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2 0 1 3 2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Tests in Texass Department of Soil and Crop Sciences SCS-2013-13 e Texas A&M University Systems Dennis Pietsch - Director, Crop Testing Ronnie Schnell - Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist Bill Rooney - Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Jonathan Moreno - Agricultural Research Assistant Katrina Horn - Agricultural Research Assistant Gary Peterson - Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Lubbock

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2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Tests in Texass

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

SCS-2013-13

The Texas A&M University Systems

Dennis Pietsch - Director, Crop TestingRonnie Schnell - Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist

Bill Rooney - Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Jonathan Moreno - Agricultural Research Assistant Katrina Horn - Agricultural Research Assistant

Gary Peterson - Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Lubbock

2013 GRAIN SORGHUM PERFORMANCE TESTS IN TEXAS

by

Ronnie Schnell, Dennis Pietsch, Katrina Horn, Jonathan Moreno, W. L. Rooney, and Gary Peterson

SCS-2013-13

Respectively, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist; Director, Crop Testing; Agricultural Research Assistant; Agricultural Research Assistant; Professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas; Professor, Grain Sorghum Breeding and Genetics, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Lubbock, Texas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1

Selecting Hybrids & Varieties ............................................................................................ 1

Field-Plot Techniques ....................................................................................................... 3

Data Analysis & Reporting ................................................................................................ 4

Agronomic Data as Designated by Company .................................................................... 4

Measured Agronomic Data................................................................................................ 5

Rainfall .............................................................................................................................. 5

Maps: Figure 1. Grain Sorghum Performance Trial Locations & Production Regions ... 3

Figure 2. 2013 Texas Water Year Total Rainfall ............................................... 6

Figure 3. 2013 Texas Water Year Percent of Normal ....................................... 6

Tables: Table 1. Participants in the 2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Test ................ 7

Table 2-2B. Monte Alto Full .......................................................................... 11

Table 3-3B. Monte Alto Limited .................................................................... 17

Table 4-4B. Gregory ..................................................................................... 24

Table 5-5A. Danevang .................................................................................. 30

Table 6-6B. Hondo ....................................................................................... 36

Table 7-7B. College Station .......................................................................... 43

Table 8-8B. Thrall ......................................................................................... 50

Table 9-9B. Farmersville .............................................................................. 56

Table 10-10B. Lubbock .................................................................................... 63

Table 11-11B Hereford .................................................................................... 69

Table 12-12B Perryton .................................................................................... 75

Regional Summaries: Western Gulf Coastal Plains ..................................................... 10

Southern Texas Plains ............................................................. 35

East Central Texas Plains ........................................................ 42

Texas Blackland Prairies ......................................................... 49

High Plains .............................................................................. 62

Literature Cited and Acknowledgements ........................................................................... 81

2013 GRAIN SORGHUM PERFORMANCE TRIALS IN TEXAS

Ronnie Schnell, Dennis Pietsch, Katrina Horn, Jonathan Moreno, W. L. Rooney, and Gary Peterson

Introduction Texas A&M AgriLife Research conducts the grain sorghum performance tests each year to provide growers in Texas with accurate and unbiased information on hybrid performance at locations across the state. Selection of superior hybrids that are well adapted for a given region is essential for maximizing yield and profit. This year, seven irrigated and four non-irrigated test sites were planted in the major production regions of Texas. Major grain sorghum production regions include the Western Gulf Coastal Plain, Southern Texas Plains, East Central Texas Plains, Texas Blackland Prairies and High Plains. Approximate locations of the 2013 test sites are shown in Figure 1. A total of 366 entries were evaluated across 11 locations representing 87 unique hybrids from 12 commercial seed companies. Commercial seed companies enter hybrids into each trial location at their own discretion. Performance trials are conducted by personnel from the Crop Testing Program, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and financed by fees collected from participating commercial seed companies. Test sites are on privately owned farms or at Texas A&M University AgriLife Research Centers. All entries are randomized and replicated four times at each location. All test sites are managed according to practices common to each production region. Field maps and planting plans can be found at the link below shortly after planting. Following harvest, results are statistically analyzed and made available at: http://varietytesting.tamu.edu/grainsorghum/. Suggestions for Selecting Hybrids and Varieties Variety or hybrid selection is often the first decision a grower must make each crop year. The goal is to identify hybrids with superior performance (top yielding) for your environment. Many environments exist in Texas with significant variation within regions and across years, mostly due to variation in weather. Documented, consistent yield performance within a region is essential for selecting hybrids that will perform well on your farming operation. This means that evaluation of hybrids over multiple locations and years (when possible) is the best way to predict future performance. Exercise caution when using single location data to compare hybrid performance. Following yield performance, other characteristics may be useful for selecting the best hybrid. Maturity or days to flowering may be important for selecting hybrids that are appropriate for your growing season/conditions. Typically mid- and full-season hybrids

