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

Regional Summary of Early-Planted Soybean Variety Performance, 2001
Yield1
South2 North3 Statewide4
Company or
Brand Name		   Variety 2001 2-Yr
Avg		 3-Yr
Avg		   2001 2-Yr
Avg		 3-Yr
Avg		   2001 2-Yr
Avg		 3-Yr
Avg
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Maturity Group V
Asgrow            AG5501          69.5   .   . 57.3   .   . 63.4   .   .
Asgrow            AG5902          62.1   .   . 54.7   .   . 58.4   .   .
Croplan Genetics RC4444          58.9   .   . 44.4   .   . 51.6   .   .
Croplan Genetics RC4848          43.7   .   . 39.1   .   . 41.4   .   .
Croplan Genetics RC4995          58.5   .   . 43.8   .   . 51.1   .   .
Croplan Genetics RC5252          66.5   .   . 58.2   .   . 62.3   .   .
Croplan Genetics  RC5454          66.2   .   . 57.1   .   . 61.6   .   .
Croplan Genetics  Robin-5         63.8 55.2 51.2 52.5   .   . 58.1   .   .
Croplan Genetics YRC49           64.4   .   . 53.9   .   . 59.1   .   .
Croplan Genetics YRC51           56.8   .   . 44.6   .   . 50.7   .   .
Croplan Genetics YRC56           58.4   .   . 50.8   .   . 54.6   .   .
Croplan Genetics YRC57           64.3   .   . 50.6   .   . 57.4   .   .
Croplan Genetics YRC58           59.7   .   . 54.9   .   . 57.3   .   .
Croplan Genetic 590RR           59.7 47.9   . 51.0   .   . 55.4   .   .
Delta King        5366RR          65.4   .   . 53.4   .   . 59.4   .   .
Delta King  5465RR          65.2   .   . 55.1   .   . 60.2   .   .
Delta King  5661RR          62.8 51.6 48.9 49.8   .   . 56.3   .   .
Delta King 5668RR          66.7   .   . 54.7   .   . 60.7   .   .
Delta King  5762RR          59.6 48.3 46.1 50.9   .   . 55.2   .   .
Delta King  5995  66.9 57.4 53.1 55.3   .   . 61.1   .   .
DPL DP5414RR  61.2   .   . 50.6   .   . 55.9   .   .
DPL DP 5806 RR  65.9 57.4   . 52.5   .   . 59.2   .   .
DPL               DP5915RR 66.9 60.5   . 58.9   .   . 62.9   .   .
Dyna Gro          3562NRR         65.1 56.1   . 49.7   .   . 57.4   .   .
Dyna Gro          3582NRR         55.3 46.4   . 47.3   .   . 51.3   .   .
Dyna Gro          3518            57.6   .   . 47.8   .   . 52.7   .   .
Eagle Seed        ES Marshal RR 58.9   .   . 50.6   .   . 54.7   .   .
Eagle Seed        ES Punch RR 61.8   .   . 46.2   .   . 54.0   .   .
Eagle Seed        ES Trooper RR  58.5   .   . 53.9   .   . 56.2   .   .
Hartz             H5855RR         58.4   .   . 54.5   .   . 56.4   .   .
Hornbeck          HBK 5990        64.8 57.9 53.4 58.2   .   . 61.5   .   .
Hornbeck          HBK R5620   65.3   .   . 52.0   .   . 58.6   .   .
Hornbeck          HBK R5820 61.4   .   . 53.0   .   . 57.2   .   .
NK                S57-A4          61.0   .   . 53.3   .   . 57.2   .   .
Pioneer           9594            67.5 60.4 54.3 52.5   .   . 60.0   .   .
Pioneer           95B32           65.4   .   . 51.1   .   . 58.2   .   .
Pioneer           95B53           63.0   .   . 53.2   .   . 58.1   .   .
Pioneer           95B96           63.9   .   . 52.4   .   . 58.1   .   .
Public Variety    Caviness        65.8 55.7 51.5 51.7 45.0 42.6 58.7 50.3 47.0
Public Variety    Hutcheson       66.8 55.5 51.3 52.8   .   . 59.8   .   .
Public Variety  UARK5896   62.7   .   . 50.7   .   . 56.7   .   .
So. States        SS-597N         61.4 54.3   . 42.7   .   . 52.0   .   .
So. States        SSRT5999N       66.1   .   . 54.2   .   . 60.1   .   .
