OAT TEST
                     COTTON BRANCH STATION, MARIANNA, AR
 
 Soil series....Loring silt loam
 Previous crop....Soybean
 Preplant fertilizer....250 lbs/A 0-28-24
 Planting date....October 28, 1993
 Topdress # 1....60 lbs/A N on March 4, 1994
 Topdress # 2....40 lbs/A N on March 22, 1994
 Herbicide application(s)....0.5 oz/A Harmony Extra on March 16, 1994
 Fungicide application(s)....None
 Harvest date.... June 7, 1994
 
                                   Precipitation
 
                    Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May Total
                    ----------------  Inches  -----------------
        1993-94     3.5  4.5  7.4  6.2  4.6  6.0  2.6  2.9  37.7
        Normal      3.0  4.4  4.8  4.4  4.1  5.4  5.5  5.2  36.8
        Departure  +0.5 +0.1 +2.6 +1.8 +0.5 +0.6 -2.9 -2.3  +0.9
 
 
 Table 15. Performance of Oat Cultivars, Marianna.
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 Entry                         Test        Pt   Head    Wint  2-Yr    3-Yr
 Name                  Yield    wt   Ldg   ht   date    kill  Avg     Avg
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                        bu/A  lb/bu   %    in            %    -----bu/A----
                                                              
 PA 8014-599           153.9   33.4    0   32   4-26      0         
 TX 89D 7213           150.4   34.5    0   26   4-24      0         
 OZARK                 147.5   35.9    0   27   4-22      0   160.9   179.8
 AR 82-331-1           146.2   34.7    0   27   4-24      0         
 AR 82-491             146.1   32.4    8   29   4-24      0   156.2 
 87-9                  142.4   35.4    0   29   4-23      0   150.3 
 AR FOB30              136.4   35.5    0   27   4-23      0   155.9   157.0
 BUCKSHOT'S 76-30      136.4   35.1    3   29   4-22      0   145.9 
 833                   135.6   34.6    0   29   4-25      0   139.4   157.9
 AR 82-695-3           135.4   34.2    6   28   4-25      0         
 AR 82-679-21          134.8   34.5    0   28   4-26      0         
 TX 89D 7073           134.3   35.0   21   30   4-19      0         
 811                   133.4   36.8    0   29   4-23      0   142.8 
 GA-MITCHELL           132.6   35.1    3   26   4-22      0   141.8   163.1
 AR 82-695-1           132.3   33.7    8   27   4-23      0         
 AR 82-679-12          131.6   33.1    0   27   4-27      0         
 PA 8014-1168          131.5   33.6    0   29   4-25      0         
 AR 02848B             131.3   34.9    1   30   4-22      0   150.3   169.1
 AR 82-331-7           131.1   34.0    0   30   4-24      0         
 AR 82-331-8           130.9   34.6    0   29   4-23      0         
 AR 82-679-11          129.0   34.1    0   26   4-27      0         
 AR 82-331-3           126.3   33.3    0   29   4-26      0         
 AR 82-114             124.2   35.8    5   28   4-22      0   140.4 
 AR 82-679-7           123.8   34.0    0   27   4-27      0         
 AR 02848A             123.5   37.2    1   28   4-23      0   144.4 
 AR 82-679-1           122.1   33.9    0   28   4-27      0         
 BOB                   122.0   34.9   15   26   4-20      0   140.1   156.9
 AR 02826              120.3   36.7   14   26   4-22      0   143.2 
 PA 8014-608           120.2   34.6    0   25   4-28      0         
 AR 82-747             118.5   33.1    0   27   4-24      0   143.0 
 AR 82-107             117.1   35.5    3   27   4-22      0   131.7 
 BLIZZARD              116.8   35.5    3   24   4-25      0         
 AR 82-450             113.2   35.6    4   27   4-23      0   128.3 
 AR 82-679-3           111.3   33.7   13   28   4-27      0         
 CITATION              110.7   33.0    0   28   4-23      0   139.3   154.7
 AR 82-679-10          110.6   34.3    0   28   4-27      0         
 AR 125-4A             108.9   34.4   10   27   4-22      0   126.2   154.1
 AR 82-679-22          108.5   34.8    0   28   4-27      0         
 AR 82-679-4           104.9   33.8    0   27   4-27      0         
 PA 87G-313            100.2   31.8    0   26   4-27     20         
 AR 82-230              88.3   34.9   31   29   4-24      0   119.5 
                       -----   ----  ---   --   ----    ---   -----   -----
 Grand mean            125.9   34.6    4   28   4-24      0   142.1   161.2
 LSD (5%)               26.5    1.9   14    3      2      3    21.8    25.0 
 C.V. (%)               14.9    4.1  294    7      2    478    12.0     8.9
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 Ldg = Lodging
 Pt ht = Plant height