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
| Evaluation of Sorghum Grain and Silage Hybrids for Resistance to Anthracnose, 1999 | ||||
| Company or Brand Name | Hybrid Name or Number | Anthracnose1 | ||
| Leaf | Stem | Panicle | ||
| ------------------ rating ------------------ | ||||
| Grain Hybrids | ||||
| AgriPro | X71062 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| CSC | 1489 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| CSC | CSC0380 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| DeKalb | DK48A | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| DeKalb | DK50A | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| DeKalb | DK52 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| DeKalb | DK54 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| DeKalb | DK55 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Dekalb | DK53 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| NK | K91-T5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| NK | KS 711Y | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| NK | KS989 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| NK | X416 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| NK | X418 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| NK | X633 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Pennington | Penngrain Dr | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Pioneer | 8282 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| Pioneer | 8305 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Pioneer | 83G66 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Southern States | SS115 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Southern States | SS560 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Southern States | SS800 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Southland | Exp. 1414 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Southland | Y303E | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Southland | Y360 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Terra | TR330 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Terra | TR440 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Terra | TR4630 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Average | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
| Silage Hybrids | ||||
| DeKalb | FS22 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| DeKalb | X488 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| NK | KF429 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| NK | NK300 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| NK | SS405 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| NK | X901 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| Pennington | Penn Silage II | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Production-Plus | Red Top Plus BMR | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| Production-Plus | Silo-Plus BMR | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| Production-Plus | Ultra Cane BMR | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Southern States | SS1515 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Southland | Silo Master D | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Terra | TR1220 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Average | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | |
| LSD at 10% Level | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | |
| Std. Err. of Entry Mean | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| 1. Anthracnose rating: 1 = resistant to 5 = death of tissue and/or plant. | ||||
| Disease screening conducted by Dr. R. R. Duncan and J. Purser at Georgia Station, Griffin, Georgia. | ||||