The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia

Research Report Number 666
August 2000


1999-2000 SMALL GRAINS PERFORMANCE TESTS

J. LaDon Day and Anton E. Coy, and Paul A. Rose, Editors

J. LaDon Day is program coordinator of statewide variety testing in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797. Anton E. Coy is a senior agricultural specialist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA 31793.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Cooperators and Contributors
The Season with 1999-2000 Rainfall
Small Grain Cultural Practices
Characteristics of Varieties
Small Grains Updates

Variety Releases
Metribuzin Sensitivity
Diseases
Insects

Grain Test Results

Wheat - Grain

State Variety Trials

Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance with Foliar Fungicide, 1999-2000
Tifton, Georgia: Effect of Fungicide on Wheat Grain Yield, 1999-2000
Tifton, Georgia: Late-Planted Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Tifton, Georgia: Late-Planted Wheat Grain Performance with Foliar Fungicide, 1999-2000
Tifton, Georgia: Effect of Fungicide on Late-Planted Wheat Grain Yield, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Late-Planted Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Midville, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Midville, Georgia: Late-Planted Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Calhoun, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Summary of Wheat Yields, Georgia, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages
Summary of Late-Planted Wheat Yields, Georgia, 1999-2000

Southern Uniform Tests

Plains, Georgia: Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Nursery, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Nursery, 1999-2000

Triticale

Tifton, Georgia: Triticale Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Triticale Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Midville, Georgia: Triticale Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Summary of Triticale Yields, Georgia, 1999-2000

Oat

Tifton, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Midville, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Calhoun, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Summary of Oat Yields, Georgia, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Barley

Plains, Georgia: Barley Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Calhoun, Georgia: Barley Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Summary of Barley Yields, Georgia, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Rye

Tifton, Georgia: Rye Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Rye Grain Performance, 1999-2000
Summary of Rye Yields, Georgia, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Forage Test Results

Wheat

Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Quincy, Florida: Wheat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Statewide Summary: Wheat Forage Performance, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Oat

Tifton, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Quincy, Florida: Oat Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Statewide Summary: Oat Forage Performance, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Rye

Tifton, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Quincy, Florida: Rye Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Statewide Summary: Rye Forage Performance, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Ryegrass

Tifton, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Plains, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Griffin, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Quincy, Florida: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1999-2000
Statewide Summary: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1998-2000 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Sources of Seed for the 1999-2000 Small Grains Performance Tests