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: Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2001 Irrigated4
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	DKS54-00	3680	.	.	65	60	2	6.4
Pioneer	83G66	3589	.	.	58	52	2	5.8
DeKalb	DKS51-90	3281	.	.	61	51	4	8.9
Southland	Y360	2732	.	.	58	55	20	9.3
Mycogen	X-15708	2718	.	.	59	50	4	7.4

DeKalb	DK53	2505	.	.	67	58	2	5.4
NK	K73-J6	2400	.	.	57	51	10	9.1
Asgrow	A571	2391	.	.	57	49	10	9.1
Mycogen	697	2355	.	.	59	50	2	7.9
Asgrow	Missile	2246	.	.	63	51	10	8.6

Mycogen	737	1983	.	.	57	46	10	9.0
Pennington	Penngrain Dr	1711	.	.	55	47	80	9.9

Average		2633	.	.	60	52	13	8.1

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:	July 2, 2001
Harvested:	October 19, 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 6.0 inches.

Test conducted by D. Gorbet.

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