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
Tifton, 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 %
CSC               1481           69.7  80.8 54.7 60 45 0 . .
Asgrow            Missile        69.3  85.0 55.8 65 45 0 . .
Pioneer           83G66          68.7  80.6 55.7 64 45 0 . .
DeKalb            DKS54-00       62.4  77.0 56.3 43 45 0 . .
DynaGro          X1763          60.5    .  55.1 63 43 0 . .
CSC X3064          60.0    .  55.1 63 44 0 . .
Asgrow            A571           58.8  77.3 52.6 65 49 0 . .
CSC X1464          57.5    .  53.5 64 43 0 . .
DeKalb            DK53           57.1  72.3 56.0 67 47 0 . .
DeKalb            DKS51-90       54.8  79.5 54.9 67 43 0 . .
DynaGro          X1754          54.6    .  53.5 62 43 0 . .
SS                SS800          54.1  71.1 54.6 60 41 0 . .
Pennington        Penngrain Dr   54.1  68.8 54.8 62 43 0 . .
DynaGro          X1753          52.7    .  53.5 64 43 0 . .
Southland         RS280E         52.3  69.1 55.9 70 54 0 . .
NK                X654           52.3    .  52.5 62 39 0 . .
NK                K73-J6         48.5  65.2 53.5 64 44 0 . .
Seed Resource     SR522          44.3    .  55.0 67 40 0 . .
Seed Resource     SR544          42.0    .  54.7 66 46 0 . .
NK                NK8828         41.2    .  52.9 68 47 0 . .
SS                SS-650         38.9  56.1 54.1 62 43 0 . .
FL                FSR1           37.8    .  54.3 71 46 0 . .
FL                FSR2           27.5    .  49.8 70 50 0 . .
Average                            53.03  73.6 54.3 64 44 0 . .
LSD at 10% Level  12.0  13.8 1.6   N.S.4 5 -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  5.1  5.9 0.7 5 2 -    
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  CV = 19.3% 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: May 13, 2002.
Harvested: July 28, 2002.
Seeding Rate: 150,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Tifton loamy sand.
Soil Test: P = Low, K = Medium, and pH = 6.0.
Fertilization: Preplant:  80 lb N, 80 lb P2O5, and 80 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  58 lb N/acre.
Previous Crop: Grain sorghum.
Management: Subsoiled and bedded, rototilled; Aatrex, Permit, and one cultivation used for weed control;
Lorsban used for insect control.
Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, and J. L. Day.