So. States SSXPRT46704 55.5   .   . 44.1   .   . 49.8   .   .
Southern States FFR-RT557N  60.2   .   . 48.0   .   . 54.1   .   .
Southern States FFR-RT587N 60.5   .   . 52.9   .   . 56.7   .   .
Average                 62.2 54.6 51.2 51.5 45.0 42.6 56.8 50.3 47.0
LSD at 10% Level 4.9 4.0 2.9 5.0 - - 3.5 - -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 2.1 1.7 1.2 2.1 - - 1.5 - -
Maturity Group VI
AgraTech          ATS600RR 62.8   .   . 52.0   .   . 57.4   .   .
AgriPro/Garst     6612RR/N        57.3   .   . 50.2   .   . 53.7   .   .
Croplan Genetics 6299RR 59.0 50.8   . 51.8   .   . 55.4   .   .
DPL DP6299RR  65.5   .   . 55.3   .   . 60.4   .   .
DPL DP 6880 RR   61.1 52.1   . 43.2   .   . 52.1   .   .
Dyna Gro 3614RR  61.0   .   . 50.0   .   . 55.5   .   .
NK                S60-E4 61.0   .   . 51.5   .   . 56.3   .   .
Pioneer           9692 65.2 57.3 52.4 51.3 47.6   . 58.3 52.5   .
Pioneer           96B21           64.9   .   . 51.3   .   . 58.1   .   .
Public Variety    Dillon          61.4   .   . 51.7 47.6 40.5 56.5   .   .
Public Variety    Hutcheson  65.5 56.1 51.9 48.7   .   . 57.1   .   .
Public Variety    Musen           58.8 52.6 48.0 53.0 48.0 41.2 55.9 50.3 44.6
Public Variety    NC Roy          69.9 60.2   . 50.2 48.3   . 60.1 54.2   .
Public Variety    Santee 59.4 53.5 49.7 49.6 47.2 42.1 54.5 50.3 45.9
So. States        SSRT6299N  61.3   .   . 49.0   .   . 55.2   .   .
So. States        SSRT6999N   51.8   .   . 43.4   .   . 47.6   .   .
Southern States  FFR-665N  66.4 56.6 51.9 58.2   .   . 62.3   .   .
Univ of Ga        G95-179   61.4   .   . 50.5   .   . 56.0   .   .
Univ of Ga               G97-1486        60.0   .   . 50.7   .   . 55.3   .   .
Univ of Ga               G97-3149  61.1   .   . 50.4   .   . 55.7   .   .
Univ of Ga        G99-G725   56.0 45.4   . 50.4 47.0   . 53.2 46.2   .
USG 620nRR    64.4   .   . 58.0   .   . 61.2   .   .
Average                           61.6 53.8 50.8 50.9 47.6 41.3 56.3 50.7 45.3
LSD at 10% Level   N.S.5 3.0   N.S. 3.9   N.S.   N.S. 2.9 2.3   N.S.
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0
Maturity Groups VII and VIII
AgSouth           Prichard RR 54.3 51.3   . 52.6 53.7   . 53.9 51.9   .
DPL DP7220RR 59.2 51.8   . 60.3   .   . 59.5   .   .
DPL DP7731          60.1 55.2   . 53.6   .   . 58.5   .   .
Hartz             H7242RR  51.5 48.1   . 53.4 51.5   . 51.9 49.0   .
NK                S73-Z5          54.4 47.7   . 54.6 52.2   . 54.5 48.9   .
NK                S75-55          61.6 54.1 49.7 54.0   .   . 59.7   .   .
NK                S83-30          51.1 46.7 44.4 53.0   .   . 51.6   .   .
Pioneer           97B52           57.1   .   . 49.2   .   . 55.1   .   .
Public Variety  Carver          61.3 51.2 48.4 63.1 60.9 55.1 61.7 53.7 50.1
Public Variety Cook            55.2   .   . 41.8   .   . 51.9   .   .
Public Variety  Hagood          48.1 46.4 43.4 46.7 49.6 45.7 47.7 47.2 44.0
Public Variety  Kuell           55.8 46.8 45.0 54.0 52.9 46.8 55.4 48.3 45.4
Public Variety  Maxcy           55.4 48.8 44.5 54.3 53.3 47.7 55.1 49.9 45.3
Public Variety  Motte           52.1 45.8 44.8 51.3 51.2 47.5 51.9 47.1 45.5
Public Variety  Musen           58.2 50.4 45.7 5