The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
1999 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage,
Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
Research Report Number 663
February, 2000
J. LaDon Day, Anton E. Coy, and Paul A. Rose, Editors
| Plains, Georgia: Early-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 1999, 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 | % | ||
| DeKalb | DK54 | 131.4 | . | . | . | 58 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Pioneer | 83G66 | 130.0 | . | . | . | 56 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 |
| CSC | 1489 | 127.6 | . | . | . | 57 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 |
| NK | KS989 | 126.0 | . | . | . | 64 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| AgriPro | X71062 | 122.3 | . | . | . | 49 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Pennington | Penngrain Dr | 119.1 | . | . | . | 52 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 |
| CSC | CSC0380 | 118.7 | . | . | . | 55 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Southland | Y303E | 118.6 | . | . | . | 44 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| NK | KS 711Y | 117.9 | . | . | . | 45 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Terra | TR4630 | 117.1 | . | . | . | 50 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Pioneer | 8282 | 116.0 | . | . | . | 56 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 |
| Southern States | SS800 | 115.9 | . | . | . | 51 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 |
| DeKalb | DK50A | 114.6 | . | . | . | 54 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| NK | X633 | 111.3 | . | . | . | 49 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Southern States | SS115 | 111.3 | . | . | . | 49 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| NK | X418 | 108.4 | . | . | . | 42 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Southland | Exp. 1414 | 106.8 | . | . | . | 48 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 |
| NK | X416 | 105.9 | . | . | . | 44 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Dekalb | DK53 | 105.1 | . | . | . | 55 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 |
| Pioneer | 8305 | 104.4 | . | . | . | 56 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 |
| NK | K91-T5 | 84.9 | . | . | . | 57 | 0 | 1.0 | 8 |
| Average | 114.95 | . | . | . | 52 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 9.3 | 2 | - | 0.6 | 4 | ||||
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 3.9 | 1 | - | 0.2 | 1 | ||||
| 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 = 6.8% and df for EMS = 60. | |||||||||
| Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10). | |||||||||
| Planted: | April 20, 1999. | ||||||||
| Harvested: | August 24, 1999. | ||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 100,000 seed/acre in 30" rows. | ||||||||
| Soil Type: | Greenville sandy clay loam. | ||||||||
| Soil Test: | P = Medium, K = Medium, and pH = 6.1. | ||||||||
| Fertilization: | Preplant: 50 lb N, 70 lb P2O5, and 70 lb K2O/acre. Sidedress: 50 lb N/acre. | ||||||||
| Previous Crop: | Soybeans. | ||||||||
| Management: | Subsoiled, bedded, and rototilled; Aatrex used for weed control. | ||||||||
| Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and R. R. Pines. | |||||||||
| Plains, Georgia: Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 1999, 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 | % | ||
| Pioneer | 83G66 | 115.8 | . | 59.6 | 55 | 57 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 |
| AgriPro | X71062 | 114.6 | . | 59.0 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 |
| NK | KS 711Y | 111.1 | . | 60.2 | 51 | 47 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Pioneer | 8305 | 110.3 | . | 59.0 | 56 | 57 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Terra | TR4630 | 110.2 | . | 58.7 | 52 | 55 | 4 | 3.0 | 4 |
| NK | X418 | 106.8 | . | 58.6 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Southland | Y303E | 106.4 | . | 59.2 | 51 | 50 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 |
| NK | X416 | 106.3 | . | 60.3 | 55 | 50 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| CSC | 1489 | 105.7 | . | 59.5 | 54 | 58 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Southern States | SS800 | 105.1 | . | 58.7 | 52 | 55 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 |
| Pioneer | 8282 | 104.8 | . | 57.1 | 56 | 57 | 10 | 4.0 | 4 |
| NK | KS989 | 104.7 | . | 58.4 | 60 | 63 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Southland | Exp. 1414 | 104.0 | . | 60.1 | 55 | 53 | 4 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Pennington | Penngrain Dr | 103.7 | . | 58.1 | 52 | 56 | 4 | 3.0 | 7 |
| NK | X633 | 103.5 | . | 58.8 | 55 | 53 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| DeKalb | DK50A | 103.4 | . | 59.1 | 57 | 56 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| DeKalb | DK54 | 103.4 | . | 59.0 | 59 | 61 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Dekalb | DK53 | 103.0 | . | 58.1 | 60 | 58 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Southern States | SS115 | 100.1 | . | 58.1 | 51 | 52 | 5 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Terra | TR440 | 98.7 | . | 58.1 | 54 | 56 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 |
| Southern States | SS560 | 96.8 | . | 59.5 | 49 | 55 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 |
| CSC | CSC0380 | 96.3 | . | 58.4 | 54 | 56 | 7 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Terra | TR330 | 96.0 | . | 58.7 | 51 | 53 | 1 | 3.0 | 8 |
| DeKalb | DK55 | 95.5 | . | 58.1 | 59 | 60 | 8 | 3.0 | 10 |
| DeKalb | DK48A | 94.5 | . | 59.3 | 56 | 47 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 |
| DeKalb | DK52 | 93.3 | . | 58.9 | 58 | 55 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| NK | K91-T5 | 87.2 | . | 59.5 | 59 | 55 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 |
| Southland | Y360 | 76.2 | . | 57.2 | 55 | 62 | 40 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Average | 102.05 | . | 58.8 | 55 | 55 | 4 | 3.0 | 4 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 10.9 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | ||
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 4.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | ||
| 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 = 9.0% and df for EMS = 81. | |||||||||
| Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10). | |||||||||
| Planted: | June 21, 1999. | ||||||||
| Harvested: | October 7, 1999. | ||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 100,000 seed/acre in 30" rows. | ||||||||
| Soil Type: | Greenville sandy clay loam. | ||||||||
| Soil Test: | P = Medium, K = Medium, and pH = 6.1. | ||||||||
| Fertilization: | Preplant: 50 lb N, 70 lb P2O5, and 70 lb K2O/acre. Sidedress: 50 lb N/acre. | ||||||||
| Previous Crop: | Soybeans. | ||||||||
| Management: | Subsoiled, bedded, and rototilled; Aatrex used for weed control. | ||||||||
| Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and R. R. Pines. | |||||||||