| 1997 Tall Fescue Variety Trial - Jackson Branch, Jackson, Ohio. | |||||||||
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| 1996 - 97 Quality Results by Variety. | |||||||||
| 1996 | 1997 | ||||||||
| Variety | NDF | ADF | CP | NDF | ADF | CP | NDF | ADF | CP |
| 12/13/1996 | 2/20/1997 | 7/11/1997 | |||||||
| AU Triumph | 62.2 | 37.7 | 10.7 | 72.9 | 49.4 | 10.0 | 55.0 | 32.7 | 14.5 |
| Phyter | 55.8 | 35.8 | 10.9 | 73.7 | 41.1 | 10.1 | 52.0 | 31.7 | 14.7 |
| Star grazer | 54.0 | 34.7 | 11.7 | 72.8 | 41.5 | 10.7 | 53.8 | 30.8 | 15.1 |
| KY31EF** | 54.8 | 36.0 | 9.9 | 72.8 | 42.9 | 8.9 | 51.6 | 30.8 | 14.3 |
| Fawn | 56.5 | 36.1 | 12.2 | 74.0 | 44.8 | 9.5 | 54.5 | 32.0 | 15.1 |
| KY31EI*** | 59.8 | 36.0 | 11.4 | 71.6 | 47.4 | 9.2 | 56.4 | 32.1 | 15.5 |
| Martin | 56.8 | 35.9 | 11.8 | 72.3 | 39.7 | 10.1 | 56.0 | 32.3 | 15.5 |
| Festorina | 58.1 | 35.0 | 10.4 | 73.2 | 46.9 | 9.2 | 54.9 | 31.7 | 15.7 |
| Warrior* | 56.7 | 36.1 | 13.4 | 70.0 | 43.6 | 12.4 | 59.5 | 36.1 | 13.9 |
| 1996 | 1997 | ||||||||
| Variety | NDF | ADF | CP | NDF | ADF | CP | NDF | ADF | CP |
| 12/13/1996 | 2/20/1997 | 7/11/1997 | |||||||
| Benchmark* | 55.1 | 35.5 | 13.4 | 69.7 | 40.0 | 11.4 | 60.0 | 35.7 | 13.8 |
| JessupEI*** | 52.4 | 34.1 | 10.8 | 68.3 | 41.4 | 10.4 | 53.1 | 31.4 | 15.1 |
| JessupEF** | 54.2 | 34.6 | 11.4 | 74.3 | 47.6 | 9.0 | 54.3 | 32.9 | 14.0 |
| Barcel | 53.4 | 34.9 | 11.1 | 68.7 | 37.6 | 10.5 | 50.2 | 30.4 | 15.6 |
| Mean | 56.14 | 35.57 | 11.46 | 71.87 | 43.38 | 10.11 | 54.73 | 32.35 | 16.20 |
| LSD 0.05 | 5.20 | ns | ns | ns | ns | 1.50 | 4.31 | 2.76 | 9.25 |
| CV % | 5.10 | 3.80 | 11.30 | 4.45 | 11.30 | 8.70 | 4.66 | 5.05 | 33.80 |
| * Orchard grass variety. ** EF - Seed source is 100% free of endophyte fungus. *** EI - Seed source is 100% infected with the endophyte fungus. | |||||||||
| NDF - Neutral Detergent Fiber ADF - Acid Detergent Fiber CP - % Crude Protein | |||||||||
| For establishment data look at Table 16: | |||||||||
| Note: The authors would like to express their thanks to Countrymark and Athens Landmark for funding the forage quality testing. | |||||||||