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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:
Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2002, Nonirrigated
Company or
Brand Name		 Hybrid Yield1 2-Year
Average
Yield		 Test
Wt.		 50%
Bloom2		 Plant
Ht.		 Lodging Disease3 Bird
Damage
bu/acre bu/acre lb/bu days in % rating %
Seed Resource     SR522          84.5    .   54.3 .  41   0 2 .
DeKalb            DKS51-90       82.0  81.3  54.5 .  46   4 3 .
DeKalb            DKS54-00       79.8  83.7  53.4 .  52   1 2 .
NK                K73-J6         79.4  71.9  54.4 .  47   1 3 .
Seed Resource     SR544          78.5    .   57.9 .  47   1 2 .
NK                X654           77.8    .   53.3 .  44   1 3 .
Asgrow            A571           76.0  66.8  53.4 .  47   8 3 .
DeKalb            DK53           76.0  82.1  54.8 .  52   0 2 .
Asgrow            Missile        74.3  79.5  55.7 .  48   3 4 .
Pioneer           83G66          73.9  78.9  55.1 .  49 25 2 .
NK                NK8828  70.6    .   54.1 .  51   4 1 .
Southland         RS280E         67.8  80.1  56.6 .  55   1 1 .
CSC               9089           66.5  73.8  56.7 .  49 64 3 .
CSC               1481           66.3  56.7  52.8 .  49 81 4 .
DynaGro          X1763          65.4    .   55.0 .  46 20 4 .
DynaGro          X1754          65.3    .   52.9 .  47 93 5 .
CSC X3064          64.6    .   54.6 .  49 51 5 .
NK                KS524          62.7    .   50.4 .  43 99 4 .
CSC X1464          61.9    .   53.7 .  47 56 4 .
Pennington        Penngrain Dr   61.7  51.3  52.0 .  45 46 4 .
DynaGro          X1753          58.3    .   53.4 .  48 66 4 .
SS                SS-650         58.0  52.3  54.6 .  49 54 3 .
Southland         Y360           55.8  61.2  52.9 .  52 60 4 .
SS                SS800          55.6  50.0  51.1 .  46 85 4 .
FL                FSR1           53.3    .   55.0 .  53  0 2 .
FL                FSR2           52.0    .   53.8 .  53  1 2 .
Average                           68.04  69.3  54.1 .  48 32 3 .
LSD at 10% Level  8.5  7.3  1.4 4 26 -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  3.6  3.1  0.6   2 11 -  
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  Rated 1 = resistant to 5 = susceptible to foliar diseases.
4.  CV = 10.6% and df for EMS = 75.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected
LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: June 17, 2002.
Harvested: October 2, 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.