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
| Tifton, Georgia: Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2001 Nonirrigated |
|||||||||
| Company
or Brand Name |
Hybrid | Yield1 | 2-Year Average Yield |
Test Wt. |
50% Bloom2 |
Plant Ht. |
Lodging | Disease3 | Bird Damage4 |
| bu/acre | bu/acre | lb/bu | days | in | % | rating | % | ||
| Southland | RS280E | 98.1 | . | 61.8 | 66 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Asgrow | Missile | 89.9 | 60.5 | 51.1 | 58 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| DeKalb | DKS54-00 | 85.7 | . | 54.3 | 64 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Pioneer | 83G66 | 84.1 | 57.3 | 54.7 | 55 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| NK | K73-J6 | 75.0 | . | 53.3 | 57 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Southland | Y360 | 70.3 | 49.0 | 54.8 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Asgrow | A571 | 67.6 | . | 50.3 | 56 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| DeKalb | DKS51-90 | 66.8 | 44.9 | 48.3 | 60 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mycogen | 697 | 63.8 | . | 49.3 | 54 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| DeKalb | DK53 | 62.5 | . | 50.2 | 62 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mycogen | X-15708 | 62.5 | . | 52.5 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Mycogen | 737 | 61.7 | . | 48.3 | 55 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| SS | SS800 | 47.4 | 33.2 | 45.1 | 55 | 43 | 20 | 5 | 18 |
| Pennington | Penngrain Dr | 41.5 | 31.8 | 48.4 | 54 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 28 |
| SS | SS-650 | 25.3 | 30.5 | 42.7 | 55 | 48 | 59 | 5 | 19 |
| Average | 66.85 | 43.9 | 51.0 | 57 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 12.0 | 16.6 | 4.6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | |
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 5.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1. Yields calculated at 14% moisture. | |||||||||
| 2. Days from planting to 50% bloom. | |||||||||
| 3. Rated 1 = resistant to 5 = susceptible to foliar diseases. | |||||||||
| 4. Percent of grain head damaged. | |||||||||
| 5. CV = 15.0% 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 22, 2001. | ||||||||
| Harvested: | October 5, 2001. | ||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 100,000 seed/acre in 30" rows. | ||||||||
| Soil Type: | Dothan loamy sand. | ||||||||
| Soil Test: | P = Low, K = Mediul, and pH = 6.1. | ||||||||
| Fertilization: | Preplant: 54 lb N, 40 lb P2O5, and 60 lb K2O/acre. Sidedress: 70 lb N/acre. | ||||||||
| Previous Crop: | Cotton. | ||||||||
| Management: | Moldboard plowed
and rototilled; Aatrex used for weed control; Nemacur used for nematode control; Lorsban used for insect control. |
||||||||
| Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, R. E. Brooke, and T. L. Hancock. | |||||||||
| Table of Contents | |||||||||