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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Plains, Georgia: Late-Planted Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance, 2003 Nonirrigated
Company or Brand Name	Hybrid	Yield1	2-Year Average Yield	Test Wt.	50% Bloom2	Plant Ht.	Lodging	Disease3	Bird Damage4
		bu/acre	bu/acre	lb/bu	days	in	%	rating	%
NK	NK8416	97.4	.	65.3	63	68	0	2	10
DynaGro	X17F90	85.0	.	59.8	62	64	0	2	0
FL	03FSR3	79.0	.	61.6	64	74	0	2	3
Southland	RS280E	78.9	73.4	62.2	60	51	0	2	10
DeKalb	DKS54-00	76.9	78.4	58.2	63	60	0	3	10
DeKalb	DKS53-11	68.5	.	61.1	64	56	0	3	8
FL	03FSR1	65.5	59.4	62.3	64	55	0	2	13
NK	NK8828	59.6	65.1	60.7	64	57	3	3	0
Pioneer	83G66	56.9	65.4	53.7	61	58	3	3	15
FL	03FSR2	56.2	54.1	63.0	68	76	0	2	0
NK	NK7633	53.1	.	55.5	60	49	0	4	8
NK	K73-J6	51.8	65.6	54.4	60	57	0	4	10
Asgrow	A571	48.0	62.0	53.6	61	60	30	4	15
Monsanto	X234	40.1	.	52.5	61	52	3	3	10
Crosbyton	X1464	33.7	47.8	50.1	60	54	56	4	20
SS	SS800	33.1	44.3	47.2	59	52	73	5	35
DynaGro	X1753	32.1	45.2	47.8	60	54	51	4	26
Monsanto	X204	30.4	.	46.1	60	53	20	4	15
Crosbyton	X3064	29.8	47.2	46.6	60	56	64	4	15
Pennington	Penngrain Dr	29.7	45.7	44.2	58	55	51	5	25
CSC	1481	27.6	46.9	46.5	60	58	78	4	31
DynaGro	X1763	27.6	46.5	41.8	60	55	58	4	23
DynaGro	X1754	25.4	45.4	46.9	60	59	86	4	30
SS	SS-650	22.5	40.2	46.2	59	57	93	4	30
Average		50.4 5	54.9	53.6	61	58	28	3	15
LSD at 10% Level		6.5	10.3	4.8	1	3	15	1	8
Std. Err. of Entry Mean		2.8	4.4	2.0	1	1	7	1	3
1.  Yields calculated at 14% moisture.
2.  Days from planting to 50% bloom.
3.  Rated 1 = resistant to 5 = susceptible to foliar diseases.
4.  Percent of grain head damaged.
5.  CV = 10.9% and df for EMS = 69.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	June 24, 2003.
Harvested:	October 16, 2003.
Seeding Rate:	140,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type:	Greenville sandy loam.
Soil Test:	P = Medium, K = Medium, and pH = 6.1.
Fertilization:	Preplant:  70 lb N, 80 lb P2O5, and 80 lb K2O/acre.  Sidedress:  50 lb N/acre.
Previous Crop:	Cotton.
Management:	Subsoiled and rototilled; Atrazine used for weed control; Karate and Lannate used for insect control.
Test conducted by A. E. Coy, M. D. Pippin, R. Burton, R. Brooke, T. Harsey, and R. R. Pines.