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

GRAIN MILLET

Tifton, Georgia:
Pearl Millet Grain Hybrid Performance, 2001

Table 1. Grain yields of experimental pearl millet hybrids planted in 36-inch rows in 2001.
Date Number Hybrids pounds/acre
Average Range 5% LSD
June 5 120 4710 1954 to 8245* 1908
June 25 85 3780 2155 to 5555** 1199
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* 65 hybrids yielded over 4500 lbs.; Exp. No. 1 yielded 5083 lb.
** 11 hybrids yielded over 4500 lb.; Exp. No. 1 yielded 3936 lb.

 

Table 2. Grain yield of pearl millet Exp. No. 1 when planted minimum-till at two row widths after rye, ryegrass, and wheat in 2001.
Planted (June 7)
After: 		  Row Width* Yield (lb/acre)
Rye   Single 3692
    Twin 4072
  5% LSD   691
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Ryegrass   Single 2843
    Twin 3979
  5% LSD   493
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Wheat   Single 3207
    Twin 3381
  5% LSD   665
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* Single = single row on 36-inch bed.
* Twin = two rows 7 inches apart on center of 36-inch bed.

 

Table 3. Effects of row spacings on grain yield of pearl millet Exp. No. 1 in 2001.
Planting
Date 		Row Spacing (inches)  
7 14 21 36 5% LSD
April 12 4356* 4855 5122 4064 695
May 31 tilled 4478 4274 4014 4050 612
May 31 min.-till 4723 4743 4404 4290 569
June 18 4350 4452 4086 3066 617
June 28 3099 3694 3802 3397 778
July 12 2248 2533 2520 2728 413
July 19 2994 2930 2919 2417 610
Aug. 2** 1765 1800 2132 1709 319
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* Grain yield in pounds per acre.
** Chinch bugs caused significant damage in the plantings after June 28 but especially in the Aug. 2 planting.

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