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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