1997 UCCE Stanislaus
Winter Forage Variety Trial

Variety

Cut
Date

Maturity Stage

T/A @ 70%

% IVTDMD
Digestibility

%
Protein

Cayuse Oat (1)

4/11

jointing

8.95

79.11*

12.9

Cayuse Oat (2)

4/22

boot

14.58*

73.35

11.1

Bay Oat (1)

4/11

flag leaf 1/2 way out

10.97

78.82*

14.3

Bay Oat (2)

4/21

heads just barely emerging, mildew

15.09+

70.59

14.3

Ensiler Oat (1)

4/11

late jointing

9.36

78.49*

13.4

Ensiler Oat (2)

4/21

mostly late boot, a few emerged heads

18.61*

71.95

11.0

Jud Oat (1)

4/11

2 leaves before flag

11.23

78.37*

12.1

Jud Oat (2)

4/21

mostly late boot, a few florets

13.68

66.41

13.3

Mortlock Oat (1)

4/7

flower

8.01

76.97*

12.8

Mortlock Oat (2)

4/21

milk

13.90*

64.09

12.0

Trical T2700 Triticale(1)

4/11

early boot

8.78

75.83+

14.5

Trical T2700 Triticale(2)

4/17

most late boot, earliest heads 1/2 emerged

15.47*

71.44

13.0

Ogle Oat (1)

4/14

head 1/2 out of boot, not yet flower

10.50

75.36*

11.5

Ogle Oat (2)

4/21

headed out, 1/4 " kernels

16.75*

67.69

10.0

Longhorn Wheat (1)

4/14

a very few heads breaking boot

11.20*

74.09

12.6

Longhorn Wheat (2)

4/17

50% heads emerged from boot

17.13

72.60

11.3

UCD 94-401 Oat (1)

4/17

1/2 headed, no flower

12.64

69.86

12.1

UCD 94-401 Oat (2)

4/21

heads mostly out of boot, 1/4" kernels

14.32

68.93

12.2

Kanota Oat

4/7

heading to flower

10.10

72.53

14.1

Gene Wheat

4/21

very early heading

7.84

77.86

15.0

UC 126 Oat

4/17

heads just emerge from boot, past flower

18.33

77.65

12.7

Dirkwin Wheat

4/17

heads just crack from boot

9.29

77.55

13.3

Sierra Oat

4/7

heading to past flower

9.28

77.40

12.4

Pert Oat

4/21

1/2" kernels, heads 1/2 emerged

9.81

77.22

10.8

Swan Oat

4/7

heading to early flower

10.49

73.90

12.7

Montezuma Oat

3/31

early flower

6.76

73.53

13.0

Kanota Oat

4/7

heading to flower

10.10

72.53

14.1

UCD 96-440 Oat

4/21

just past flower

14.11

70.20

11.7

Bates 89 Oat

4/22

flower

13.21

68.49

9.4

Coeff. of Variation

25.53%

3.96%

15.11%

Probability

0.000

0.0000

0.0917

LSD @ 5%

4.72

4.77

3.09

LSD @ 10%

3.95

3.45