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will respond favorably to additional moisture while early or short season hybrids are designed for dryland production with lower moisture requirements. Selecting the wrong maturity hybrid can result in poor yields in dry environments or the inability of a hybrid to produce higher yields if the moisture profile is favorable. As water becomes more limited, drought tolerance becomes a critical component for production. Most sorghum hybrids possess good levels of pre-flowering drought tolerance, but there is a wide variation for post-flowering drought tolerance, and in most years post flowering drought is more common in Texas. Therefore, producers should ask seed companies for the relative level of post-flowering drought tolerance (or staygreen) their hybrids possess. Producers should realize that plant height and grain yield are correlated and while there are exceptions, taller hybrids generally have higher yield potential. Likewise taller hybrids require greater management, but if they possess good post-flowering drought tolerance (or staygreen) they should have good standability. Finally, variation for grain quality exists in grain sorghum and there are several hybrids that are now used in food grain markets. A list of these hybrids is provided by the National Grain Sorghum Producers (www.sorghumgrowers.com). These hybrids have white or cream-colored grain and straw colored glumes with tan plant color. While these hybrids are not suitable in all regions, in certain environments these hybrids yield comparably to traditional hybrids and may provide additional marketing opportunities.

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Field-Plot Techniques Performance trials are conducted at each location using a randomized complete block design with four replications of each entry (hybrid). Seeds for each hybrid are packaged to obtain a final plant population appropriate for each production region and cropping system (see agronomic information for each location). Plots are generally 2 rows wide

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with row spacing ranging from 30 to 40 inches depending on location. Seeds are packaged to deliver 30 feet of planted row per plot. Seed is planted using a cone planter with John Deere MaxEmerge XP planter units at all sites. Following emergence, two feet of row are trimmed on each side resulting in 26 ft plots and 4 ft alleys. Alleys are maintained free of weeds throughout the growing season through mechanical or chemical control measures. Cultural and agronomic practices adapted for each region are used as determined by the cooperator. Field data such as plant stands, plant height, head exertion, days to 50% flower and percent stand are recorded at the appropriate times. Additional agronomic information such as midge damage and smut ratings are provided when available. All locations are harvested with a John Deere 3300 plot combine equipped with the HarvestMaster Grain Gauge that measures plot weight, test weight, and grain moisture. Field and harvest notes are compiled for each location and results analyzed. Data Analysis and Reporting Data from each location is analyzed statistically using REMLTOOL. Mean values for yield and additional agronomic data are presented in tables for each location. Mean values are derived from the average of all replications for each entry in each trial. Least Significant Difference (LSD) is a statistical test used that determines the minimum difference between two entries required to be considered having different levels of performance. Differences between entries (yield, plant height, etc.) less than the LSD value represents variation measurements due to factors other than hybrid performance, such as variation in soil type, soil moisture, fertility, insect or disease pressure, planting or harvesting procedures. Although numeric differences in yield or other measurements may exist, if two entries are within the LSD value, they should be considered to have equal performance. The Coefficient of Variation (CV) is used to determine the amount of variability in the data set relative to the mean and can be used to determine if the results are reliable. Generally, CV’s greater than 20% indicate that the data is unreliable and is not reported. However, each data set is evaluated individually to determine if results will be reported. Within each table, you will find agronomic data submitted by each company for their entries and information measured by the Crop Testing Program. Agronomic information provided by the companies about their hybrids are found in the list below and include items such as cob color, grain color and genetic traits. Agronomic data measured and collected by the Crop Testing program is described in the section below. Agronomic Data as designated by each company:

Grain Color: Y = Yellow, W = White, Cm = Cream, R = Red, Bz = Bronze Plant Color: T = Tan, R = Red, P = Purple.

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Maturity Class: Early (E), medium-early (ME), medium (M), medium-late (ML), and late (L).

Measured Agronomic Data:

Days to 50% Flowering: the average number of days from planting to the date when 50 percent of the plants within the plot are in some stage of flowering. Plant Height: the average height in inches from ground to tip of the panicle. Head Exertion: the average length in inches from the flag leaf to the base of the panicle. Grain Moisture: the average moisture at harvest as a percent (%). Plant Stand: average of visual ratings of plant stand (0-100%). Desirability: subjective visual rating that takes into account uniformity, general appeal, panicle type, etc. Ratings on a 1 to 10 scale with 1 = very poor and 10 = Excellent.

Test Weight: is a measure of bulk grain density and is determined by the seed weight per unit of volume. This is measured at harvest and expressed as pounds per bushel. Yield : Standardized to 14% moisture: expressed in pounds per acre (lb/acre) and calculated using [((100 – moisture (%) /86) * yield (lb/acre)].

