The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia							Table of Contents
2002 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests Research Report Number 685 December 2002
Tifton, Georgia: Pearl Millet Grain Hybrid Performance, 2002
Table 1.  Grain yield of pearl millet TifGrain 102 in 2002.
					Weight
		Days to 50% Anthesis	Plant Height	Head Length	Head	Head	100 Seeds	Grain Yield
					gm	cm	gm	lb/acre
Planting Date
4-16-02		47.9	104.6	22.7	10.31	0.44	0.70	2547
4-29-02		51.1	111.6	24.4	12.70	0.51	0.63	2867
5-13-02		50.2	112.4	23.5	12.50	0.52	0.65	2421
5-28-02		44.3	91.9	23.3	12.40	0.51	0.72	2796
6-10-02		45.2	117.1	27.7	14.30	0.51	0.74	3727
6-24-02		49.4	110.9	25.0	17.17	0.68	0.86	4454
7-08-02		45.5	99.8	22.0	12.11	0.54	0.71	2671
7-23-02		44.5	102.8	22.4	8.01	0.35	0.63	1831
5% LSD		0.3	2.4	0.5	1.20	0.04	0.04	362
Row Spacing
7"		47.0	101.2	21.5	7.81	0.36	0.58	2592
14"		47.2	105.4	23.5	11.22	0.47	0.68	2984
21"		47.3	107.9	24.7	13.81	0.56	0.75	3134
36"		47.5	111.1	25.7	16.90	0.66	0.80	2902
5% LSD		0.2	1.7	0.3	0.85	0.03	0.03	256
Nitrogen Levels Applied
75 lb/a		47.2	105.8	23.7	12.44	0.51	0.70	2862
125 lb/a		47.3	106.9	24.0	12.43	0.51	0.71	2940
5% LSD		0.1	1.2	0.2	0.60	0.02	0.02	125
Table 2.  Grain yield at 5 locations in Georgia in 2002.
Location			Plant Date		Comments		Weight 100 Seeds	Grain Yield
							gm	lb/acre
Blairsville							0.92	3743
Tifton - Main Station			5-08-02		Irrigation with sorghum			4156
Tifton - Lang Farm			4-15-02		Rescue irrigation			3100
Plains			4-06-02		Very dry soil conditions			1700
Plains			7-16-02		Very dry soil conditions			2465
Griffin			5-22-02		Very dry soil conditions			2372
Griffin			6-21-02		Very dry soil conditions			1984
Calhoun			5-15-02		Very dry soil conditions			2927
Tests conducted by W. W. Hanna, A. E. Coy, and P. A. Rose.