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 Sorghum Hybrids for Silage, 2003, Irrigated
Company or		Hybrid Name	Forage Yields		Plant	Dry	2-Yr. Avg
Brand Name		or Number	Dry	Green	Height	Matter	Dry Yield
			--- tons/acre ---		in	%	tons/acre
Moss		4Ever Green	9.1	36.1	110.5	25	9.2
NK		SS405	9.1	32.2	111.8	28	9.7
NK		SS506	7.6	27.3	111.5	28	.
NK		1990	7.5	28.2	114.3	26	8.4
Southern States		SS1515F	7.0	17.1	86.0	41	7.4
Pennington		352/40	6.8	25.2	108.3	27	.
NK		NK300	6.8	17.5	84.0	39	7.0
Seed Resource		FS555	6.5	23.0	84.0	28	.
Seed Resource		FS575	6.5	22.2	99.0	29	.
SS		SS-85F	6.1	18.9	91.8	33	6.8
Moss		4Ever Green BMR	5.9	23.3	108.8	25	.
Moss		Millennium BMR	4.9	14.1	98.3	35	5.0
Pennington		Penn02BMR	3.3	10.1	96.3	34	.
Average			6.7 1	22.7	100.3	31	7.6
LSD at 10% Level			1.1	3.8	8.8	4	0.8
Std. Err. of Entry Mean			0.5	1.6	3.7	2	0.4
1.  CV = 14.2% and df for EMS = 36.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	June 2, 2003.
Harvested:	September 26, 2003.
Seeding Rate:	150,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type:	Pacolet sandy clay 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:	Fallow.
Management:	Chisel plowed, disked, and rototilled; Aatrex and one cultivation used for weed control; irrigated 1.0 inch.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose.