Patrick Edoka: Influence of leaf area development of early and mid-early maturity varieties of silage maize on dry matter yield and forage quality

Patrick Edoka: Influence of leaf area development of early and mid-early maturity varieties of silage maize on dry matter yield and forage quality
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Appendices

Figure A1:Block design with four replications (early varieties, year 2002)

Figure A2: Block design with four replications (mid-early varieties, year 2002)

Figure A3:Block design with four replications (early varieties, year 2003)

Figure A4:Block design with four replications (mid-early varieties, year 2003)

Table A1:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of maturity group early in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2002 at location Berge (Harvest: 03.09.2002)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
1	X	Tassilo	S 200	167.9	36.6	35.2	6.73	59.0	112.9
2	X	Symphony	S 220	175.0	32.8	33.2	6.50	57.8	113.7
3		Pernel	S 190	177.2	36.2	34.4	6.64	61.0	117.7
4	X	Diplomat	S 210	190.4	36.0	34.2	6.69	64.9	127.3
5	X	Sagitta	S 210	169.8	34.5	38.6	6.68	65.3	113.2
6		Ravenna	S 210	168.1	37.3	39.2	6.68	65.9	112.2
7		Talman	S 210	180.9	35.4	34.7	6.52	62.7	117.9
8		Early Star	S 220	171.3	33.9	37.6	6.55	64.5	112.3
9		PR39P49	S 220	166.7	33.5	37.5	6.71	62.5	111.9
10		Nescio	S 220	186.0	33.3	36.9	6.64	68.7	123.5
11		Baxxos	S 210	184.4	36.7	37.9	6.66	70.1	122.9
12		Campesino	S 210	162.3	33.5	26.4	5.95	43.1	96.6
13		Viborg	S 210	177.2	35.3	32.3	6.30	57.1	111.6
14		Cascadas	S 220	183.0	33.4	38.9	6.48	71.3	118.6
15		Franz	S 220	177.9	34.1	30.7	6.30	54.7	112.1
16		Limit	S 220	170.8	31.6	34.0	6.36	58.1	108.6
17		Osorno	S 220	173.8	36.4	35.8	6.61	61.9	114.8
18		PR39H32	S 220	175.2	30.3	35.4	6.31	61.8	110.5
19		Ambros	S 220	186.7	34.9	33.4	6.67	62.4	124.4
20		PR39G12	ca. S 220	185.3	31.7	31.1	6.44	57.6	119.4
	X	average		175.8	35.0	35.3	6.65	61.8	116.8
		average		176.5	34.4	34.9	6.52	61.5	115.1
LSD (α = 0.05)		10.6	1.5	3.4	0.20	6.4	7.6

X = Check variety
LSD = Least significant difference of t-test

Table A2:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of mid-early maturity group in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2002 at location Berge (Harvest: 09.09.2002)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg^-1	dt ha^-1	GJ NEL ha^-1
1	X	Probat	S 230	177.5	38.1	38.7	6.62	68.8	117.5
2	X	Fjord	S 240	182.3	40.6	36.6	6.74	66.6	122.7
3	X	Romario	ca. S 240	184.2	37.5	38.3	6.69	70.6	123.2
4	X	Eurostar	ca. S 240	199.2	37.1	38.1	6.64	76.0	132.3
5	X	Effekt	S 240	177.6	37.2	37.7	6.74	66.9	119.5
6	X	Rivaldo	S 240	180.0	37.6	37.8	6.66	67.8	119.9
7		Acapulco	S 230	188.1	36.5	38.9	6.65	73.1	124.9
8		Topper	S 230	180.8	39.2	41.8	6.85	75.5	123.7
9		LG3226	S 240	192.2	39.0	40.1	6.75	77.1	129.7
10		Veritis	S 240	186.3	37.5	35.6	6.50	66.2	120.8
11		Sandrina	S 250	186.2	35.1	33.6	6.38	62.5	118.8
12		Andino	S 230	182.0	41.1	37.8	6.54	68.9	119.1
13		Cingaro	S 230	149.9	36.7	28.2	6.05	42.5	90.9
14		Joxxal	S 230	175.9	37.9	36.0	6.44	63.4	113.2
15		Lacta	S 230	176.2	40.2	39.8	6.64	70.1	117.0
16		Milagro	S 230	189.8	40.6	39.3	6.75	74.6	128.0
17		Montello	S 230	175.4	38.6	38.3	6.58	67.0	115.4
18		Energystar	S 240	179.4	38.5	38.1	6.62	68.3	118.6
19		PR39B50	S 240	184.2	37.5	40.6	6.81	74.8	125.5
20		Pontos	S 250	172.3	37.9	37.6	6.59	64.7	113.3
21		Sampaio	S 230	180.4	41.6	35.9	6.53	64.7	117.7
22		Flavi	S 250	193.5	34.3	37.5	6.73	72.6	130.1
	X	average		183.5	38.0	37.9	6.68	69.5	122.5
		average		181.5	38.2	37.6	6.61	68.3	120.1
LSD (α = 0.05)		10.9	2.2	2.9	0.19	6.8	7.9

X = Check varietyLSD = Least significant difference of t-test

Table A3:Yield and quality parameters of selected recommended silage maize varieties for Brandenburg area in year 2002 at location Berge

	Variety		Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg^-1	dt ha^-1	GJ NEL ha^-1
Silage maturity numbers S 180 to S 220 (early)
X	Arsenal		S 210	169.1	38.1	36.8	6.77	62.3	114.5
X	Justina		S 210	165.4	35.6	32.4	6.56	53.6	108.6
X	Symphony		S 220	175.3	34.0	32.3	6.28	56.6	110.1
X	Dono		S 220	168.4	36.2	33.5	6.65	56.3	112.0
X	Monitor		S 220	170.4	36.3	28.5	6.59	48.5	112.2
X	Pedro		S 220	172.3	33.8	29.2	6.45	50.2	111.2
X	Oldham		S 220	174.0	41.4	37.2	6.63	64.6	115.3
X	average			170.7	36.5	32.8	6.56	56.0	112.0
Silage maturity numbers S 230 to S 250 (mid-early)
	Probat	S 230	163.8	36.0	36.6	6.74	60.0	110.4
	Caballero	S 240	157.0	35.5	37.0	6.64	58.0	104.2
	Domenico	S 240	172.4	34.1	33.0	6.58	56.9	113.5
	Banguy	ca. S 240	143.2	34.9	31.1	6.68	44.6	95.7
	Magister	S 250	183.4	32.3	32.5	6.52	59.6	119.6
average (maturity group)	164.0	34.6	34.0	6.63	55.8	108.7
Silage maturity numbers S 260 to S 280 (mid-late)
	Liberal	S 260	166.8	32.4	31.6	6.64	52.8	110.8
	Prestige	S 260	206.7	34.9	30.5	6.15	63.1	127.1
	Atalante	S 280	204.0	33.6	33.7	6.56	68.7	133.7
average (maturity group)	192.5	33.6	31.9	6.5	61.5	123.9
FAO 750				148.6	24.6	8.6	5.9	12.9	88.1

Table A4:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of early maturity group in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2003 at location Berge (harvest: 15.08.2003)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
1	X	Pernel	S 190	111.5	38.95	25.52	5.72	28.6	63.9
2	X	Tassilo	S 200	105.7	43.45	34.71	6.26	36.8	66.2
3	X	Symphony	S 220	100.1	38.58	28.61	5.82	28.6	58.2
4	X	Ravenna	S 210	99.7	40.95	34.91	6.22	34.9	62.0
5	X	Talman	S 210	103.9	43.13	34.32	6.18	35.8	64.2
6	X	Early Star	S 220	100.3	38.60	27.08	5.82	27.2	58.4
7		Baxxos	S 210	101.3	37.85	21.70	5.68	22.0	57.6
8		Cascadas	S 220	107.0	35.92	24.50	5.46	26.2	58.5
9		Nescio	S 220	113.1	41.70	36.08	6.41	40.8	72.4
10		PR39H32	S 220	99.1	34.60	21.28	5.57	21.2	55.0
11		Constantino	S 210	107.9	35.30	18.02	5.34	19.4	57.5
12		Spider	S 210	106.5	38.60	22.25	5.47	23.8	58.3
13		Aurelia	S 220	105.5	39.68	27.15	5.75	28.7	60.7
14		Delitop	S 220	117.6	40.80	30.91	6.07	36.3	71.3
15	X	Ambros	S 220	117.7	39.12	27.34	5.94	32.2	70.0
16	X	PR39G12	ca. S 220	104.7	38.82	29.77	5.89	31.4	61.8
17		Mikis	S 210	90.1	40.77	27.55	5.99	25.3	54.2
18	X	PR39P49	S 220	98.7	40.45	29.70	6.07	29.3	60.0
	X	average		104.7	40.23	30.22	5.99	31.6	62.7
		average		105.0	39.29	27.85	5.87	29.3	61.7
LSD (α = 0.05)	10.0	2.68	4.69	0.28	6.3	6.7

X = Check variety
LSD = Least significant difference of t-test

Table A5:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of mid-early maturity group in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2003 at location Berge (harvest: 23.08.2003)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
1	X	LG3226	S 240	135.5	47.80	31.26	5.99	42.4	81.1
2	X	Rivaldo	S 240	122.0	39.80	29.15	5.86	35.6	71.5
3	X	Sandrina	S 250	123.2	42.85	30.72	5.86	37.8	72.2
4	X	Acapulco	S 230	132.3	41.85	35.58	6.19	47.2	82.0
5	X	Topper	S 230	117.1	46.20	32.65	6.01	38.4	70.4
6		Joxxal	S 230	115.8	48.40	27.55	5.61	31.9	65.0
7		Lacta	S 230	134.4	44.50	34.71	6.10	46.7	82.0
8		Milagro	S 230	129.9	43.45	26.89	5.63	34.8	73.1
9		Montello	S 230	124.4	45.63	30.37	5.89	37.8	73.3
10		Energystar	S 240	127.0	43.15	31.82	5.97	40.6	76.0
11		PR39B50	S 240	118.0	47.20	33.25	6.03	39.2	71.1
12		Pontos	S 250	131.9	42.35	33.07	6.07	43.6	80.0
13		Coxximo	S 230	132.7	45.23	33.13	6.09	44.1	80.9
14		DK 231	S 230	115.8	44.60	29.94	5.75	34.7	66.6
15		DK 247	S 240	114.8	44.10	32.35	6.01	37.3	69.0
16		Korneli	S 240	125.1	43.48	31.30	5.95	39.2	74.4
17		LG3232	S 240	132.1	48.38	32.32	6.08	42.6	80.3
18		Positive	S 240	118.4	45.00	31.01	5.79	37.0	68.8
19		Sileno	S 240	119.3	43.00	31.12	5.85	37.2	69.9
20		Argentera	S 250	126.2	40.68	32.39	6.08	41.0	76.8
21		Arobase	S 250	135.7	41.88	31.42	5.96	42.7	81.0
22		Hexxer	S 250	126.5	40.80	30.61	6.04	38.5	76.2
23		PR39V62	S 250	126.9	40.73	35.04	6.20	44.4	78.7
24		Andino	S 230	122.1	42.63	30.06	5.77	36.7	70.4
25	X	Flavi	S 250	128.4	36.48	25.27	5.90	32.5	75.8
	X	average		126.4	42.50	30.77	5.97	39.0	75.5
		average		125.4	43.61	31.32	5.95	39.4	74.7
LSD (α = 0.05)		10.2	2.04	3.40	0.24	5.9	7.3

