in variety trials at Lexington and Quicksand, KY in a trial sown in September and October 2003, respectively. 

 

SUMMARY:

The 1993 trials included 22 entries of commercial varieties and experimental breeding lines. Persist produced the top yield over the two years at both locations! The 2003-06 trials included six commercial varieties at Lexington, while the Quicksand trial included ten commercial varieties. While there is only two years of reported data so far, we are excited to report that Persist produced the top yield in both trials!

 

TRIAL DATA:

 

University of Kentucky

Dry Matter Yields 1993-94 Harvest

 

Lexington, KY

Princeton, KY

Cultivar 1993

Yield

1994

Yield

2-yr
Total
1993

Yield

1994

Yield

2-yr
Total
Persist 4.65 3.21* 7.86* 3.52 3.26* 6.78*
Condor 4.61 2.78 7.39 3.42 2.60 6.01
Warrior 4.45 2.69 7.15 3.79* 2.39 6.19
Shiloh 4.38 2.75 7.14 3.29 3.02 6.31
Potomac 4.29 2.73 7.01 3.05 2.81 5.86
Paiute 4.18 2.70 6.88 2.95 2.32 5.27
Latar 4.29 2.55 6.84 3.69 2.59 6.28
Dawn 3.89 2.63 6.51 3.44 2.620 6.07
Shawnee 3.74 2.67 6.41 3.34 2.16 5.50
Elsie 3.90 2.50 6.39 3.44 2.60 6.04
Boone 3.60 2.53 6.13 309 2.90 6.00
lsd 0.49 0.45 0.87 0.71 0.46 0.98

  *highest score

University of Kentucky

Dry Matter Yields 2004-05 Harvest

3-Year Totals

 

Cultivar

Quicksand

Lexington
Persist 14.44* 12.96*
Takena II 14.17 11.61
Udder 14.11 10.56
Tekapo 13.99 not entered
Prairie 13.98 not entered
Haymate 13.80 not entered
Crown Royale Plus 12.96 not entered
Hallmark 12.89 10.76
Intensive not entered 10.75
Vision 8.97 6.62
lsd 1.35 1.15

  *highest score

 

 

 

   

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