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2002 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
Research Report Number 685
December 2002
Marianna, Florida:
Early-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Company or
Brand Name		 Hybrid Yield 2-Year
Average
Yield		 Test
Wt.		 50%
Bloom1		 Plant
Ht.		 Lodging Disease2 Bird
Damage
lb/acre lb/acre lb/bu days in % rating %
FL                ATx622         6911    .  . 65 78 5 3 .
DeKalb            DKS54-00       5994  6042 . 67 59 0 3 .
DeKalb            DK53           5908  6078 . 68 58 0 2 .
Pennington        Penngrain Dr   5867  5912 . 65 54 0 4 .
Asgrow            Missile        5758  5997 . 68 54 0 3 .
DynaGro          X1754          5717    .  . 65 57 0 4 .
NK                K73-J6         5708  5525 . 64 56 0 3 .
Pioneer           83G66          5699  5534 . 65 59 0 3 .
Seed Resource     SR544          5676    .  . 68 57 0 3 .
CSC X3064          5631    .  . 67 55 0 3 .
SS                SS-650         5604  5824 . 66 55 0 4 .
Asgrow            A571           5568  5495 . 64 57 3 4 .
SS                SS800          5536  5533 . 63 54 0 5 .
CSC X1464          5513    .  . 67 52 3 4 .
DeKalb            DKS51-90       5490  5615 . 67 56 0 3 .
Southland         RS280E         5477    .  . 69 67 5 2 .
CSC               1481           5450    .  . 64 58 0 4 .
DynaGro          X1753          5232    .  . 66 50 0 3 .
DynaGro          X1763          5168    .  . 66 54 0 3 .
NK                NK8828         5146    .  . 68 57 0 2 .
NK                X654           5136    .  . 64 53 0 4 .
Seed Resource     SR522          4996    .  . 64 53 0 3 .
FL                FSR1           4061    .  . 69 62 0 2 .
FL                FSR2           2759    .  . 76 63 0 2 .
Average                           54173  5755 . 66 57 1 3 .
LSD at 10% Level  594 - 4 2 - 1
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  252 -   2 1 - 1  
1.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
2.  Rated 1 = resistant to 5 = susceptible to foliar diseases.
3.  CV = 9.3% and df for EMS = 69.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected
LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: April 19, 2002.
Harvested: August 2, 2002.
Seeding Rate: 130,000 seed/acre in 36" rows.
Soil Type: Chipola loamy sand.
Fertilization: Preplant:  73 lb N, 36 lb P2O5, and 72 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  125 lb N/acre.
Management: Moldboard plowed and disked; Atrazine used for weed control; Karate used for insect control;
irrigated 8.0 inches.
Test conducted by M. Gomillion.