X = Check variety
LSD = Least significant difference of t-test (α=5 %)

Table A6:Yield and quality parameter of the recommended silage maize varieties for Brandenburg area (according to variety advisory for silage maize 2001 and 2002) in year 2003 at location Berge

	Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
			dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
Silage maturity numbers S 180 to S 220 (early)
X	Arsenal	S 210	97.12	37.48	21.33	5.67	20.7	55.1
	Diplomat	S 210	106.57	39.53	21.20	5.41	22.6	57.7
	Baxxos	S 210	101.30	37.85	21.69	5.68	22.0	57.6
X	Justina	S 210	104.44	45.04	37.01	6.35	38.7	66.3
	Ravenna	S 210	99.70	40.95	34.91	6.22	34.8	62.0
	Sagitta	S 210	96.19	41.54	32.18	6.13	31.0	59.0
	Talman	S 210	103.90	43.13	34.32	6.18	35.8	64.2
	Ambros	S 220	117.70	39.12	27.34	5.94	32.2	70.0
	Cascadas	S 220	107.00	35.92	24.50	5.46	26.2	58.5
X	Symphony	S 220	100.10	38.58	28.61	5.82	28.5	58.2
X	Monitor	S 220	121.57	40.01	25.79	5.67	31.4	68.9
	Nescio	S 220	105.80	39.93	25.27	5.90	32.5	75.8
X	Pedro	S 220	130.29	41.87	21.92	5.60	28.6	73.0
X	Oldham	S 220	105.65	37.43	31.06	5.93	32.8	62.6
	average		106.95	39.88	27.65	5.85	29.8	63.5
X	average		109.86	40.07	27.62	5.84	30.1	64.0
Silage maturity numbers S 230 to S 250 (mid-early)
	Acapulco	S 230	132.30	41.85	35.58	6.19	47.2	82.0
X	Probat	S 230	89.17	38.27	20.16	5.45	18.0	48.6
x	Topper	S 230	117.10	46.20	32.65	6.01	38.4	70.4
X	Caballero	S 240	101.10	35.58	19.83	5.32	20.0	53.8
X	Domenico	S 240	107.32	37.83	23.09	5.43	24.8	58.3
	Effekt	S 240	110.56	38.97	26.30	5.62	29.1	62.2
	Eurostar	S 240	92.18	34.84	17.64	5.37	16.3	49.5
	Romario	S 240	109.97	32.18	16.91	5.28	18.6	58.0
	LG3226	S 240	135.50	47.80	31.26	5.99	42.4	81.1
X	Banguy	ca. S 240	91.57	38.37	24.32	5.55	22.3	50.8
x	PR39B50	S 240	118.00	47.20	33.25	6.03	39.2	71.1
X	Magister	S 250	113.36	35.38	20.58	5.33	23.3	60.4
	Pontos	S 250	131.90	42.35	33.07	6.07	43.6	80.0
	Flavi	S 250	128.40	36.48	25.27	5.90	32.5	75.8
	average		112.75	39.52	25.71	5.68	29.7	64.4
X	average		105.37	39.83	24.84	5.59	26.6	59.1
Silage maturity numbers S 260 to S 280 (mid-late)
	Liberal	S 260	105.93	32.91	15.24	5.35	16.1	56.6
	Prestige	S 260	80.73	32.69	17.80	5.51	14.4	44.5
	average
FAO 750			96.45	23.31	2.00	4.67	1.9	45.1

X =Variety, that was tested in years 2002 and 2003 (Core varieties)

Table A7:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of early maturity group in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2004 at location Berge (harvest: 06.09.2004)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
1	X	Tassilo	S 200	154.0	30.3	30.9	6.40	47.6	98.6
2		Delitop	S 220	169.8	28.1	29.3	6.29	49.8	106.8
3		Apostrof	S 200	161.2	30.0	30.8	6.31	49.8	101.8
4	X	Baxxos	S 210	159.5	30.0	30.4	6.33	48.5	101.0
5	X	Nescio	S 220	160.4	27.7	33.3	6.46	53.5	103.6
6		Constantino	S 210	176.7	29.8	27.8	6.20	49.1	109.4
7		Amati	S 210	156.1	29.4	31.4	6.35	49.1	99.2
8		Auxxel	S 210	157.3	31.2	28.5	6.18	44.7	97.0
9		ES Arktis	S 210	168.7	29.9	31.1	6.16	52.4	103.9
10		Expert	S 210	178.9	31.1	29.7	6.20	53.1	110.9
11		Schiffer	S 210	165.3	28.0	32.9	6.42	54.4	106.2
12		Silas	S 210	171.2	29.4	34.1	6.41	58.4	109.8
13		Amadeo	S 220	179.2	28.4	32.4	6.38	58.1	114.3
14		Aurelia	S 220	182.3	31.1	27.7	6.20	50.4	113.0
15		LG3197	S 220	170.4	29.1	30.1	6.35	51.5	108.3
16		Spider	S 210	158.0	28.6	28.7	6.18	45.4	97.7
	X	average		158.0	29.3	31.5	6.40	49.9	101.1
		average		166.8	29.5	30.6	6.30	51.0	105.1
LSD (α=0,05)		12.9	1.4	2.9	0.19	6.7	9.2

