Table 8. Gamagrass, Pennisetum oriental, and Big Bluestem observation.
 WFREC, Jay, FL. 2000



 Dry Matter
 Pounds per acre t


Entry
Fla. Ecotype Gamagrass
P.I. 269961 P. orientale
Pete Gamagrass
P.I. 271596 P. oriental
P.I. 271595 P. orientale
P.I. 219610 P. orientale
P.I. 314994 P. orientale
Ala. Ecotype Gamagrass
Tenn. Ecotype Gamagrass
P.I. 315867 P. orientale
Big Bluestem
Gamagrass (WF6)
 LSD (t.05)


t Pounds per acre X 1.12 = kilograms per hectare.


PLANTED:
SOIL:
FERTILIZER:


Rows were set on 17 September 98 with some plants added on 28 April 99.
Orangeburg sandy loam (Typic Paleudult)
400 pounds per acre of 8-24-24 on 13 April 00; Ammonium nitrate at 200
pounds per acre on 17 May and 8 Aug. 00, and at 100 pounds per acre
on 22 June 00.


9 May
1410
970
1470
1290
1030
760
460
760
460
230
330
210
390


20 June
1420
1160
1060
1250
1440
1020
 970
 770
 610
 520
 270
 150
 510


25 July
2290
2270
2240
1780
1480
2070
1600
1050
1090
1820
760
790
N.S.


31 Aug.
 1060
 890
 1180
 1360
 1510
 1330
 810
 980
 490
 440
 250
 40
 390


28 Sept.
 1360
 2130
 1420
 1660
 1870
 1690
 2100
 1280
 1600
 710
 220
 230
 860


Total
7540
7420
7370
7340
7330
6870
5940
4840
4250
3720
1830
1420
1870