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

2001 Corn Performance Tests
Research Report Number 675
November 2001

Blairsville, Georgia:
Mid and Full-Season Corn Hybrid Performance, 2001, Nonirrigated
Yield1
Company or
Brand Name		   Hybrid
Name		 2001 3-Year
Average		   Ears/100
Plants		 Ear Grain
Weight		 Grain
Quality2		 Grain
Moisture3		 Plant
Population		 Erect
Plants
bu/acre no. lb rating % no. %
Garst/AgriPro  8288         259.4     . 108 0.60 1.0 22.8 24488 100
AgraTech           905RR        248.2     . 101 0.66 1.0 22.3 22454 100
NK                 N91-R9 *  247.5     . 105 0.59 1.0 24.9 25168 100
DeKalb             DK 697       240.1     . 112 0.54 1.0 23.2 24321 100
NK                 N 83-N5      236.6     . 105 0.55 1.0 22.9 25358 100
Southern States SS882CL      231.3     . 103 0.55 1.0 23.3 25410 100
Pioneer            31R88        222.6     . 118 0.49 1.0 23.9 24321 100
Pioneer            3146         220.6     . 115 0.53 1.0 22.1 22454 100
Croplan Genetics 702          204.3     . 100 0.51 1.0 22.8 24563 100
NK                 N 8811       204.1  209.8 105 0.54 1.0 25.6 23043 100
Croplan Genetics 1167CL       185.4     . 100 0.47 1.0 22.6 24011 100
Average                          227.34  209.8 106 0.55 1.0 23.3 24145 100
LSD at 10% Level 12.6 - 8 0.05 - 0.6 1358 -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 5.2 - 3 0.02 - 0.3 566 -
*  Full-season hybrid.
1.  Yields calculated at 15.5% moisture.
2.  Grain quality rating:  1 = excellent to 5 = poor.
3.  Grain moisture at harvest.
4.  CV = 4.6%, and df for EMS = 30.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD
(P = 0.10).
Planted: May 7, 2001.
Harvested: October 17, 2001
Seeding Rate: 26,500 seeds/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Bradson clay loam.
Soil Test: P = High, K = High, and pH = 6.2.
Fertilization: 77 lb N, 77 lb P2O5, and 77 lb K2O/acre as preplant; 150 lb N/acre as sidedress.
Previous Crop: Soybean.
Management: Moldboard plowed and disked; Aatrex, Bicep and one cultivation used for weed control.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose and H. D. Garrett.
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