The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
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2002 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
Research Report Number 685
December 2002
Plains, Georgia:
Early-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2002
Nonirrigated
Company or
Brand Name		 Hybrid Yield1 2-Year
Average
Yield		 Test
Wt.		 50%
Bloom2		 Plant
Ht.		 Lodging Disease Bird
Damage
bu/acre bu/acre lb/bu days in % rating %
DynaGro          X1763         100.0 .  53.0 58 34 0 . .
DynaGro          X1753           97.7 .  53.1 59 36 0 . .
CSC X3064           95.9 .  54.4 56 35 0 . .
DeKalb            DKS51-90        93.9 108.5  52.5 60 37 0 . .
Pioneer           83G66           91.0 106.4  53.4 61 36 0 . .
CSC X1464           90.1 .  51.2 61 35 0 . .
Asgrow            Missile         89.2 103.7  52.3 65 40 0 . .
SS                SS-650          88.3   99.6  55.1 62 38 0 . .
DeKalb            DK53            88.0 103.0  53.2 63 36 0 . .
Asgrow            A571            86.4 100.1  47.6 67 38 0 . .
CSC               1481            86.0 105.4  50.2 64 34 0 . .
DeKalb            DKS54-00        84.6 103.5  50.7 64 37 0 . .
DynaGro          X1754           84.5 .  49.7 60 34 0 . .
FL                FSR1            84.2 .  55.3 74 57 0 . .
NK                X654            80.0 .  49.4 60 31 0 . .
Southland         RS280E          78.1   88.1  53.7 68 47 0 . .
SS                SS800          77.3   98.2  48.8 60 27 0 . .
Seed Resource     SR544           76.1 .  52.0 65 38 0 . .
Pennington        Penngrain Dr    74.6   97.9  48.3 61 30 0 . .
NK                NK8828          74.0 .  49.1 64 38 0 . .
NK                K73-J6          72.1   98.0  51.9 63 33 0 . .
FL                FSR2            71.7 .  52.9 71 43 0 . .
Seed Resource     SR522           61.8 .  47.5 65 35 0 . .
Average                            83.73 101.0  51.5 63 37 0 . .
LSD at 10% Level  10.3   N.S.4 1.9 4 4 -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  4.3 5.6 0.8 2 2 -    
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  CV = 10.4% and df for EMS = 66.
4.  The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore, a LSD value was
     not calculated.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected
LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: April 16, 2002.
Harvested: August 28, 2002.
Seeding Rate: 140,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Greenville sandy loam.
Soil Test: P = Low, K = Medium, and pH = 6.4.
Fertilization: Preplant:  66 lb N, 88 lb P2O5, and 24 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  50 lb N/acre.
Previous Crop: Cotton.
Management: Subsoiled and rototilled; Aatrex, Permit, and one cultivation used for weed control;
Karate used for insect control.
Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and R. R. Pines.