2001 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests

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

2001 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
Research Report Number 676
January 2002

Marianna, Florida: Early-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2001 Irrigated
Company or Brand Name	Hybrid	Yield	2-Year Average Yield	Test Wt.	50% Bloom¹	Plant Ht.	Lodging	Disease²
		lb/acre	lb/acre	lb/bu	days	in	%	rating

DeKalb	DK53	6248	.	.	68	60	10	5.5
Asgrow	Missile	6235	.	.	70	56	10	5.8
Dyna Gro	752B	6212	.	.	67	58	10	7.0
DeKalb	DKS54-00	6089	.	.	67	62	10	4.1
SS	SS-650	6044	.	.	68	63	10	6.5

Southland	Y303E	5971	.	.	69	56	10	7.8
Pennington	Penngrain Dr	5958	.	.	68	59	12	7.3
DeKalb	DKS51-90	5740	.	.	65	60	10	6.3
SS	SS-800	5531	.	.	67	59	10	6.8
Asgrow	A571	5422	.	.	68	59	10	5.1

Fla	99 Sd Inc YT 11	5459	.	.	75	68	16	3.8
Pioneer	83G66	5368	.	.	68	60	10	4.8
NK	K73-J6	5341	.	.	67	62	10	5.4
Mycogen	737	5191	.	.	66	54	10	4.5
Mycogen	697	4637	.	.	67	54	10	4.9

Mycogen	X15708	4052	.	.	64	53	10	4.1

Average		5696	.	.	68	59	10	5.6

1. Days from planting to 50% bloom.
2. Disease rating (primarily Anthracnose) just prior to harvest: 1 = no disease to 10 = plant dead from disease.
Planted:	April 20, 2001.
Harvested:	August 13, 2001.
Seeding Rate:	130,000 seed/acre in 36" rows.
Soil Type:	Chipola loamy sand.
Fertilization:	Preplant: 46 lb N, 46 lb P₂O₅, and 46 lb K₂O/acre. Sidedress: 120 lb N/acre.
Management:	Moldboard plowed and disked; Atrazine used for weed control; irrigated 8.0 inches.

Test conducted by D. Gorbet.

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