Seeding Rate Trials eFields Collaborating Farm
STUDY INFORMATION Planting Date
6/1/2019
Harvest Date
9/28/2019
Variety
Becks 3215
Population
See Treatments
Acres
48
Treatments
5
Reps
4
Treatment Width
40 ft.
Tillage
Conventional
Management
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Previous Crop
Corn
Row Spacing
20 in.
Soil Type
Brookston silty clay loam, 93% Odell-Lewisburg complex, 7%
OSU Extension Union County
WEATHER INFORMATION
PROJECT CONTACT
For inquiries about this project, contact Wayne Dellinger (dellinger.6@osu.edu).
RESULTS
Growing Season Weather Summary APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
Total
Precip (in.)
3.77
4.93
3.13
2.90
1.53
1.43
17.69
Cumulative GDDs
219
670
1265
2037
2691
3281
3281
Treatments (sds/ac)
Avg. Emergence (plants/ac)
Moisture (%)
Yield (bu/ac)
Return Above Seed ($/ac)
80,000
80,750
12.0
59 a
497
110,000
107,000
12.0
60 ab
493
140,000
136,750
12.0
62 b
498
170,000
167,500
11.9
62 b
485
200,000
191,500
12.0
62 b
472
Treatment Means with the same letter are not significantly different according to Fisher’s Protected Least Significant Differences (LSD) test at alpha = 0.1.
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LSD: 2.18 CV: 2.83%