2000 Carrot Production Trials
Location:
Ontario, Canada
Variety: Cellobunch
Planting Date: 6/15/00
Format: 18 rows (30” rows) x 750 feet
Environmental Conditions: Severe spring
flooding created high percentage of culls.
Sampling: 22” row segments were harvested in Control
and MIR-treated rows at same point in field.
After a count, good carrots had foliage
removed and were weighed
| ENTRY
|
TOTAL
CARROTS
|
CULLS
|
LBS/SEGMENT
OF
NON-CULLS
|
%
CULLS
|
| CONTROL
|
26
|
2
|
5.6
|
8%
|
| MIR
|
26
|
3
|
6.2
(+10.7%)
|
11.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
31
|
4
|
4.9
|
12.9%
|
| MIR
|
34
|
7
|
4.05
(--17.3%)
|
20.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
31
|
8
|
4.8
|
25.8%
|
| MIR
|
34
|
3
|
6.5
(+35.4%)
|
8.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
39
|
14
|
4.7
|
35.9%
|
| MIR
|
25
|
2
|
5.35
(+13.8%)
|
8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
30
|
6
|
5.0
|
20%
|
| MIR
|
34
|
4
|
5.7
(+14%)
|
11.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
24
|
4
|
3.4
|
16.7%
|
| MIR
|
36
|
3
|
6.4
(+88.2%)
|
8.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CONTROL
|
21
|
3
|
3.9
|
14.3%
|
| MIR
|
22
|
3
|
4.6
(+17.9%)
|
13.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEAN
CONTROL
|
28.86
|
5.85
|
4.61
|
20.3%
|
| MEAN
MIR
|
30.14
|
3.57
|
*5.53
(+20.0%)
|
11.8% (-42%)
|
*
Lbs.Segment/Yield:
P<0.10
Significant at the 90% level.
Location:
Blissfield, MI (Knoblauch Ent.)
Harvest Date: 8/31/00
Format: Linear sections, alternating MIR and Control
row in 55 foot segments
Environmental Conditions: Good. Cool weather, plentiful rain, irrigation.
Sampling: 11 foot segments
in each rep were harvested and weighed.
|
ENTRY
|
TOTAL
LBS.
|
|
Control
1
|
28.3
lbs
|
|
Control
2
|
29.05
lbs
|
|
Mean
Controls
|
28.68
lbs
|
|
|
|
|
MIR-1
|
37.3
lbs
|
|
MIR-2
|
33.8
lbs
|
|
Mean MIR
|
35.55 lbs
|
|
DIFFERENCE
|
+24.0%
|
|
