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.