X = Check variety
LSD = Lowest significant difference of t-test

Table A8:Yield and quality parameters of silage maize of mid-early maturity group in regional variety trial of Brandenburg in year 2004 at location Berge (Harvest: 13.09.2004)

		Variety	Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
				dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
1	X	Rivaldo	S 240	175.2	31.5	31.7	6.40	55.6	112.1
2	X	LG3226	S 240	177.1	31.5	31.6	6.36	55.9	112.6
3		Sileno	S 240	183.0	31.0	31.7	6.30	58.1	115.1
4	X	Topper	S 230	176.6	32.2	34.8	6.37	61.4	112.4
5	X	Lacta	S 230	185.1	34.2	33.2	6.17	61.7	114.3
6	X	PR39B50	S 240	175.8	31.4	35.4	6.40	62.2	112.4
7		Coxximo	S 230	184.5	32.7	28.4	6.03	52.4	111.3
8		DK 231	S 230	186.0	33.9	28.8	6.06	53.6	112.9
9		DK 247	S 240	187.0	32.9	32.0	6.14	59.7	114.8
10		LG3232	S 240	192.4	33.5	30.4	6.24	58.6	120.2
11		Argentera	S 250	177.9	29.9	28.0	6.15	49.9	109.4
12		Arobase	S 250	182.5	31.2	28.5	5.95	52.0	108.5
13		Hexxer	S 250	176.4	32.4	31.8	6.35	56.4	112.1
14		PR39V62	S 250	185.1	30.8	29.3	6.38	54.2	118.2
15		DKc2949	S 230	178.3	32.9	32.5	6.46	58.1	115.1
16		ES Limes	S 230	188.4	33.3	30.1	6.32	56.5	119.0
17		Goldosse	S 230	191.4	32.7	30.8	6.22	58.8	119.1
18		Agro Max	S 240	204.9	32.5	28.2	6.28	57.9	128.7
19		Deltastar	S 240	181.3	31.6	33.3	6.32	60.4	114.6
20		Nathan	S 240	204.1	31.8	28.6	6.42	58.5	131.1
21		PR39A98	S 240	184.2	32.3	32.9	6.35	60.5	116.8
22		Glinka	S 250	189.1	30.4	32.4	6.31	61.1	119.4
23		Maibi	S 250	198.1	32.0	31.6	6.35	62.5	125.7
24		NKLugan	S 250	195.6	29.7	27.7	6.16	54.2	120.4
25	X	Pontos	S 250	189.5	32.1	30.4	6.29	57.6	119.2
	X	average		179.9	32.1	32.9	6.33	59.1	113.8
		average		186.0	32.0	31.0	6.27	57.5	116.6
LSD (α=0,05)		15.0	1.4	3.2	0.23	7.8	10.9

X = Check variety
AM = arithmetic mean
LSD = Least sign difference of t-tests (α=5 %)

Table A9:Yield and quality parameter of the recommended silage maize varieties for Brandenburg area (according to variety advisory for silage maize 2003 and 2004) in year 2004 at location Berge

Variety		Silage maturity number	Dry matter yield	Dry matter content	Starch content	Energy content	Starch yield	Energy yield
			dt ha ^-1	%	%	MJ NEL kg ^-1	dt ha ^-1	GJ NEL ha ^-1
Silage maturity numbers S 180 to S 220 (early)
Arsenal		S 210	172.5	287	29.72	6.19	51.3	106.7
Justina		S 210	146.7	261	33.14	6.40	48.6	93.9
Nescio		S 220	158.2	285	32.81	6.45	51.9	102.0
Oldham		S 220	168.4	277	36.73	6.60	61.9	111.2
PR39P49		S 220	158.9	270	28.34	6.16	45.0	97.9
Ravenna		S 210	166.8	310	37.50	6.64	62.6	110.8
Sagitta		S 210	146.0	257	39.07	6.71	57.0	97.9
Symphony		S 220	170.5	294	33.06	6.32	56.4	107.7
Talman		S 210	163.5	294	32.87	6.43	53.7	105.1
Ambros		S 220	161.4	269	27.00	6.15	43.6	99.3
Diplomat		S 210	161.6	294	31.20	6.43	50.4	103.9
PR39G12		S 220	168.6	262	35.90	6.51	60.5	109.7
average			161.9	280	33.11	6.41	53.6	103.8
Silage maturity numbers S 230 to S 250 (mid-early)
Banguy	S 240		188.6	307	27.39	6.54	51.7	123.3
LG3226	S 240		195.0	317	32.75	6.80	63.9	132.6
Acapulco	S 230		189.4	297	29.16	6.43	55.2	121.8
Romario	S 240		191.7	315	29.38	6.57	56.3	126.0
Eurostar	S 240		188.8	304	29.43	6.56	55.6	123.8
Effekt	S 240		190.8	294	29.07	6.49	55.5	123.8
Magister	S 250		180.2	269	26.28	6.52	47.4	117.5
Topper	S 230		177.5	317	34.41	6.79	61.1	120.6
Probat	S 230		165.4	289	29.74	6.51	49.2	107.6
Caballero	S 240		171.6	292	34.05	6.69	58.4	114.8
Pontos	S 250		164.9	279	31.71	6.53	52.3	107.7
PR39B50	S 240		193.1	300	31.54	6.61	60.9	127.7
Lacta	S 230		173.5	309	30.89	6.38	53.6	110.7
Flavi	S 250		190.1	273	25.59	6.48	48.6	123.2
average			182.9	297	30.10	6.56	55.0	120.1
Silage maturity numbers S 260 to S 280 (mid-late)
Liberal	S 260		191.3	272	22.57	6.38	43.2	122.1
Prestige	ca. S 260		184.9	294	24.41	6.28	45.1	116.1
Monumental	S 260		185.1	295	28.31	6.75	52.4	125.0
average	AM		187.1	287	25.10	6.47	46.9	121.1