In addition to individual site performance, information on multi-year performance for each site and regional performance is provided. Multi-year tables are presented as 3-year summaries of yield performance data. The entries are ranked according to hybrid performance in the current year. In addition, summaries for regional performance are provided. Regional summaries present the data as average relative yield. Relative yields are calculated for each site by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid. For example, if the hybrid A is the top yielding entry at a particular location with a yield of 7,500 lb/acre and hybrid B yields 6,200 bu/acre, hybrid A would have a relative yield of 100% and hybrid B would have a relative yield of 83%. The relative yields are averaged across all locations for each production region. Average relative yield values less than 90% suggest inconsistent performance. Rainfall Available soil moisture during the growing season is often a limiting factor for sorghum production in Texas. Available moisture will influence decisions on hybrid selection

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related to maturity and for selection of appropriate seeding rates. Variation in rainfall patterns can be substantial within a production region and from year to year. A significant gradient in annual rainfall exist in Texas moving east to west. Often, it is useful to look at rainfall amounts for a given region based on the water-year. The water-year corresponds with hydrological cycles and runs from October 1 through September 30. In contrast to annual rainfall amounts, water-year analysis includes periods of time when soil profile moisture recharge can occur. The observed water-year and departure from normal (%) are provided in Figures 2 and 3.

Figure 2. Texas: 2013 Water Year total rainfall in inches.

Figure 3. Texas: 2013 Water Year percent (%) of normal.

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Note: Relative yields are calculated for each site by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid then averaged across all sites within each production region. Hybrids must be entered at more than

one location to be be included. (F) = full irrigation, (L) = limited Irrigation

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Table 2. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: MONTE ALTO TEST: 2013 Full Irrigated Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Rio Farms, Inc. Research Farm, Southwest of Monte Alto, Texas COLLABORATORS: Andy Scott, Eduardo Hernandez, and Juan Garza SOIL TYPE: Hidalgo sandy clay loam ROW WIDTH: Single 30” row PREVIOUS CROP: Soybeans in Fall of 2012 LAND PREPARATION: Disked, bedded and beds prepared for planting DATE PLANTED: 2-14-13 with cones mounted on an ALMACO planter using JD

Max-Emerge II units. Test was planted on raised beds CULTIVATED: 4-1-13: used a Lilliston Rolling Cultivator PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 26' FERTILIZER: January 2013: Applied pre-plant 220 lb/A of 10-28-0-5(S) band in

center of bed 4-10-13: Side-dress 220 lb/A of 28+0+0+5(S) HERBICIDE: 2-13-13: 12 oz/A Outlook immediately after planting INSECTICIDE: None RAINFALL: January = 2.08”; February = 0.00”; March = 0.00"; April = 6.80”;

May = 2.75"; June = .80"; July = 1.1” Total = 13.53” IRRIGATIONS: 1-30-13: Applied approximately 4” pre-plant 4-10-13 = 4” DATE HARVESTED: 7-30-13 with JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge. SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 48 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 7,203 lb/A ,yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 9.28%

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COMMENTS: This was the second year a f ull irrigated grain sorghum performance test under the auspices of the Crop Testing Program was conducted at Rio Farms, near Monte Alto, Texas located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This test was relocated from the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center near Weslaco. The protocol for this test called for no more than two irrigations to be applied to the test block during the growing season. One irrigation was to be applied at the boot stage and the second near the grain fill stage. A final plant population of approximately 90,000-100,000 plants per acre was targeted. This was an excellent test despite very dry conditions during the early part of the season. A fter the soybeans were harvested in the Fall of 2012, the test block was prepared for the grain sorghum test. A pre-plant irrigation was applied to the test block on January 30 to insure a good seedbed for the mid-February planting date. A February 13 planting date was secured. Seed emergence was rapid and good plant stands were attained. The test block received no benef icial rainfall until late-April when a total of 6.8” was received in a s pan of three days. These beneficial rains helped aid plant growth and development and enhanced final yields. Prior to the late-April rains, the test block was irrigated on April 10, which insured continuous plant growth and development and alleviated early plant stress. Due to the timely rainfall in late-April and additional rainfall in May, no additional irrigations were applied. The test mean yield was 7,203 lb/A compared to the past 3-year average of 6,924 lb/A. Two hybrids in the test produced over 8,000 lb/A. Excellent test weights were secured with the range being from 53.4 lb/bu to 59.8 lb/bu, and a t est mean of 58.0 lb/bu. The incidence of lodging and midge damage was low. Bird damage was observed and reported in the yield table. Appreciation is expressed to Mr. Andy Scott, Director of Research, Rio Farms Inc. and Mr. Juan Garza for their assistance in conducting this test. Also, to Mr. Eduardo Hernandez for monitoring the test and collecting flowering notes. For further information about this report or for the Texas AgriLife Research Crop

Testing Program, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX, (979) 845-8505, [email protected]

Please visit the Texas AgriLife Crop Testing Program webpage at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

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820.

901.

2695

1

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

RE

MLT

OO

L. L

.S.D

.'s a

re g

iven

for t

raits

that

wer

e si

gnifi

cant

ly d

iffer

ent a

t P<.

05.

Not

e 2:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

And

y S

cott,

Dire

ctor

of R

esea

rch,

Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

; Mr.

Edd

ie H

erna

ndez

, Res

earc

h A

ssoc

iate

Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

; and

Mr.

Juan

Gar

za, F

arm

Man

ager

, Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

for t

heir

assi

stan

ce in

con

duct

ing

this

test

.

Not

e 3:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

the

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h ar

e be

ing

test

ed a

s ex

perim

enta

l che

ck h

ybrid

s

(1)

84P

80 w

as u

sed

as a

fill

plot

ten

times

. Fi

ll en

tries

wer

e an

alyz

ed s

epar

atel

y, b

ut c

ombi

ned

as o

ne e

ntry

in th

e ta

ble.

