2002 Corn Performance Tests Table of Contents
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Research Report Number 684
October 2002
Midville, Georgia:
Mid and Full-Season Corn Hybrid Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Yield1
Company or
Brand Name		   Hybrid
Name		 2002 3-Year
Average		   Ears/100
Plants		 Ear Grain
Weight		 Grain
Quality2		 Grain
Moisture3		 Plant
Population		 Erect
Plants
bu/acre no. lb rating % no. %
DeKalb              DK 697        216.6  222.9 108 0.45 1.0 18.1 25918   99
NK                  N 83-N5       216.3  211.0 105 0.42 1.0 16.7 27552   98
Pioneer             31R88         213.3  212.8 103 0.44 1.0 16.5 26789   98
DeKalb              DKC69-70(YG)  209.9     .  105 0.46 1.0 20.7 26354 100
Croplan Genetics    827           206.5     .  107 0.42 1.0 19.3 27334   97
DeKalb              DKC68-70(YG)  204.4     .  120 0.37 1.0 17.2 26245 100
AgraTech            905RR         199.8     .  104 0.41 1.0 15.6 26354 100
DeKalb              DK687RR       192.4     .  108 0.38 1.0 15.9 26790   97
Croplan Genetics    DS822RR       191.0     .  104 0.42 1.0 19.2 25918   92
Croplan Genetics    702           190.9  194.1 101 0.38 1.0 16.6 28096   98
Golden Acres        8681FQ        188.1     .  100 0.41 1.0 15.6 25700 100
Golden Acres        8311          184.3     .  105 0.36 1.0 14.7 27443 100
Garst/AgriPro       8288          183.9     .  102 0.43 1.0 18.3 24503 100
Garst               8118RR        182.8     .  102 0.40 1.0 19.5 26245   98
CPES-USDA           TY002         181.2     .    98 0.39 1.0 16.2 26681   93
Asgrow              RX897RR       179.5     .  102 0.37 1.0 16.2 27007 100
AgraTech            803RR         177.4     .  100 0.39 1.0 18.8 26789 100
CPES-USDA           TY001         173.9     .  108 0.40 1.0 17.7 23305   99
NK                  N91-R9 *  173.3  196.1 102 0.37 1.0 17.8 26789   92
Southern States     SS842RR       172.9     .  104 0.38 1.0 17.4 25156   81
CPES-USDA           TY005         167.5     .    97 0.41 1.0 17.4 23958   51
CPES-USDA           TY003         163.0     .  105 0.47 1.0 16.3 18949   94
CPES-USDA           TY004         160.2     .    98 0.41 1.0 16.8 23305   90
Average                            188.24  207.4 104 0.41 1.0 17.3 25790  95
LSD at 10% Level 15.2 9.6 7 0.04 - 1.0 1874  7
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 6.5 4.0   3 0.02 - 0.4 794  3
*  Full-season hybrid.
1.  Yields calculated at 15.5% moisture.
2.  Grain quality rating:  1 = excellent to 5 = poor.
3.  Grain moisture at harvest.
4.  CV = 6.9%, and df for EMS = 66.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD
(P = 0.10).
Planted: March 28, 2002.
Harvested: August 15, 2002.
Seeding Rate: 28,500 seeds/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Tifton loamy sand.
Soil Test: P = Medium, K = Medium, and pH = 6.6.
Fertilization: 120 lb N, 143 lb P2O5, and 160 lb K2O/acre as preplant; 136 lb N/acre as sidedress.
Previous Crop: Cotton.
Management: Subsoiled and bedded, rototilled; Sutan, Atrazine, and two cultivations used for weed control;
irrigated 11.0 inches.
Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and C. Cobb.