X = Variety, that was tested in years 2002 and 2003 (Core varieties) AM = arithmetic mean (maturity group)

Table A10:Leaf area index of early maturity group using LAI 2000

Variety	Date
	22.07.02	31.07.02	07.08.02	15.08.02
X Tassilo	2.82	2.90	3.16	3.10
X Symphony	3.53	3.73	3.91	3.95
Pernel	3.13	3.21	3.39	3.45
X Diplomat	3.13	3.22	3.40	3.51
X Sagitta	2.54	3.53	3.67	3.70
Ravenna	2.93	3.03	3.21	3.28
Talman	3.27	3.55	3.61	3.46
Early Star	3.18	3.20	3.42	3.43
PR39P49	3.13	3.12	3.42	3.53
Nescio	3.38	3.41	3.48	3.72
Baxxos	3.10	3.09	3.37	3.41
Campesino	2.99	3.16	3.31	3.41
Viborg	3.08	3.13	3.28	3.27
Cascadas	3.15	3.25	3.35	3.45
Franz	3.37	3.32	3.68	3.68
Limit	3.46	3.51	3.76	3.90
Osorno	3.22	3.26	3.49	3.37
PR39H32	3.31	3.33	3.56	3.88
Ambros	3.23	3.24	3.58	3.64
PR39G12	3.17	3.28	3.50	3.47
X Average	3.26	3.35	3.53	3.57
Average (n = 20)	3.21	3.27	3.48	3.53
LSD (α =5 %)	0.28	0.27	0.30	0.32

Table A11:Leaf area index of check varieties using LAI 2000

Variety	Date
	22.07.02	31.07.02	07.08.02	15.08.02
Arsenal	3.4	3.3	3.0	2.8
Banguy	3.3	2.9	2.7	2.6
Caballero	3.1	3.6	3.2	3.1
Domenico	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.0
Dono	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2
Justina	3.7	3.2	2.8	2.9
Magister	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.4
Monitor	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
Oldham	3.2	3.1	2.9	3.0
Pedro	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1
Probat	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.6
Symphony	4.0	3.8	3.4	3.3
Average (n = 12)	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.0

Table A12:Leaf area index of mid-early maturity group using LAI 2000

Variety	Date
	22.07.02	31.07.02	07.08.02	15.08.02
X Probat	3.03	3.19	3.12	3.17
X Fjord	3.32	3.41	3.46	3.57
X Romario	3.12	3.32	3.31	3.49
X Eurostar	3.37	3.54	3.39	3.67
X Effekt	3.39	3.62	3.51	3.59
X Rivaldo	3.15	3.32	3.22	3.34
Acapulco	3.18	3.37	3.27	3.42
Topper	3.12	3.53	3.43	3.67
LG3226	3.21	3.33	3.28	3.26
Veritis	3.60	3.65	3.66	3.71
Sandrina	3.27	3.37	3.45	3.13
Andino	3.19	3.35	3.35	3.48
Cingaro	2.98	3.22	2.94	3.18
Joxxal	3.24	3.33	3.26	3.26
Lacta	3.06	3.10	3.16	3.26
Milagro	3.33	3.35	3.37	3.52
Montello	3.21	3.45	3.29	3.40
Energystar	2.95	3.15	3.08	3.24
PR39B50	3.07	3.29	3.29	3.51
Pontos	3.23	3.37	3.35	3.59
Sampaio	3.13	3.31	3.33	3.33
Flavi	3.11	3.20	3.33	3.47
X Average	3.23	3.40	3.33	3.47
Average	3.20	3.35	3.31	3.42
LSD (α = 5 %)	0.23	0.25	0.27	0.39
Atalante	3.9	3.2	3.2	3.3
FAO 750	3.9	3.8	3.2	3.5
Liberal	3.7	3.7	4.0	3.7
Prestige	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.6
Average (n = 4)	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.5

Table A13:Leaf area index of early maturity varieties with LAI 2000 plant canopy analyser in 2003