Thi

s hy

brid

was

ent

ered

at o

ur d

iscr

etio

n an

d is

inte

nded

to b

e us

ed fo

r com

paris

on p

urpo

ses

only

.

(2)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E

=Ear

ly,

M=M

ediu

m,

ML=

Med

ium

Lat

e, L

=Lat

e. T

hose

hyb

rids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

mat

urity

.

(3)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=

Bro

nze,

W=W

hite

, C

m=C

ream

, Y=Y

ello

w.

Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

grai

n co

lor.

(4)

Pla

nt c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

T=Ta

n, R

=Red

, P

=Pur

ple.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

otsu

bmit

plan

t col

or.

(5)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s P

iets

ch, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h, C

olle

ge S

tatio

n, T

X

(979

) 845

-850

5, D

Pie

tsch

@ag

.tam

u.ed

u

P

leas

e vi

sit t

he C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

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ree

Year

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mar

y (2

011-

2013

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l Irri

gate

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rain

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ghum

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form

ance

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t, M

onte

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as.

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pany

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1220

1120

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ank

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DK

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o C

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03

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15

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ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

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l Irri

gate

d G

rain

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ghum

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form

ance

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t, M

onte

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as

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pany

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1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

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ybrid

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ank

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dR

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lb/A

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G36

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pany

316,

147

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216,

620

NK

8831

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750

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7868

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nc.

385,

322

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NK

7829

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489

77,

410

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241

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s, L

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nc.

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782

186,

858

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7,75

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131

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mph

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d C

o., I

nc.

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297,

546

----

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6638

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ghum

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tner

s, L

LC--

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7,30

423

6,61

3K

73-J

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orgh

um P

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156

345,

852

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ghum

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s, L

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7,04

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5,63

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661

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203

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811

16

Table 3. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: MONTE ALTO TEST: 2013 Limited Irrigated Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Rio Farms, Inc. Research Farm, Southwest of Monte Alto, Texas COLLABORATORS: Andy Scott, Eduardo Hernandez, and Juan Garza SOIL TYPE: Hidalgo sandy clay loam ROW WIDTH: Single 30” row PREVIOUS CROP: Soybeans in Fall of 2012 LAND PREPARATION: Disked, bedded, and beds prepared for planting DATE PLANTED: 2-14-13 with cones mounted on an ALMACO planter using JD

Max-Emerge II units. Test was planted on raised beds CULTIVATED: 4-1-13: used a Lilliston Rolling Cultivator PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 26' FERTILIZER: January 2013: Applied pre-plant 220 lb/A of 10-28-0-5(S) band in

center of bed 4-10-13: Side-dress 220 lb/A of 28+0+0+5(S) HERBICIDE: 2-13-13: 12 oz/A Outlook immediately after planting INSECTICIDE: None RAINFALL: January = 2.08”; February = 0.00”; March = 0.00"; April = 6.80”;

May = 2.75"; June = .80"; July = 1.1” Total = 13.53” IRRIGATIONS: 1-30-13: Applied approximately 4” pre-plant 4-10-13 = 4”; DATE HARVESTED: 7-30-13 with JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge. SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 48 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 6,839 lb/A, yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 8.45%

17

COMMENTS: T his was the second year a limited irrigated grain sorghum performance test under the auspices of the Crop Testing Program was conducted at Rio Farms, near Monte Alto, Texas located in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This test was relocated from the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center near Weslaco last year where it had been c onducted for the past 13 years. The protocol for this test called for no more than one irrigation to be applied to the test block during the growing season, preferably near the flowering stage. If an additional irrigation was needed due t o a severe weather event, such as drought, it could be appl ied based on the judgment of the test collaborator. A final plant population of approximately 60,000 plants per acre was targeted. This was an excellent test despite very dry conditions during the early part of the season. A fter the soybeans were harvested in the Fall of 2012, the test block was prepared for the grain sorghum test. A pre-plant irrigation was applied to the test block on January 30 to insure a good seedbed for the mid-February planting date. A February 13 planting date was secured. Seed emergence was rapid and good plant stands were attained. The test block received no benef icial rainfall until late-April when a total of 6.8” was received in a span of three days. These beneficial rains helped aid plant growth and development and enhanced final yields. Prior to the late-April rains, the test block was irrigated on April 10, which insured continuous plant growth and development and alleviated early plant stress. Due to the timely rainfall in late-April and additional rainfall in May, the protocol for this test was followed and no addi tional irrigations were applied. The test mean yield was 6,839 lb/A compared to the past 3-year average of 6,308 lb/A. Three hybrids in the test produced over 8,000 lb/A. Lodging was not a problem in the test. Smut was observed in the test. C ounts were taken from all four replications, averaged, and presented in the yield table. The incidence of bird and m idge damage was very low. Appreciation is expressed to Mr. Andy Scott, Director of Research, Rio Farms Inc. and Mr. Juan Garza for their assistance in conducting this test. Also, to Mr. Eduardo Hernandez for monitoring the test and collecting flowering notes. For further information about this report or for the Texas AgriLife Research Crop

Testing Program, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX, (979) 845-8505, [email protected]

Please visit the Texas AgriLife Crop Testing Program webpage at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

18

Tab

le 3

A. 2

013

Mon

te A

lto L

imite

d G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Ri

o Fa

rms,

Mon

te A

lto, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-N

o.Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

Sm

ut%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.S

tand

(5)

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(6)

Fill

ML

RR

8154

699

5.7

15.0

59.2

8,26

6R

EV

® R

V99

24™

Terra

l See

d In

c.L

RP

8256

510

00.

014

.457

.28,

075

84P

80D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

RR

8253

691

6.5

14.5

59.0

8,02

383

P99

DuP

ont P

ione

erM

LB

ZR

8250

510

02.

814

.559

.07,

592

RE

RV

9883

™Te

rral S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

8455

610

00.

315

.057

.57,

540

84G

62D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

BZ

R81

536

965.

815

.259

.07,

488

RE

RV

9973

™Te

rral S

eed

Inc.

LR

P86

534

100

0.0

15.0

57.5

7,40

8R

EV

® R

V98

23™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

LB

ZP

8353

610

01.

014

.958

.17,

357

DeK

alb

DK

S51

-01

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

nyM

LB

ZP

8055

895

4.3

14.7

59.2

7,34

783

G19

DuP

ont P

ione

erM

LB

ZR

7655

710

01.

515

.757

.87,

262

Ex

9010

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

MB

ZP

7954

590

3.0

15.1

57.0

7,14

2R

EV

® R

V98

03™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

LR

P83

536

930.

513

.857

.57,

068

RE

RV

9794

™Te

rral S

eed

Inc.

MR

P85

547

100

0.5

13.9

56.3

7,02

7D

eKal

b D

KS

49-4

5M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

MB

ZP

8157

893

1.3

14.7

58.4

7,02

3G

W 9

480

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

MR

P81

567

930.

815

.158

.47,

011

DeK

alb

DK

S53

-67

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

nyM

LB

ZP

8254

898

7.3

14.6

60.0

6,79

6TR

4951

Triu

mph

See

d C

o. In

c.*

**

8257

893

1.3

14.4

56.3

6,76

0A

Tx63

1 x

RTx

436

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LW

T81

6010

100

14.5

14.5

58.1

6,62

5R

EV

® R

V97

82™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

LR

P76

506

100

0.0

13.9

59.2

6,61

8G

W 9

320

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

ML

RP

8054

586

0.8

15.4

58.9

6,46

1

Pat

ron

123

PIF

SV

-MTM

S-M

XM

EB

ZP

7550

689

1.5

14.6

55.1

6,44

7In

tegr

a 36

70W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

/Inte

gra

ML

BZ

P71

507

934.

514

.956

.96,

414

Ex

9011

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

MR

P82

619

892.

815

.358

.76,

383

Inte

gra

3650

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

RP

7348

710

01.

313

.554

.96,

297

TR49

41Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

Inc.

**

*72

498

100

1.5

15.0

57.6

6,27

7

ATx

645

x R

Tx27

83Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

MR

R80

587

780.

515

.858

.56,

171

NK

6638

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

BZ

P72

549

100

1.5

14.4

57.6

6,14

4E

xp 9

059

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

ME

BZ

P77

509

981.

014

.456

.76,

095

RE

RV

9562

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rral S

eed

Inc.

ME

RP

7851

810

03.

514

.258

.96,

080

Hua

stec

oP

IFS

V-M

TMS

-MX

MB

ZP

7457

788

5.5

14.8

54.5

6,06

7

19

Tab

le 3

A. 2

013

Mon

te A

lto L

imite

d G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Ri

o Fa

rms,

Mon

te A

lto, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-N

o.Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

Sm

ut%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.S

tand

(5)

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(6)

GW

941

7G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

RP

7654

795

1.5

14.3

58.5

5,93

1A

Tx27

52 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LB

ZP

7452

895

3.5

14.1

56.3

5,91

8K

S73

5S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

ML

BZ

P74

517

950.

513

.256

.55,

853

ATx

645

x R

Tx43

7Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

M

RR

7752

790

2.3

14.6

57.7

5,78

0A

Tx37

8 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LB

ZP

7556

895

6.3

13.2

56.0

5,67

2

ATx

399

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

BZ

P72

498

100

2.3

14.5

55.8

5,64

3In

tegr

a 36

60W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

/Inte

gra

MR

P73

467

931.

015

.558

.65,

573

SP

6929

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LB

ZP

8050

880

5.0

14.4

58.6

5,38

1N

K54

18S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

MB

ZP

7144

910

07.

313

.356

.04,

601

TR45

7Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

Inc.

**

*71

458

883.

814

.256

.94,

535

Mea

n78

.553

.06.

795

.33.

314

.657

.96,

839

C.V

.2.

123.

0214

.99

8.26

104.

746.

441.

078.

45L.

S.D

. .05

2.37

2.27

1.43

11.2

04.

