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
| GRAIN SORGHUM | |||||||||
| Tifton, 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 | 122.7 | 55.4 | 71 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Pioneer | 83G66 | 128.3 | . | 54.2 | 71 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| DeKalb | DK50A | 124.8 | . | 56.5 | 70 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dekalb | DK53 | 124.5 | 118.4 | 57.8 | 75 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Southern States | SS800 | 121.0 | . | 55.2 | 71 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| NK | KS 711Y | 121.0 | 115.8 | 57.4 | 70 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pennington | Penngrain Dr | 120.5 | 110.6 | 54.2 | 71 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| CSC | CSC0380 | 120.1 | 111.9 | 55.7 | 64 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Terra | TR4630 | 119.4 | . | 54.3 | 71 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AgriPro | X71062 | 119.2 | . | 54.2 | 71 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pioneer | 8305 | 118.5 | 113.7 | 53.7 | 76 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Pioneer | 8282 | 118.4 | 116.6 | 55.5 | 74 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Southland | Y303E | 117.6 | 112.7 | 55.5 | 69 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| NK | X633 | 116.7 | . | 55.5 | 69 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| CSC | 1489 | 116.5 | 98.1 | 56.6 | 70 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Southern States | SS115 | 116.2 | . | 53.1 | 71 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| NK | K91-T5 | 113.6 | . | 59.1 | 75 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| NK | X418 | 112.7 | . | 55.6 | 64 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| NK | KS989 | 110.4 | 100.6 | 57.6 | 74 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NK | X416 | 109.2 | . | 57.3 | 65 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Southland | Exp. 1414 | 106.0 | 106.0 | 50.0 | 63 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Average | 118.45 | 111.6 | 55.4 | 70 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 11.4 | 11.8 | N.S.6 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | |
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 4.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 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 = 8.0% and df for EMS = 60. | |||||||||
| 6. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore, a LSD value was not calculated. | |||||||||
| Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10). | |||||||||
| Planted: | April 16, 1999. | ||||||||
| Harvested: | August 18, 1999. | ||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 88,000 seed/acre in 30" rows. | ||||||||
| Soil Type: | Tifton loamy sand. | ||||||||
| Soil Test: | P = Medium, K = High, and pH = 6.2. | ||||||||
| Fertilization: | Preplant: 55 lb N, 50 lb P2O5, and 75 lb K2O/acre. Sidedress: 50 lb N and 8 lb S/acre. | ||||||||
| Previous Crop: | Cotton. | ||||||||
| Management: | Moldboard plowed and rototilled; Aatrex and two cultivations used for weed control; Lanate and Karate used for insect control. | ||||||||
| Test conducted by A. E. Coy and M. D. Pippin. | |||||||||
| Tifton, 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 | 88.7 | . | 46.5 | 56 | 46 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Southland | Y360 | 88.0 | 88.3 | 46.6 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Terra | TR330 | 86.0 | . | 50.7 | 55 | 48 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Terra | TR440 | 85.8 | . | 50.2 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| DeKalb | DK48A | 83.4 | 83.7 | 46.4 | 55 | 41 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| NK | X633 | 80.0 | . | 47.2 | 55 | 48 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| DeKalb | DK50A | 75.4 | . | 44.9 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Southern States | SS115 | 75.1 | . | 42.5 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Pioneer | 8305 | 74.8 | 80.9 | 48.4 | 57 | 49 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Pioneer | 8282 | 73.7 | 78.1 | 43.4 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| DeKalb | DK55 | 65.6 | 83.6 | 42.0 | 60 | 52 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Southern States | SS560 | 60.9 | . | 48.6 | 51 | 40 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
| NK | X416 | 59.7 | . | 49.3 | 55 | 41 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Southern States | SS800 | 55.2 | . | 43.3 | 55 | 44 | 10 | 4.0 | 0 |
| NK | X418 | 46.8 | . | 41.6 | 56 | 40 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| NK | KS 711Y | 45.2 | 64.6 | 44.5 | 56 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DeKalb | DK52 | 41.8 | 65.4 | 43.6 | 61 | 43 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Average | 69.85 | 77.8 | 45.9 | 56 | 45 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 16.9 | N.S.6 | 4.6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | - | |
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 7.1 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | - | |
| 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 = 20.4% and df for EMS = 48. | |||||||||
| 6. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore, a LSD value was not calculated. | |||||||||
| Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10). | |||||||||
| Planted: | June 16, 1999. | ||||||||
| Harvested: | September 30, 1999. | ||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 88,000 seed/acre in 30" rows. | ||||||||
| Soil Type: | Tifton loamy sand. | ||||||||
| Soil Test: | P = Medium, K = High, and pH = 6.2. | ||||||||
| Fertilization: | Preplant: 55 lb N, 50 lb P2O5, and 75 lb K2O/acre. Sidedress: 50 lb N and 8 lb S/acre. | ||||||||
| Previous Crop: | Cotton. | ||||||||
| Management: | Moldboard plowed and rototilled; Aatrex and two cultivations used for weed control; Lanate and Karate used for insect control. | ||||||||
| Test conducted by A. E. Coy and M. D. Pippin. | |||||||||