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
Calhoun, Georgia:
Early-Planted Soybean Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Yield Averages 2002 Data
Company or
Brand Name		   Variety 3-
Year		 2-
Year		   Rank Yield1 Maturity* Plant
Ht		 Lodg.2 Wt of
100 Seed		 Seed
Qual.*3 		 Shatt.4
bu/acre date in rating gm rating rating
Maturity Group V 
Pioneer            9594              41.9 41.1 4 31.9 . 44 2.0 16.5 . 1.0
Public Variety     Caviness          39.6 35.6 21 22.2 . 39 3.3 15.8 . 1.0
Public Variety     Hutcheson         38.0 37.0 22 21.5 . 40 1.0 14.8 . 1.0
DPL                DP5915RR          . 46.5 1 45.6 . 45 1.0 15.6 . 1.0
DPL                DP5806RR          . 42.9 2 37.6 . 46 2.0 13.4 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC5252            . 41.1 7 30.6 . 42 1.0 14.1 . 1.0
SS                 RT557N            . 39.2 3 33.2 . 44 2.0 16.1 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC5454            . 37.5 19 24.2 . 37 1.3 13.8 . 1.0
SS                 RT5999N           . 37.4 16 26.3 . 46 1.3 16.9 . 1.0
Public Variety     UARK5896          . 35.8 8 29.3 . 42 3.0 15.3 . 1.0
SS                 RT587N            . 35.8 13 26.9 . 41 1.7 16.9 . 1.0
NK                 S57-A4            . 35.1 10 28.1 . 43 2.7 14.7 . 1.0
DynaGro           3562NRR           . 30.5 20 23.3 . 39 3.0 13.8 . 1.0
Asgrow             AG5903            . . 5 31.6 . 44 3.0 12.8 . 1.0
Garst              XR59N24           . . 6 31.2 . 47 1.0 17.6 . 1.0
Va                 V96-4181          . . 9 28.3 . 36 1.0 11.3 . 1.0
Va                 V96-4161          . . 11 27.8 . 34 1.3  9.6 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC5892            . . 12 27.0 . 47 1.3 17.3 . 1.0
SS                 RT5702N           . . 14 26.4 . 45 1.0 15.4 . 1.0
DPL                DPX5734RR         . . 15 26.3 . 41 2.3 14.3 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC5332            . . 17 25.1 . 40 1.3 14.1 . 1.0
Public Variety     R95-2210          . . 18 24.3 . 42 2.7 12.7 . 1.0
Pioneer            95B42             . . 23 21.3 . 42 1.7 13.2 . 1.0
Va                 V96-4141          . . 24 16.0 . 43 1.0 11.4 . 1.0
Average                              39.8 38.1  27.85 . 42 1.8 14.5 . 1.0
LSD at 10% Level  N.S.6  N.S. 6.4 4 0.7 - -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 1.3 1.7 2.3 2 0.3 - -
Maturity Group VI 
Public Variety     NC Roy            44.6 43.5 1 40.6 . 47 1.3 13.3 . 1.0
Public Variety     Musen             42.4 42.6 3 35.5 . 43 2.3 12.6 . 1.0
Public Variety     Santee            40.1 40.9 8 32.4 . 47 1.3 16.5 . 1.0
DPL                DP6299RR          . 44.3 6 33.6 . 49 2.0 15.7 . 1.0
USG                620nRR            . 42.9 13 31.1 . 45 2.0 15.9 . 1.0
Pioneer            96B21             . 42.6 4 35.3 . 45 1.7 16.4 . 1.0
DPL                DP6880RR          . 38.8 5 34.9 . 47 1.7 14.1 . 1.0
SS                 RT6999N           . 37.3 7 33.2 . 46 1.3 13.7 . 1.0
Garst              6612RR/N          . 36.9 9 32.2 . 48 1.0 14.9 . 1.0
Public Variety     Hutcheson         . 35.5 26 16.4 . 42 1.7 14.7 . 1.0
DynaGro           3614RR            . 35.1 18 25.9 . 41 2.0 13.6 . 1.0
SS                 RT6299N           . 34.8 19 25.4 . 45 1.0 19.2 . 1.0
SS                 RT6202N           . . 2 35.5 . 46 2.3 16.5 . 1.0
Public Variety     R92-1258          . . 10 32.1 . 42 2.3 15.2 . 1.0
Vigoro             V622NRR           . . 11 32.0 . 47 2.0 16.1 . 1.0
Univ of Ga         G98-1053          . . 12 31.5 . 45 2.0 11.8 . 1.0
Garst              6112RR/N          . . 14 29.7 . 45 2.7 15.6 . 1.0
Public Variety     SC00-892          . . 15 29.3 . 42 1.3 16.5 . 1.0
Asgrow             AG6202            . . 16 29.1 . 48 2.7 16.2 . 1.0
USG                7662nRR           . . 17 27.0 . 45 1.7 14.1 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC6767            . . 20 24.8 . 47 1.3 15.1 . 1.0
Croplan Genetics   RC6262            . . 21 24.7 . 47 1.3 14.3 . 1.0
Vigoro             V67N3RR           . . 22 24.4 . 45 1.7 13.3 . 1.0
NK                 S64-J1            . . 23 24.2 . 49 3.0 12.7 . 1.0
DynaGro            DGX421            . . 24 21.1 . 46 1.3 13.6 . 1.0
Univ of Ga         G98-465           . . 25 16.9 . 41 2.3 12.0 . 1.0
Average                              42.4 39.6  29.27 . 45 1.8 14.8 . 1.0
LSD at 10% Level  N.S.  N.S. 7.1  N.S. 0.8 - -
Std. Err. of Entry Mean 1.8 1.7     2.6   2 0.3 -   -
*  NOTE:  The southeastern states endured a very wet fall caused by two tropical storms and one hurricane.  Excessive
   rainfall along with persistent cloudy, drizzly conditions delayed soybean harvest, thus severely impacting soybean quality
   and maturity to degree that the data is not included in this final report and will not be used in the long term soybean quality
   and maturity averages.
1.  Yields calculated at 13% moisture.
2.  Lodging rating:  Rated 1 (all plants erect) to 5 (over 80% of plants down).
3.  Seed quality rating:  Rated 1 (very good) to 5 (very poor).
4.  Shattering rating:  Rated 1 (no shattering) to 5 (>50% pods shattered).
5.  CV = 16.9% and df for EMS = 46.
6.  The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore, a LSD value was not
     calculated.
7.  CV = 17.9% and df for EMS = 50.
Bolding within each test denotes entries with yields equal to the highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: May 15, 2002.
Harvested: Maturity Group V - November 13, 2002.
Maturity Group VI - November 14, 2002.
Seeding Rate: Ten seeds per foot in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Waynesboro loam.
Soil Test: P = Very High, K = High, and pH = 6.6.
Fertilization: 30 lb N, 60 lb P2O5, and 90 lb K2O/acre.
Previous Crop: Corn.
Management: Subsoiled, moldboard plowed, disked, and rototilled; Lasso, Canopy XL, and one cultivation used for
weed control; irrigated 10.0 inches.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose, G. Rawls, and J. Stubbs.