The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia					Research Report Number 691 December 2003
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Griffin, Georgia: Early-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2003 Irrigated
Company or Brand Name	Hybrid	Yield1	2-Year Average Yield	Test Wt.	50% Bloom2	Plant Ht.	Lodging
		bu/acre	bu/acre	lb/bu	days	in	%
NK	NK8416	101.5	.	60.4	65	64	23
FL	03FSR3	83.5	.	59.8	69	68	8
DeKalb	DKS53-11	83.1	.	58.9	68	57	0
FL	03FSR1	78.7	90.2	60.2	71	55	3
NK	NK7633	78.5	.	56.8	60	56	0
Pioneer	83G66	76.4	98.4	58.3	63	61	0
DynaGro	X17F90	76.3	.	58.4	67	64	4
DeKalb	DKS54-00	75.6	98.5	58.6	67	61	0
Monsanto	X234	68.9	.	57.6	62	57	2
FL	03FSR2	67.1	90.3	59.5	70	63	1
Monsanto	X204	64.6	.	57.0	61	58	2
DynaGro	X1753	64.5	80.9	55.0	62	55	4
Asgrow	A571	63.6	89.6	55.6	62	63	0
Pennington	Penngrain Dr	59.9	92.8	56.1	60	57	10
CSC	1481	59.5	83.3	56.3	62	60	6
DynaGro	X1754	55.3	82.7	56.0	61	59	1
Crosbyton	X1464	54.9	76.6	56.0	61	57	3
SS	SS-650	51.8	87.3	54.0	60	54	44
SS	SS800	50.4	82.8	55.5	63	55	7
DynaGro	X1763	47.8	72.9	53.4	62	57	11
NK	NK8828	45.2	85.6	57.1	70	54	0
Crosbyton	X3064	43.8	74.7	54.8	63	57	5
Average		65.9 3	85.8	57.0	64	59	6
LSD at 10% Level		14.6	17.8	1.8	4	6	18
Std. Err. of Entry Mean		6.2	7.5	0.7	1	2	8
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  CV = 18.8% and df for EMS = 63.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	June 12, 2003.
Harvested:	October 21, 2003.
Seeding Rate:	140,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type:	Pacolet coarse sandy loam.
Soil Test:	P = Medium, K = High, and pH = 6.4.
Fertilization:	Preplant:  28 lb N, 56 lb P2O5, and 84 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  100 lb N/acre.
Previous Crop:	Soybean.
Management:	Chisel plowed, disked, and rototilled; Aatrex and one cultivation used for weed control; irrigated 1 inch.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose.