1996 Sorghum Performance Trials

1996 Sorghum Performance Trials Results

Table 1
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Table 3
Table 4
Table 5 Entrants in Performance Trials

Table 1. 1996 Grain Sorghum Performance Trial, Location 1, Tippecanoe County.

			Half bloom days	Plant height in.
Brand	Hybrid	Yield lb/acre	Half bloom days	Plant height in.
DeKalb	DK47	8913 *	69	48
DeKalb	DK54	8137 *	71	56
Mycogen	X9430	8023 *	76	51
Triumph	TR82G	8013 *	75	56
Crosbyton	8046	7819	76	59
Agra Tech	GK-802G	7789	72	48
Crosbyton	1489	7694	72	52
Crosbyton	1492	7561	71	50
Mycogen	444E	7447	73	49
DeKalb	DK55	7210	75	56
Agra Tech	805WG	7152	72	50
Cargill	737	7040	71	48
Triumph	TR65G	7015	72	50
Cargill	X12027	7005	70	44
Triumph	TR481	6972	75	53
Cargill	X23057	6678	72	48
Agra Tech	792G	6555	67	50
Cargill	837	6539	72	51
Cargill	730	6447	73	46
Crosbyton	8789	6158	70	55
-check	RS610	5551	67	52
_check	P954063	4947	74	50

Grand mean		7088	71	51
LSD (5%)		1003	3	2
C.V. (%)		9	2	3

Yields followed by an asterisk (*) are not significantly different from the highest yield. Copyright Purdue Research Foundation.

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Table 2. 1996 Grain Sorghum Performance Trial, Location 2, Jennings County.

Brand	Hybrid	Yield lb/acre	Half bloom days	Plant height in.
Crosbyton	8046	6876 *	100	53
Cargill	X23057	6185 *	97	44
Agra Tech	805WG	6167 *	93	49
Pioneer	8310	5934 *	97	50
Pioneer	8522Y	5930 *	94	46
Mycogen	444E	5922*	96	43
Agra Tech	792G	5843*	96	46
Cargill	730	5720*	96	44
Cargil	837	5694*	97	48
Mycogen	X9430	5603*	98	45
Agra Tech	GK-802G	5576*	95	43
DeKalb	DK54	5530	99	51
Pioneer	8305	5517	98	49
Crosbyton	8789	5493	96	48
DeKalb	DK47	5449	98	46
Crosbyton	1489	5417	98	48
Triumph	TR481	5369	98	48
Triumph	TR459	5346	98	39
Pioneer	8446	5240	97	44
Triumph	TR65G	5103	95	44
DeKalb	DK55	5053	100	46
Crosbyton	1492	5034	98	46
Pioneer	8505	5008	97	43
Cargill	737	4827	99	44
DeKalb	DK58	4771	98	47
Cargill	X12027	4442	97	41
-check	RS610	4318	93	46

Grand mean		5458	97	46
LSD (5%)		1316	3	3
C.V. (%)		15	2	5

Yields followed by an asterisk (*) are not significantly different from the highest yield. Copyright Purdue Research Foundation.

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Table 3. 1996 Grain Sorghum Performance Trial, Location 3, Knox County.

Brand	Hybrid	Yield lb/acre	Half bloom days	Plant height in.
Agra Tech	792G	5020	67	38
Cargill	X12027	4589	72	35
Cargill	737	4544	68	36
DeKalb	DK58	4481	74	41
Triumph	TR459	4456	71	36
Cargill	X23057	4399	72	38
Crosbyton	8789	4391	72	47
Crosbyton	1489	4389	71	41
DeKalb	DK54	4388	74	44
Agra Tech	GK-802G	4332	71	38
Cargill	730	4279	71	39
DeKalb	DK55	4277	74	43
Pioneer	8305	4177	73	40
Crosbyton	1492	4115	70	40
DeKalb	DK47	4093	70	37
Mycogen	444E	3942	68	36
Crosbyton	8046	3911	71	44
Pioneer	8446	3831	67	34
Triumph	TR65G	3777	71	38
Cargill	837	3710	70	39
Mycogen	X9430	3584	74	44
Pioneer	8310	3553	71	43
Agra Tech	805WG	3517	70	40
Pioneer	8522Y	3367	69	39
_check	P954063	3309	72	37
Pioneer	8505	3275	69	35
-check	RS610	2644	66	37

Grand mean		4013	71	39
LSD (5%)			2	3
C.V. (%)			2	5

Yields followed by an asterisk (*) are not significantly different from the highest yield. Copyright Purdue Research Foundation.

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Table 4. 1996 Grain Sorghum Performance Trial, Location 4, Dubois County.

Brand	Hybrid	Yield lb/acre	Half bloom days	Plant height in.
Mycogen	X9430	5640*	71	55
Pioneer	8310	5459*	71	57
Cargill	837	5372*	72	55
Triumph	TR82G	5302*	72	58
Crosbyton	8789	5267*	71	62
DeKalb	DK54	5212*	73	62
Pioneer	8522Y	5129*	71	53
Cargill	X23057	5116*	73	53
Agra Tech	805WG	5078*	72	62
Pioneer	8305	4863*	72	60
Crosbyton	8046	4823*	73	64
Mycogen	444E	4802*	71	55
Crosbyton	1489	4540*	70	58
Triumph	TR65G	4468*	72	55
Crosbyton	1492	4327*	71	55
Cargill	737	4269*	72	54
Cargill	X12027	4161*	72	52
Pioneer	8446	4130*	71	52
Agra Tech	792G	4110*	70	58
DeKalb	DK47	3695	72	55
-check	RS610	3611	57	57
Triumph	TR481	3428	73	56
Cargil	730	3359	71	52
_check	P954063	3133	72	58
DeKalb	DK55	3116	75	58
Agra Tech	GK-802G	2963	71	55
Pioneer	8505	2849	71	52

Grand mean		4379	71	56
LSD (5%)		1818	6	3
C.V. (%)		25	5	4

Yields followed by an asterisk (*) are not significantly different from the highest yield. Copyright Purdue Research Foundation.

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Table 5. Entrants in the 1996 Indiana Grain Sorghum Performance Trials

Company	Address
Agra Tech	Agra Tech Seeds Inc. 559 N. 550 W. McCordsville, In 46055
Cargill	Cargill Hybrid Seeds P.O. Box 5645 Minneapolis, MN 55440
Crosbyton	Crosbyton Seed Co. P.O. Box 429 Crosbyton, TX 79322
DeKalb	DeKalb Genetics Corporation Sorghum Research Route 2 Lubbock, TX 79415
Mycogen	Mycogen Seeds 1615 St. Rd. 10 Lincoln, IL 62656
Pioneer	Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l P.O. Box 308 Tipton, IN 46072
Triumph Seed	Triumph Seed P.O. Box 1050 Ralls, TX 79357

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