2000-2001 Small Grains Performance Tests

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

Research Report Number 673
August 2001

Rye
Tifton, Georgia:
Rye Grain Performance, 2000-2001
Yield1 2001 Data
Brand-Variety   3-Year
Average		 2-Year
Average		   Rank  Yield1 Test
Wt		 Ht Lodg. Winter
Survival		 Head
Date		 Straw
Wt
----- bu/acre ----- bu/acre lb/bu in % % mo/day lb/acre
Wrens 96                     42.3  49.9 3  51.9 54.3  69   40 100 03/21 6416
Wrens Abruzzi                39.8  45.1 1  53.0 54.5  67   55 100 03/17 4374
Bates                        38.6  47.1 5  45.1 54.8  68   48 100 03/22 5554
Wintergrazer 70              35.9  45.0 4  47.1 55.2  68   55 100 03/21 5109
GI-87                        34.4  44.5 7  43.9 57.5  66   63 100 03/20 4583
Oklon                        32.5  39.8 8  42.7 54.6  67   54 100 03/22 4801
Maton                        29.3  37.9 6  44.2 55.2  67   48 100 03/23 5055
Elbon                        28.2  35.7 9  42.3 55.2  67   63 100 03/24 3821
GA96P16M                       .    . 2  52.9 53.5  66   53 100 03/15 4701
SPIRye              .  39.2 10  42.3 54.7  66   68 100 03/20 4220
Winter King                    .    . 11  42.2 54.9  67   48 100 03/22 4746
Hancock *    .  10.2 12    8.5 39.4  52 100 100 . 2232
Average                      35.1  39.4   43.02 53.7  66   58 100 03/21 4634
LSD at 10% Level 2.6 3.7 5.6 1.8 2 20 - 03 832
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 1.1 1.6     2.3 0.7 1 8 - 01 347
*   Variety did not vernalize.
1.  Yields calculated as 56 pounds per bushel at 13.0% moisture.
2.  C.V. = 10.8%, and df for EMS = 33.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD
(P = 0.10).
Planted: November 13, 2000.
Harvested: May 28, 2001.
Seeding Rate: 18 seeds per foot in 7" rows.
Soil Type: Tifton loamy sand.
Soil Test: P = High, K = Medium, and pH = 6.2.
Fertilization: Preplant: 40 lb N, 80 lb P2O5, and 120 lb K2O/acre.
Topdress: 62 lb N/acre.
Management: Moldboard plowed and rototilled; Diaznon used for insect control; 2,4-D and express used for weed control.
Previous Crop: Grain sorghum.
Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, T. L. Hancock, M. D. Purvis, and R. E. Brooke.
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