951.

340.

8882

2

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

RE

MLT

OO

L. L

.S.D

.'s a

re g

iven

for t

raits

that

wer

e si

gnifi

cant

ly d

iffer

ent a

t P<.

05.

Not

e 2:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

And

y S

cott,

Dire

ctor

of R

esea

rch,

Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

; Mr.

Edd

ie H

erna

ndez

, Res

earc

h A

ssoc

iate

Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

; an

d M

r. Ju

an G

arza

, Far

m M

anag

er ,

Rio

Far

ms,

Inc.

for t

heir

assi

stan

ce in

con

duct

ing

this

test

.

Not

e 3:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

the

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h ar

e be

ing

test

ed a

s ex

perim

enta

l che

ck h

ybrid

s

(1)

84P

80 w

as u

sed

as a

fill

plot

nin

e tim

es.

Fill

entri

es w

ere

anal

yzed

sep

arat

ely,

but

com

bine

d as

one

ent

ry in

the

tabl

e.

T

his

hybr

id w

as e

nter

ed a

t our

dis

cret

ion

and

is in

tend

ed to

be

used

for c

ompa

rison

pur

pose

s on

ly.

(2)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E

=Ear

ly,

M=M

ediu

m,

ML=

Med

ium

Lat

e, L

=Lat

e. T

hose

hyb

rids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

mat

urity

.

(3)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=

Bro

nze,

W=W

hite

, C

m=C

ream

, Y=Y

ello

w.

Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

grai

n co

lor.

(4)

Pla

nt c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

T=Ta

n, R

=Red

, P

=Pur

ple.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

otsu

bmit

plan

t col

or.

(5)

Num

ber o

f pla

nts

show

ing

smut

. R

eadi

ng w

ere

obta

ined

at h

arve

st fr

om e

ach

plot

in a

ll re

plic

atio

ns a

nd a

vera

ged.

20

Tab

le 3

A. 2

013

Mon

te A

lto L

imite

d G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Ri

o Fa

rms,

Mon

te A

lto, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-N

o.Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

Sm

ut%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.S

tand

(5)

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(6)

(6)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s P

iets

ch, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h, C

olle

ge S

tatio

n, T

X

(979

) 845

-850

5, D

Pie

tsch

@ag

.tam

u.ed

uP

leas

e vi

sit t

he C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

21

Tabl

e 3B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Lim

ited

Irrig

atio

n G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, M

onte

Alto

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bra

ndR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

RE

RV

9924

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

18,

075

----

----

84P

80D

uPon

t Pio

neer

28,

023

19,

275

16,

777

83P

99D

uPon

t Pio

neer

37,

592

148,

450

46,

172

RE

RV

9883

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

47,

540

178,

163

----

84G

62D

uPon

t Pio

neer

57,

488

39,

104

56,

153

RE

RV

9973

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

67,

408

297,

674

----

RE

RV

9823

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

77,

357

108,

597

----

DeK

alb

DK

S 5

1-01

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny8

7,34

72

9,19

0--

--83

G19

DuP

ont P

ione

er9

7,26

28

8,66

935

4,84

3E

XP 9

010

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

, Inc

107,

142

158,

434

----

RE

RV

9803

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

117,

068

347,

448

----

RE

RV

9794

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

127,

027

----

----

DeK

alb

DK

S49

-45

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny13

7,02

313

8,49

610

5,70

7G

W94

80G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o., I

nc14

7,01

1--

--2

6,30

0D

eKal

b D

KS

53-6

7M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

156,

796

78,

697

125,

689

TR49

51Tr

ium

ph S

eed

166,

760

----

----

ATx

631

x R

Tx43

6Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

176,

625

58,

918

364,

795

RE

RV

9782

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

186,

618

287,

704

----

GW

932

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o., I

nc19

6,46

1--

--25

5,30

5P

atro

n 12

3P

IFS

V-M

TMS

-MX

206,

447

----

----

Inte

gra

3670

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny21

6,41

4--

--11

5,70

3E

XP 9

011

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

, Inc

226,

383

168,

400

----

Inte

gra

3650

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny23

6,29

7--

--21

5,44

1TR

494

1Tr

ium

ph S

eed

246,

277

----

----

ATx

645

x R

Tx27

83Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

256,

171

----

----

NK

6638

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC26

6,14

4--

----

--E

xp 9

059

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

, Inc

276,

095

----

----

RE

RV

9562

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

286,

080

277,

717

----

Hau

stec

oP

IFS

V-M

TMS

-MX

296,

067

----

----

GW

941

7G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o., I

nc30

5,93

119

8,05

416

5,60

3

22

Tabl

e 3B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Lim

ited

Irrig

atio

n G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, M

onte

Alto

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bra

ndR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

ATx

2752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

315,

918

337,

498

155,

614

KS

735

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

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land

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pany

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4242

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n Yi

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839

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15,

374

23

Table 4. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: GREGORY TEST: 2013 Dryland Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Allan Hunt Farm, Gregory, Texas COOPERATORS: Allan Hunt SOIL TYPE: Raymondville clay loam, 0-1% slope ROW WIDTH: 38" PREVIOUS CROP: Grain Sorghum LAND PREPARATION: Full Conventional Till; shred stalks, deep plowed, disked, field

cultivated, and planted flat DATE PLANTED: 2-28-13, planted flat with cones mounted on an Almaco planter

using JD Max-Emerge II units. PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final population of

approximately 75,000-80,000 plants/A PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 26' FERTILIZER: Broadcast 250 lb/A of 32+0+0 + 2 gal/A of ACCUGro Black Label

