| Georgia
Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia |
Research
Report Number 668 November, 2000 |
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| Silage Test Results | |||||||||
| Summary of Evaluations of Corn Hybrids for Silage Blairsville, Calhoun, Griffin, and Tifton, Georgia, 2000 | |||||||||
| Dry Matter Yield | |||||||||
| Company or Brand Name | Hybrid No. | Maturity Class | Grain Portion | Statewide Average | Blairsville | Calhoun | Griffin | Tifton | |
| % | --------------------------- tons/acre -------------------------- | ||||||||
| Short and Mid-Season | |||||||||
| AgraTech | 890 | M | 49 | . | . | . | . | 11.1 | |
| AgraTech | 905 | M | 54 | . | . | . | . | 12.1 | |
| Cargill | 8311 | M | 52 | . | . | . | . | 11.8 | |
| Cargill | 8681FQ | M | 57 | . | . | . | . | 11.2 | |
| Croplan Genetics | TR1166Bt | S | 55 | . | . | . | . | 11.6 | |
| DeKalb | DK 687 | M | 52 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 12.9 | |
| Dyna-Gro | X15548 | M | 53 | . | . | . | . | 12.0 | |
| NK | N 83-N5 | M | 53 | . | 12.6 | . | . | 12.9 | |
| NK | N 8811 | M | 54 | 10.9 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 12.9 | |
| Pioneer | 3154 | M | 51 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 11.6 | |
| Pioneer | 31R88 | M | 54 | 11.4 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 13.0 | |
| Pioneer | 32k61 | S | 51 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 13.0 | |
| Pioneer | 33J56 | S | 59 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 9.9 | 6.4 | 11.9 | |
| Southern States | SS849CL | M | 56 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 10.6 | |
| Southern States | SS859CL | M | 57 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 14.0 | |
| Southern States | SS897 | M | 55 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 10.8 | |
| Southland Genetics | SG1701 | M | 58 | . | . | . | . | 11.8 | |
| Terra | TR1157 | S | 54 | . | . | . | . | 11.7 | |
| Zimmerman | 1851W | S | 49 | . | . | 10.3 | 6.7 | 13.0 | |
| Average | 54 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 12.1 | |||
| LSD at 10% Level | 3 | N.S.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | N.S. | 1.6 | |||
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||
| Full-Season | |||||||||
| AgraTech | 1177 | F | 46 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 11.9 | |
| Greenwood | 830 | F | 40 | . | . | . | . | 12.9 | |
| Greenwood | 835 | F | 46 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 10.5 | |
| Greenwood | 845 | F | 40 | . | . | . | . | 12.6 | |
| NK | McNair 508 | F | 43 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 12.3 | |
| NK | N91-R9 | F | 51 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 6.3 | 12.9 | |
| Pioneer | 30F33 | F | 44 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 6.2 | 11.4 | |
| Southern States | SS1150 | F | 37 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 12.0 | |
| Southland Geneti | SG1836 | F | 47 | . | . | . | . | 14.1 | |
| Southland Geneti | SG1877 | F | 43 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 12.9 | |
| Average | 44 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 12.4 | |||
| LSD at 10% Level | 5 | 1.1 | N.S. | 2.1 | 0.8 | N.S. | |||
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |||
| 1. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore an LSD value was not calculated. | |||||||||
| Bolding indicates entries performing equally to highest performing entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10). | |||||||||
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