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

Evaluation of Sorghum Grain and Silage Hybrids
for Resistance to Anthracnose, 2001
Company or Hybrid Name Anthracnose1
Brand Name or Number Leaf Stem Panicle
------------------ rating ------------------
Grain Hybrids
AgriPro/Garst 5440                  5.0 5.0 5.0
AgriPro/Garst 5515                  1.5 3.5 4.5
AgriPro/Garst 5522Y                 4.0 3.0 5.0
AgriPro/Garst 5624                  3.0 4.5 5.0
AgriPro/Garst AP2838                5.0 5.0 5.0
AgriPro/Garst Cherokee 5.0 5.0 5.0
AgriPro/Garst N0382                 1.8 1.5 3.5
AgriPro/Garst N0578                 3.0 4.0 5.0
AgriPro/Garst R1317                 3.5 2.0 4.5
AgriPro/Garst R1354                 4.5 4.0 5.0
Asgrow    A571                  4.3 4.5 5.0
Asgrow Missile 3.0 3.5 5.0
CSC 1472                  5.0 5.0 5.0
CSC 1481                  5.0 5.0 5.0
CSC 1489                  5.0 5.0 5.0
CSC 3080                  5.0 5.0 5.0
CSC 9089 4.5 4.5 5.0
DeKalb DKS51-90    2.5 3.5 5.0
DeKalb DKS54-00  1.5 2.0 3.5
DeKalb DK53                  2.5 2.0 3.5
Dyna Gro 752B                  5.0 5.0 5.0
Kaystar X-095                 3.5 3.5 4.5
Mycogen 697                   3.0 4.5 5.0
Mycogen 737                   4.5 4.5 5.0
Mycogen X-15708               3.0 4.0 5.0
NK K73-J6                3.8 4.0 5.0
Pennington Penngrain Dr 3.5 4.5 5.0
Pioneer 83G66                 1.3 1.3 1.3
SS SS-650                5.0 5.0 5.0
SS SS800                 5.0 5.0 5.0
Southland RS280E      1.5 1.5 1.0
Southland Y303E                 4.8 5.0 5.0
Southland Y360 4.8 5.0 5.0
Average                       3.7 3.9 4.6
LSD at 10% Level 1.4 0.6 0.5
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 0.6 0.3 0.2
Silage Hybrids
Moss 4Ever Green 3.0 *  *
Moss Millennium BMR 5.0 5.0 5.0
NK SS405                 3.5 1.0 1.0
Pennington Pennsilage 2.5 3.0 3.0
SS  SS-85F 2.0 1.0 1.0
Seed Resource F-00-3  5.0 3.0 5.0
Seed Resource F-97-1 4.5 4.5 5.0
Southland Dairy Master BMR 4.5 3.5 3.0
Southland Silo Master D 2.5 1.0 1.0
Average                       3.6 2.8 3.0
LSD at 10% Level 1.0 2.1 2.9
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 0.4 0.8 1.1
1.  Anthracnose rating:  1 = resistant to 5 = death of tissue and/or plant.
*  No head formation.
Disease screening conducted by Dr. R. R. Duncan and J. Purser at Georgia Station,
Griffin, Georgia.
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