Variety	Date
	18.06.	25.06.	03.07.	08.07.	15.07.	24.07.	29.07.	8.08.	12.08.
Pernel	1.82	2.22	2.74	3.06	3.18	2.28	2.32	1.32	0.81
Tassilo	1.55	2.03	2.56	2.90	2.67	2.13	2.18	1.28	0.71
Symphony	1.92	2.48	2.92	3.05	3.11	2.53	2.41	1.49	0.89
Ravenna	1.96	2.22	2.74	2.89	2.80	2.46	2.31	1.39	0.80
Talman	1.67	2.16	2.83	2.75	2.88	2.54	2.31	1.24	0.62
Early Star	1.68	2.07	2.52	2.99	2.96	2.35	2.21	1.33	0.90
Baxxos	1.67	2.13	2.72	2.90	2.99	2.31	2.19	1.43	0.89
Cascadas	1.8	2.19	2.53	2.89	3.02	2.59	2.36	1.36	1.03
Nescio	2.04	2.51	2.78	2.91	3.38	2.62	2.41	1.53	0.89
PR39H32	2.01	2.45	2.54	2.75	2.86	2.21	2.21	1.37	0.73
Constantin	1.82	2.24	2.44	2.86	2.56	2.14	2.01	1.49	0.94
Spider	1.83	2.26	2.52	2.85	2.63	2.35	2.19	1.24	0.73
Aurelia	2.03	2.55	3.06	2.96	2.95	2.55	2.35	1.44	0.82
Delitop	1.69	2.37	2.98	3.04	3.21	2.60	2.62	1.58	0.99
Ambros	1.66	2.13	2.47	2.88	2.82	2.57	2.54	1.40	0.78
PR39G12	1.95	2.4	2.74	2.85	3.04	2.40	2.00	1.28	0.80
Mikis	1.75	2.24	2.75	2.63	3.31	2.52	2.26	1.47	0.69
PR39P49	1.99	2.34	2.69	2.93	3.11	2.56	2.34	1.28	0.91
Average (n = 18)	1.82	2.28	2.70	2.89	2.97	2.43	2.29	1.38	0.83
LSD (α = 5%)	0.21	0.17	0.22	0.24	0.45	0.43	0.24	0.16	0.31

Table A14:Leaf area index of mid-early maturity varieties with LAI 2000 plant canopy analyser in 2003

Variety	Date
	18.06	25.06	03.07.	08.07.	15.07.	24.07.	29.07.	08.08.	12.08.	18.08.
LG 3226	1.76	2.40	2.86	3.17	3.35	3.67	2.83	1.91	0.95	0.87
Rivaldo	1.80	2.39	3.01	3.14	3.39	3.52	2.85	2.23	1.48	1.27
Sandrina	2.04	2.29	2.85	3.28	3.43	3.57	3.16	1.94	1.31	1.06
Acapulco	1.83	2.38	2.83	2.92	3.26	3.59	2.77	2.03	1.25	1.02
Topper	2.07	2.57	3.06	3.34	3.71	3.68	3.42	2.33	1.20	1.06
Joxxal	2.04	2.51	3.01	3.31	3.54	3.51	3.19	2.43	1.35	0.97
Lacta	2.03	2.32	2.95	3.21	3.44	3.80	3.12	2.31	1.22	0.97
Milagro	2.00	2.35	2.92	3.09	3.17	3.63	3.41	2.42	1.45	1.08
Montello	1.98	2.27	2.96	3.25	3.38	3.64	3.19	2.16	1.47	1.18
Energystar	1.85	2.37	2.58	2.95	3.20	3.36	2.88	1.88	1.17	0.93
PR39B50	2.00	2.35	2.90	3.24	3.48	3.24	2.91	2.21	1.16	0.88
Pontos	1.79	2.41	2.92	3.24	3.58	3.87	3.17	2.26	1.62	1.36
Coxximo	1.88	2.33	2.88	3.11	3.30	3.20	2.86	1.55	1.06	1.06
DK 231	2.10	2.37	3.25	3.31	3.51	3.50	3.15	2.03	1.28	0.99
DK 247	1.95	2.18	2.77	3.23	3.39	3.62	2.83	2.03	1.27	0.95
Korneli	1.94	2.27	3.03	3.27	3.63	3.57	3.20	2.36	1.38	1.18
LG3232	1.75	2.32	2.88	2.93	3.55	3.62	3.41	2.11	0.95	0.89
Positive	1.78	2.26	2.84	2.97	3.29	3.39	2.84	2.25	1.23	0.84
Sileno	1.91	2.62	2.8	2.96	3.35	3.73	3.15	2.22	1.14	0.92
Argentera	2.04	2.55	3.28	3.67	3.93	3.89	3.50	2.59	1.60	1.10
Arobase	1.76	2.2	2.55	3.03	3.10	3.45	3.22	2.34	1.33	1.20
Hexxer	1.70	2.19	2.66	2.92	3.10	2.80	2.48	1.87	1.13	1.16
PR39V62	1.73	2.43	2.82	3.14	3.44	3.64	3.24	2.43	1.61	1.06
Andino	1.75	2.46	2.67	2.93	3.31	3.48	3.22	2.40	1.28	0.96
Flavi	2.01	2.43	2.91	3.03	3.28	3.38	2.95	1.83	1.32	1.18
Average (n = 25)	1.90	2.37	2.89	3.15	3.40	3.53	3.08	2.16	1.29	1.05
LSD (α = 0.05)	0.18	0.30	0.28	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.47	0.44	0.22	0.16

