| Regional Alfalfa Yield Trial for Varieties Tolerant to Potato Leaf Hopper | ||||
| Conducted in Iowa and Ohio, trial seeded Spring, 2005. | ||||
| Cut 1 | Cut 2 | Total | ||
| Mean of yield at two locations | PLH Yield Index | |||
| PLH Resistant Varieties | --------- tons per acre------------ | % Total yield increase above check varieties | ||
| 54H91 | 0.99 | 0.82 | 1.81 | 50* |
| 6325 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 1.12 | -6 |
| Bluebird HR | 0.69 | 0.75 | 1.44 | 20 |
| Enforcer | 0.84 | 0.76 | 1.6 | 33* |
| FG 43H173 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 1.94 | 61* |
| FG 43H175 | 0.86 | 0.76 | 1.61 | 34* |
| FG 43H178 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 1.47 | 22 |
| FSG 400LH | 0.79 | 0.8 | 1.58 | 31* |
| WL345LH | 0.68 | 0.7 | 1.38 | 15 |
| WL347LH | 0.89 | 0.81 | 1.7 | 41* |
| Checks | ||||
| 5454 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 1.18 | -2 |
| DK140 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 1.41 | 17 |
| Vernal | 0.47 | 0.54 | 1.01 | -16 |
| PLH Variety Mean | 0.8 | 0.76 | 1.56 | |
| Check Variety Mean | 0.57 | 0.63 | 1.2 | |
| LSD(5%) | 0.2 | 0.16 | 0.34 | |
| * Varieties not significantly different from highest value in column. | ||||
| Link to Iowa site | ||||
| Link to Ohio site | ||||