Phosphate + trace minerals; pre-plant HERBICIDE: Applied and incorporated with a field cultivator 13 oz/A of Outlook

+ .75 lb/A Atrazine along with fertilizer RAINFALL: Rainfall was not recorded at the test block, however the

cooperator indicated he had approximately 3.0” during the growing season with most of the rain occurring late in the growing season.

DATE HARVESTED: 7-15-13 with JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 50 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 4,444 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 15.15%

24

Tabl

e 4A

. 20

13 G

rego

ry G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Al

lan

Hunt

Far

m, G

rego

ry, T

exas

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pany

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ead

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atur

ityG

rain

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ntto

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ntE

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stYi

eld

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ridB

rand

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ssC

olor

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or50

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eigh

ttio

n%

%W

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tlb

/A(1

)N

ame

(2)

(3)

(4)

Flow

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ches

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oist

ure

lb/b

u(5

)D

eKal

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KS

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1M

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nto

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pany

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BZ

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527

0.0

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n A

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etic

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498

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13 G

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ry G

rain

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form

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t, Al

lan

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the

tabl

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tend

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ated

by

resp

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: E

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ium

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hose

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with

an

aste

risk

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ndic

ates

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sub

mit

mat

urity

.

(3)

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in c

olor

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igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

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pani

es:

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ed,

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hite

, C

m=C

ream

, Y=Y

ello

w.

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ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

grai

n co

lor.

(4)

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nt c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

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n, R

=Red

, P

=Pur

ple.

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se h

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s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

otsu

bmit

plan

t col

or.

26

Tabl

e 4A

. 20

13 G

rego

ry G

rain

Sor

ghum

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form

ance

Tes

t, Al

lan

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m, G

rego

ry, T

exas

.

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pany

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ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

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ntto

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or50

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ame

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ches

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ure

lb/b

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to 1

4% m

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ure

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urth

er in

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atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

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27

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Year

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mar

y (2

011-

2013

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in S

orgh

um P

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rman

ce T

est,

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gory

, Tex

as.

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1320

1220

1220

1120

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ank

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o.28

4,24

3--

----

--In

tegr

a 36

60W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

294,

201

14,

970

14,

163

AG

210

1A

dvan

ta U

S, I

nc.

304,

183

----

----

28

Tabl

e 4B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Gre

gory

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bra

ndR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

RE

RV

9803

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

314,

120

124,

422

----

KS

735

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC32

4,07

9--

----

--S

P78

68S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

334,

064

----

----

RE

RV

9794

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

344,

029

----

----

NK

8831

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC35

4,02

4--

----

--

GW

948

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.36

3,90

7--

----

--A

Tx64

5 x

RTx

437

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h37

3,81

3--

----

--E

xp 9

061

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Co.

383,

801

----

----

ATx

2752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

393,

782

233,

623

253,

529

TR45

7Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

, Inc

.40

3,59

4--

----

--

ATx

645

x R

Tx27

83Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

413,

576

----

----

ATx

399

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

423,

532

302,

424

293,

355

ATx

631

x R

Tx43

6Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

433,

459

243,

544

313,

094

TRX

2487

1Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

, Inc

.44

3,39

8--

----

--TR

X950

05Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

, Inc

.--

--13

4,35

83

4,01

4

TRX1

4682

Triu

mph

See

d C

o., I

nc.

----

144,

338

143,

724

DeK

alb

DK

S37

-07

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny--

--15

4,33

84

3,99

8In

tegr

a G

3700

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny--

--17

4,28

810

3,82

6R

EV

® R

V99

53™

Terra

l See

d, In

c.--

--20

4,17

8--

--TR

X851

31Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

, Inc

.--

--26

3,48

221

3,60

7

TRX0

5361

Triu

mph

See

d C

o., I

nc.

----

283,

313

323,

017

Inte

gra

G11

172

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny--

--29

3,26

1--

--N

umbe

r Ent

ries

4430

34

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)4,

444

4,15

83,

588

29

Table 5. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: DANEVANG TEST: 2013 Dryland Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Dean Hansen Farm, Danevang, Texas COOPERATOR: Dean Hansen SOIL TYPE: Lake Charles clay ROW WIDTH: Raised 40” seedbeds PREVIOUS CROP: Cotton LAND PREPARATION: Bedded, hipped DATE PLANTED: 3-12-13, planted with cones mounted on an Almaco planter using

JD Max-Emerge II units. PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final population of

approximately 80,000-85,000 plants/A PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 26' FERTILIZER: 11-19-12: Applied 111 lb/A of 6+28+19+9S+1.9Zn 12-5-12: Applied 384 lb/A of 32+0+0 3-6-13: Applied 4 gal/A of 6+26+6 HERBICIDE: 2-4-13: Applied a tank mix of 32 oz/A of Atrazine 4L + 24 oz/A of