Table A15:Leaf area of individual leaves (cm²) for early maturity group (2002)

Variety

Leaf generation

Tassilo

153

242

349

455

495

496

442

395

270

143

Symphony

112

217

339

474

497

531

474

404

235

147

Pernel

105

151

254

402

474

527

501

412

351

257

112

Diplomat

109

199

296

438

535

551

503

459

359

260

169

Sagitta

107

191

300

427

545

589

563

494

352

270

117

Ravenna

125

211

360

464

523

531

479

365

221

181

Talman

174

320

476

582

602

553

452

313

171

Early Star

104

179

290

418

531

597

577

523

460

348

171

PR39P49

127

241

431

598

700

692

630

505

305

119

Nescio

111

204

401

576

627

590

510

360

152

Baxxos

123

195

338

501

537

573

495

438

331

174

Campesino

130

224

330

514

604

666

696

606

556

489

419

254

133

Viborg

162

263

441

583

620

600

544

430

252

116

Cascades

163

278

408

548

627

629

562

481

364

231

112

Franz

124

215

343

462

542

569

580

523

400

274

146

Limit

153

255

423

554

575

544

517

464

361

209

123

Osorno

161

273

373

447

553

564

508

449

344

262

156

PR39H32

171

278

448

665

735

750

673

618

464

197

Ambros

100

187

314

440

513

567

524

459

382

283

129

PR39G12

101

168

299

465

628

727

679

631

513

359

147

Average

(n = 20)

121

209

342

485

565

595

556

482

369

246

151

106

133

Arsenal

169

336

505

642

630

611

518

435

262

102

Banguy

152

217

363

447

460

480

395

230

131

Caballero

106

242

359

551

582

655

634

523

330

143

Domenico

117

219

316

399

558

530

526

454

310

137

Dono

123

180

323

428

644

485

418

276

Justina

193

338

505

560

614

656

470

417

187

Magister

106

241

389

560

687

606

585

477

323

205

Monitor

154

335

491

589

646

544

487

309

153

Oldham

138

260

402

541

608

564

551

481

260

Pedro

125

244

337

486

575

581

479

456

422

357

301

159

Probat

218

317

419

496

576

553

503

309

106

Symphony

126

212

322

442

441

502

440

361

228

Average

(n = 12)

108

204

327

458

548

587

538

459

304

168

229

301

159

Table A16:Leaf area of individual leaves (cm²) for mid-early maturity group (2002)

Variety

Leaf generation

Probat

188

292

446

568

613

572

474

362

191

Fjord

123

204

294

428

489

539

504

446

350

204

301

123

Romario

119

227

291

462

575

605

619

525

438

299

153

Eurostar

126

234

341

538

688

743

721

653

565

478

336

152

Effekt

169

302

428

591

653

667

600

512

374

214

150

Rivaldo

132

232

353

470

565

573

575

477

385

217

123

Acapulco

142

225

379

529

591

582

517

436

352

273

Topper

127

238

333

439

558

561

488

428

266

157

LG3226

122

198

355

513

609

654

646

564

366

285

185

120

Veritis

133

228

357

510

616

643

600

585

500

413

292

111

Sandrina

123

232

334

502

619

654

656

607

507

342

152

Andino

131

227

324

466

547

591

571

523

459

386

258

118

113

Cingaro

145

260

385

548

624

651

613

550

488

394

278

160

118

Joxxal

175

257

369

510

602

629

554

418

286

169

Lacta

156

302

389

508

546

563

505

450

318

157

Milagro

100

183

307

471

579

621

581

474

326

252

102

Montello

136

225

338

459

579

626

615

486

370

335

193

Energystar

100

179

281

426

553

558

548

479

367

263

140

PR39B50

112

221

333

498

592

616

580

508

357

160

190

187

Pontos

143

226

366

477

567

610

596

527

470

327

170

Sampaio

142

229

357

462

588

652

628

547

454

376

261

138

100

Flavi

111

192

326

451

562

617

598

540

451

357

181

Average

126

224

337

480

581

616

589

516

406

289

196

120

N = 22

Atalante

160

275

363

489

495

512

431

396

264

FAO 750

117

212

344

461

601

730

687

652

579

483

396

348

277

156

Liberal

116

178

320

489

589

679

740

635

540

419

262

Prestige

117

188

320

516

659

726

729

626

497

454

270

Average

(n = 4)

103

161

282

428

550

625

678

595

521

429

338

242

348

277

156

Table A17Average sum of leaf area (cm²) and leaf number from cob leaf position of early maturity varieties of forage maize at harvest time in 2002 at location Berge (03.09.02)

Variety

Leaf location in relation to cob position

Sum LA

Leaf no.

