OAT TEST
                 RICE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER, STUTTGART, AR
 
 Soil series....Crowley silt loam
 Previous crop....Fallow
 Preplant fertilizer....None
 Planting date....October 26, 1993
 Topdress # 1....46 lbs/A P2O5  on November 22, 1993
 Topdress # 2....60 lbs/A N on February 28, 1994
 Topdress # 3....40 lbs/A N on March 18, 1994
 Herbicide application(s)....None
 Fungicide application(s)....None
 Harvest date....May 31, 1994
 
                               Precipitation
 
               Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Total
                -----------------  Inches  ----------------
  1993-94      4.2  5.2  6.2  6.1  5.2  5.0  2.5  4.8  39.2
  Normal       2.7  4.4  4.6  4.0  4.0  5.1  5.2  4.7  34.7
  Departure   +1.5 +0.8 +1.6 +2.1 +1.2 -0.1 -2.7 +0.1  +4.5
   
 
 Table 16. Performance of Oat Cultivars, Stuttgart.
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 Entry                          Test         Head    2-Yr      3-Yr
 Name                  Yield     wt   Ldg    date    Avg       Avg 
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                        bu/A   lb/bu    %          -------bu/A-----
                                                     
 PA 8014-608           148.2    36.2    0    4-21                  
 OZARK                 142.6    37.0    0    4-17    138.8    135.6
 TX 89D 7213           136.7    35.1    0    4-18                
 811                   135.4    38.0    0    4-16    126.5       
 PA 87G-313            131.6    33.3    0    4-21                
 BUCKSHOT'S 76-30      123.7    35.4    3    4-16    122.5       
 833                   123.4    35.5    0    4-19    126.3    125.4
 AR 02848A             122.7    38.8    0    4-15    118.3    124.5
 AR FOB30              121.5    36.6    4    4-16    129.0    137.4
 AR 82-331-3           121.3    34.7    0    4-17                
 TX 89D 7073           119.9    34.4    3    4-15                
 AR 82-679-21          118.4    35.2    0    4-20                
 AR 82-331-8           117.9    33.8    0    4-18                
 AR 82-695-1           117.8    33.7    1    4-16                
 AR 82-679-22          117.5    35.5    0    4-21                
 AR 82-331-7           116.9    34.2    0    4-18                
 AR 82-679-12          116.6    35.5    0    4-21                
 AR 82-679-11          116.3    35.9    0    4-20                
 PA 8014-1168          116.2    33.7    1    4-16                
 BLIZZARD              116.0    36.8    0    4-20                
 AR 82-679-10          114.4    35.8    0    4-20                
 AR 82-679-7           114.4    34.8    0    4-21                
 GA-MITCHELL           113.4    35.7    0    4-17    118.6    131.8
 87-9                  113.0    36.4    0    4-17    115.6         
 AR 82-695-3           112.7    34.0    3    4-17                
 AR 82-747             111.6    30.7    0    4-17    124.3       
 PA 8014-599           108.3    32.8    0    4-18                
 AR 82-491             108.2    32.4    0    4-20    129.7       
 AR 82-679-1           108.1    34.4    0    4-21                
 AR 82-331-1           107.7    34.0    4    4-18                
 AR 82-114             107.3    36.9    0    4-17    122.6       
 AR 82-679-4           105.2    35.6    0    4-20                
 BOB                   102.3    36.9   34    4-14    113.5    127.8
 AR 82-679-3            99.4    35.0    0    4-21                
 AR 82-107              97.7    36.0    0    4-17    114.9       
 CITATION               95.8    34.8    5    4-16    115.1    118.4
 AR 82-450              95.3    35.2    5    4-15    111.7       
 AR 02826               88.2    36.0   24    4-16    109.9       
 AR 02848B              86.4    36.3   10    4-14    112.6    122.4
 AR 125-4A              62.6    34.1   20    4-14     87.2    106.2
 AR 82-230              55.8    35.5   14    4-16     90.3       
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 Grand mean            111.9    35.2    4    4-18    117.2    125.5
 LSD (5%)               10.9     1.1    8             35.0     29.4
 C.V. (%)                7.0     2.3  139              8.0      8.7
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 Ldg = Lodging