2008 Trials – List

GEM1 | GEM2 | WQSC3

GEM1

One trial involving GEM material (08GEM1) was planted in 2008 at two WI locations, Madison (May 6th) and Arlington (May 27th). Very wet conditions affected both locations during the month of May. The Madison location recovered fairly well and yields reflect that fact. The Arlington location, on the other hand, had water standing in portions of the field for longer periods of time. A substantial amount of nitrogen leaching (yellowing of plants) was therefore observed later in the season. Overall plant standability was above average this year, therefore no lodging information was collected in neither location. The Madison trial was harvested on September 10th. The Arlington trial was harvested on October 3rd.

Trial GEM1 consisted of the silage evaluation (yield and quality) of advanced inbred lines from the GEM program derived from the AR16026:S1719-052-2-B-B-B population. Trial GEM1 included 25 inbreds each crossed to Holdens tester LH287 and/or WI inbred line W604S. Eight different hybrids were also included as checks.

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GEM2

One trial involving GEM material (08GEM2) was planted in 2008 at two WI locations, Madison (May 6th) and Arlington (May 27th). Very wet conditions affected both locations during the month of May. The Madison location recovered fairly well and yields reflect that fact. The Arlington location, on the other hand, had water standing in portions of the field for longer periods of time. A substantial amount of nitrogen leaching (yellowing of plants) was therefore observed later in the season. Overall plant standability was above average this year, therefore no lodging information was collected in neither location. The Madison trial was harvested on September 10th. The Arlington trial was harvested on October 3rd.

Trial GEM2 consisted of the silage evaluation (yield and quality) of advanced inbred lines from the GEM program derived from AR17056:N2025-508-1-B-B-B-B, DK212T:N11a12-122-1-B-B and FS8B(T):N11a-322-1-B-B. Trial GEM2 included 13 inbreds each crossed to Holdens’ tester LH244. This trail also included seven hybrid checks.

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WQSC3

One trial involving 23 S5s and S6s from cycle 3 of the Wisconsin Quality Synthetic (WQSC3) population was planted in 2008 at two WI locations, Madison (May 6th) and Arlington (May 27th). Very wet conditions affected both locations during the month of May. The Madison location recovered fairly well and yields reflect that fact. The Arlington location, on the other hand, had water standing in portions of the field for longer periods of time. A substantial amount of nitrogen leaching (yellowing of plants) was therefore observed later in the season. Overall plant standability was above average this year, therefore no lodging information was collected in neither location. The Madison trial was harvested on September 10th. The Arlington trial was harvested on October 3rd.

Trial WQSC3 consisted of the silage evaluation (yield and quality) of S5 and S6 lines from cycle 3 of the WQS population. This trial included 23 inbreds each crossed to Holdens tester LH244 and LH332. Seven different hybrids were also included as checks.

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