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

Tassilo

158

318

426

503

490

455

408

319

179

3325

Symphony

149

339

461

497

531

480

404

235

147

3267

Pernel

254

402

486

527

501

412

351

257

112

3380

Diplomat

276

401

527

574

502

476

398

286

193

3818

Sagitta

270

402

539

588

581

524

393

247

117

3661

Ravenna

211

360

494

517

522

479

365

221

181

3350

Talman

277

429

583

615

555

499

340

212

114

3662

Early Star

133

418

526

597

575

523

460

348

171

3796

PR39P49

291

468

653

705

663

600

462

251

186

4279

Nescio

109

401

567

641

618

607

510

257

152

3895

Baxxos

306

439

514

563

509

453

361

139

3343

Campesino

180

474

586

697

681

616

570

499

403

214

5062

Viborg

190

484

600

630

585

504

401

206

3750

Cascadas

210

367

511

609

632

581

509

392

280

119

4236

Franz

269

399

515

588

562

570

469

350

194

102

4079

Limit

255

423

557

587

544

517

464

361

209

123

4084

Osorno

167

291

374

501

552

549

510

391

321

108

3806

PR39H32

215

340

615

721

769

683

643

499

262

129

4876

Ambros

166

349

456

529

568

502

444

354

245

3676

PR39G12

191

424

573

728

672

645

533

413

203

162

4544

(0) cob leaf position
(-1) leaf generation below cob leaf
(+1) leaf generation above cob leaf

Table A18Average sum of leaf area (cm²) and leaf number from cob leaf position of mid-early maturity varieties of forage maize at harvest time in 2002 at location Berge (09.09.02)

Variety

Leaf location in relation to cob position

Sum LA

Leaf number

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

Probat

165

362

530

580

594

531

439

297

133

3684

Fjord

161

340

508

533

510

422

322

187

143

3223

Romario

208

439

539

590

632

550

468

360

164

4009

Eurostar

330

593

691

740

710

634

565

435

297

154

5219

Effekt

137

406

535

662

616

541

442

249

150

4439

Rivaldo

223

295

548

581

592

526

446

312

138

3696

Acapulco

166

391

548

603

580

503

436

367

202

3890

Topper

183

373

459

559

568

503

436

299

181

3561

LG 3226

283

627

647

618

566

349

262

140

3566

Veritis

107

433

637

640

581

574

486

393

257

4167

Sandrina

284

517

625

648

680

608

507

343

153

4365

Andino

169

352

584

585

545

494

418

333

196

3755

Cingaro

166

356

619

651

621

575

495

422

305

193

127

4594

Joxxal

312

411

542

626

617

537

431

277

115

3962

Lacta

320

380

572

535

485

411

217

126

3197

Milagro

125

294

452

576

619

592

527

393

309

158

192

4237

Montello

183

264

507

598

625

637

515

385

290

118

4122

Energy Star

109

392

482

593

541

534

419

317

225

126

3777

PR39B50

107

263

249

446

622

581

513

369

160

190

187

3687

Pontos

269

515

580

607

584

488

404

245

129

3821

Sampaio

328

534

627

664

573

508

425

333

133

4310

Flavi

164

380

490

607

579

592

489

416

225

123

4090

Table A19Average sum of leaf area (cm²) and leaf number from cob leaf position of early maturity varieties of forage maize at harvest time in 2003 at location Berge (12.08.03)

Variety

Leaf location in relation to cob position

Sum LA

Leaf number

-2

-1

Pernel

240

396

301

275

173

1460

Tassilo

202

249

444

430

338

263

164

2166

Symphony

118

408

360

210

165

1321

Ravenna

114

269

353

307

178

187

1432

Talman

400

235

194

152

1031

Early Star

329

247

267

203

1468

Baxxos

133

370

237

221

1030

Cascadas

131

211

481

387

331

258

1891

Nescio

119

551

453

249

1449

PR39H32

147

278

651

530

361

253

2220

Constantino

128

149

343

535

438

340

245

159

2408

Spider

321

224

434

318

191

1586

Aurelia

296

294

297

303

1275

Delitop

131

172

359

554

476

371

234

114

2411

Ambros

214

310

309

242

177

116

1451

PR39G12

400

632

554

423

253

139

2401

Mikis

142

290

255

311

165

1163

PR39P49

403

406

418

166

1460

Table A20Average sum of leaf area (cm²) and leaf number from cob leaf position of mid-early maturity varieties of forage maize at harvest time in 2003 at location Berge (18.08.03)

Variety	Leaf location in relation to cob position		Sum LA	Leaf number
	-1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
LG3226	9	119	252	280	302	263	123	55		1403	8
Rivaldo		72	200	357	410	323	193	109		1664	7
Sandrina		85	524	411	367	217	73			1677	6
Acapulco			178	222	319	174	109			1002	5
Topper			326	313	199	147	144	65		1194	6
Joxxal		80	282	285	181	143	11			982	6
Lacta	90	97	263	388	415	235	64			1552	7
Milagro	128	259	455	483	391	379	239	57		2391	8
Montello		159	313	273	207	206	75	43		1276	7
Energystar			158	147	350	217	148	72		1092	6
PR39B50		75	166	200	312	188	71			1012	6
Pontos	89	322	263	319	409	307	190			1899	7
Coxximo		241	294	488	449	354	202	119	8	2155	8
DK 231		205	164	251	293	79	38			1030	6
DK 247			83	213	266	159	78			799	5
Korneli			333	289	286	297	266	74		1545	6
LG3232		218	325	389	313	222	130	122		1719	7
Positive			371	264	303	291	111			1340	5
Sileno			174	425	246	163	55			1063	5
Argentera		275	225	454	446	345	125	17		1887	7
Arobase	94	111	255	556	372	322	258	111		2079	8
Hexxer	114	37	244	476	529	419	340	225	97	2481	9
PR39V62	118	160	244	438	383	222	193	168		1926	8
Andino		86	319	207	156	126	67	56		1017	7
Flavi	280	251	421	466	494	301	167			2380	7

(0) cob leaf position
(-1) leaf generation below cob leaf
(+1) leaf generation above cob leaf

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