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

Griffin, Georgia:
Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2001, Irrigated
Company or
Brand Name		 Hybrid Yield1 2-Year
Average
Yield		 Test
Wt.		 50%
Bloom2		 Plant
Ht.		 Lodging Bird
Damage3
bu/acre bu/acre lb/bu days in % %
Southland RS280E  92.8    .  59.8 67 68   0 0
Pioneer          83G66         88.9  82.9  57.4 65 60   0 0
DeKalb           DKS54-00  80.4    .  57.7 67 61   0 0
DeKalb           DKS51-90  76.0    .  55.4 64 58   0 0
Southland Y360          72.6  66.5  57.0 63 66   0 0
Asgrow Missile  71.7  67.9  54.8 64 54   0 0
NK               K73-J6        63.2    .  57.9 61 56   0 0
DeKalb           DK53          62.4    .  56.2 67 56   0 0
Mycogen 697           60.7    .  56.3 64 53   0 0
Asgrow           A571          57.1    .  54.1 63 56   1 0
Mycogen X-15708       56.2    .  52.5 65 53   0 0
Mycogen 737           50.4    .  54.9 64 52   0 0
Pennington Penngrain Dr  49.3    .  55.3 63 53 24 0
SS               SS800         48.7  49.6  55.5 64 57 19 0
SS               SS-650        39.6  50.4  53.2 62 56 93 0
Average                64.74  63.4  55.9 64 57 9 0
LSD at 10% Level 6.7 5.9 1.8 1 4 9 -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 2.8 2.4 0.7 1 1 4 -
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  Percent of grain head damaged.
4.  CV = 8.7% and df for EMS = 42.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected
LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: June 21, 2001.
Harvested: October 25, 2001.
Seeding Rate: 125,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Cecil sandy clay loam.
Soil Test: P = Medium, K = High, and pH = 6.0.
Fertilization: Preplant:  28 lb N, 56 lb P2O5, and 84 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  100 lb N/acre.
Previous Crop: Wheat.
Management: Chisel plowed, disked, and rototilled; Aatrex and one cultivation used for weed control;
irrigated 4.0 inches.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose.
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