The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.

Crabgrass for Forage: Management from the 1990s/Development, Naming, and Release of the "Red River" Crabgrass Variety

Table 1. Summarized Total Forage Yields of Crabgrass Selections during the First Three Years of Testing in Noble Foundation Plots
Actual (Lbs./Ac.) and Relative Yield (%)
Year 1Year 2Year 3
Selection1Lbs./Ac.%Lbs./Ac.%Lbs./Ac.%
Red River11,5241009,29610012,582100
A1749,27781
C1749,02178
CH1753,23535
CH27531313411,52492
CL1769,49575
GR1979,32974
O1748,43673
PDF6 (control)9,419828,0358610,26482
P17410,18488
R1747,39364
RR1 (control)10,458918,002869,57776
RR2747,728678,12087
RR3746,42156
RR4748,60975
RR574B405343
RR6747,979698,90896
RR7747,50065
RR9749,627848,18188
T1748,518745,80762
T1755,11955
WA1748,527748,0428710,83686
WO1748,866777,774849,2817
1 Four selections were not harvested because of gross inferiorities for forage. They are not presented here but would have produced an estimated 1,000 pounds per acre or fewer.