Cultivar

Nodules plant−1

Vigor

Height

1000 seed weight

Yield

Number

1 to 9

cm

g

kg ha−1

Prosper 2010

Eclipse

8.1b

6.1c

43.6a

185.2b

1684b

Lariat

12.0a

7.9a

39.3b

350.9a

1732b

Vista

7.9b

6.6b

36.8c

183.3b

1966a

LSD (0.05)

3.1

0.5

2.1

18.2

187.6

Prosper 2012

Eclipse

5.2ab

5.2b

38.0c

154.0b

3060b

Lariat

6.3a

7.0a

56.2a

263.0a

3545a

Vista

2.8b

4.3b

46.1b

141.5b

2655b

LSD (0.05)

2.6

1.0

5.1

15.9

440

Prosper 2013

Eclipse

27.9a

6.6

53.7a

203.6b

3705

Lariat

33.2a

6.5

44.8b

317.8a

3557

Vista

17.1b

7.3

47.0b

186.1b

3409

LSD (0.05)

9.4

ns

3.0

27.5

ns

Park River 2013

Eclipse

10.4b

5.9a

51.4

179.4b

2352

Lariat

23.4a

7.8a

54.1

270.6a

2447

Vista

9.0b

5.7b

50.2

166.4c

2488

LSD (0.05)

4.6

0.8

ns

8.8

ns

Combined

Eclipse

12.9b

5.9b

46.7ab

180.5b

2700

Lariat

18.7a

7.3a

48.6a

300.6a

2820

Vista

9.2c

6.0b

45.0b

169.3c

2651

LSD (0.05)

2.8

0.4

2.2

9.8

ns