The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia

Research Report Number 655
August 1998

1997-98 SMALL GRAINS PERFORMANCE TESTS

J. LaDon Day, Paul L. Raymer, and Anton. E. Coy, Editors

J. Ladon Day is a senior agricultural specialist and Paul L. Raymer is an associate
professor and coordinator of statewide variety testing in the Department of Crop and
Soil Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797.  Anton. E. Coy is a
senior agricultural specialist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Coastal
Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA 31793.


TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Preface

Cooperators and Contributors

The Season with 1997-98 Rainfall

Small Grains Cultural Practices

Characteristics of Varieties

Small Grains Updates
  Variety Releases
  Diseases
  Insects

TEST RESULTS

WHEAT - GRAIN
State Variety Trials
  Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, Late Planted, 1997-98
  Tifton, Georgia: Effect of Fungicide on Wheat Grain Yields, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Midville, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Calhoun, Georgia: Wheat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Summary of Wheat Yields, Georgia, 1997-98, with Two- and Three-Year Averages
 
Southern Uniform Tests
  Plains, Georgia: Uniform Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat Nursery, 1997-98
  
OAT - GRAIN
  Tifton, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Midville, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Calhoun, Georgia: Oat Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Summary of Oat Yields, Georgia, 1997-98, with Two- and Three-Year Averages

BARLEY - GRAIN
  Plains, Georgia: Barley Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Calhoun, Georgia: Barley Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Summary of Barley Yields, Georgia, 1997-98, with Two- and Three-Year Averages

RYE - GRAIN
  Tifton, Georgia: Rye Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Rye Grain Performance, 1997-98
  Summary of Rye Yields, Georgia, 1997-98, with Two- and Three-Year Averages

WHEAT - FORAGE
  Tifton, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Wheat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Statewide Summary: Wheat Forage Performance, 1997-98 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

OAT - FORAGE
  Tifton, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Oat Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Statewide Summary: Oat Forage Performance, 1997-98 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

RYE - FORAGE
  Tifton, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Rye Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Statewide Summary: Rye Forage Performance, 1997-98 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

RYEGRASS - FORAGE
  Tifton, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Plains, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Griffin, Georgia: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1997-98
  Statewide Summary: Ryegrass Forage Performance, 1997-98 with Two- and Three-Year Averages

Sources of Seed for the 1997-98 Small Grains Performance Tests

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