Touchdown Total + 32 oz/A of ROC (crop oil) 3-8-13: Applied tank mix of 14 oz/A of Outlook + 16 oz/A of

Touchdown Total + 6 0z/A of In-Place +16 oz/A of ROC 7-1-13: Applied 1 oz/A of Aim EC + 32 oz/A of Touchdown Total

+ 8 oz/A of Cayuse Plus as a harvest aid INSECTICIDE: None, seeds were required to be treated with a seed insecticide RAINFALL: Rainfall was not recorded at the test site, however the cooperator

indicated that it was below average during the growing season. DATE HARVESTED: 7-24-13 with a JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 46 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 4,571 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 15.14%

30

COMMENTS: This site, located in Wharton County, is a major grain sorghum producing area in Texas. C ommercial seed companies use this location to enhance their testing program whereby hybrids can be evaluated for genetic and phenotypic traits. Good yields were attained at this Upper Coast location; however, potential yields were reduced by several rain events at harvest. The season started with ample soil moisture from fall and winter rains. An excellent seedbed was available for the March 12 pl anting date which was 6 days later than the planting date the cooperator used in the rest of the field. It appeared some rows emerged later than others although seeds were planted at the same planter unit depth. Good plant growth and development resulted from a good fertilization program and beneficial rainfall. The number of days to achieve 50% flowering ranged from 78 to 85 days. A lthough this represents only 7 days difference, flowering was not consistent between rows and reps due to seedling emergence. Due to the inconsistent flowering between rows, some plots suffered varying degrees of midge damage. Midge damage was visually scored and presented in the yield table. On July 1, Glyphosate was applied to the test block as a har vest aid. Glyphosate is used as a harvest aid along the Gulf Coast whereby farmers can harvest their crop before tropical storms set in. Unfortunately, two rain events occurred after the Glyphosate was applied to the test, thus lodging occurred in some hybrids. Potential yields were probably affected by the lodging. The test mean yield was 4,571 lb/A. Fourteen hybrids produced between 5,028 lb/A and 5,504 lb/A. Excellent test weights were obtained with the range being from 54.5 lb/bu to 61.5 lb/bu. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

31

Tabl

e 5A

. 20

13 D

anev

ang

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Dea

n H

anse

n Fa

rm, D

anev

ang,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

%%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.Lo

dge

Mid

geM

oist

ure

lb/b

u(5

)In

tegr

a 36

50W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

/Inte

gra

MR

P80

455

0.0

0.0

12.2

54.5

5,50

4R

EV

® R

V98

23™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

LB

ZP

8451

50.

02.

514

.059

.95,

429

RE

RV

9782

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rral S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

8148

41.

30.

013

.659

.55,

427

Inte

gra

3670

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

LB

ZP

7952

67.

50.

014

.058

.75,

396

84P

80D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

RR

8351

43.

70.

613

.859

.65,

329

AG

2101

Adv

anta

US

Inc

MR

R80

486

0.0

0.0

13.4

58.1

5,26

3D

eKal

b D

KS

44-2

0M

onsa

nto

Co.

MB

ZP

8450

60.

00.

014

.958

.95,

196

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gra

3660

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

RP

8047

72.

50.

014

.259

.65,

122

DeK

alb

DK

S51

-01

Mon

sant

o C

o.M

LB

ZP

8456

60.

00.

014

.360

.45,

116

Exp

905

9G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

EB

ZP

8247

60.

00.

013

.757

.35,

058

3696

Gol

den

Acr

es G

enet

ics

ML

BZ

P80

496

7.1

0.0

14.2

58.5

5,05

4R

EV

® R

V95

62™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

ER

P83

515

5.0

0.0

13.8

59.8

5,05

184

G62

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ont P

ione

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LB

ZR

8548

30.

05.

013

.759

.45,

051

RE

RV

9973

™Te

rral S

eed

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LR

P86

492

0.0

0.0

14.7

58.9

5,02

8D

eKal

b D

KS

49-4

5M

onsa

nto

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MB

ZP

8552

41.

10.

014

.159

.14,

957

RE

RV

9924

™Te

rral S

eed

Inc.

LR

P84

513

7.5

3.8

14.2

58.5

4,95

783

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DuP

ont P

ione

erM

LB

ZR

8052

511

.30.

014

.359

.64,

946

83P

99D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

BZ

R85

493

0.0

0.0

13.6

58.9

4,93

9TR

457

Triu

mph

See

d C

o. In

c.*

**

8044

50.

00.

013

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.74,

933

TR49

41Tr

ium

ph S

eed

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**

*80

506

15.5

16.4

13.5

58.8

4,90

4

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906

1G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

BZ

P83

483

0.0

0.0

13.4

55.9

4,89

1Fi

ll Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

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rch

ML

RR

8451

44.

97.

814

.259

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887

AG

3201

Adv

anta

US

Inc

ML

BZ

R80

496

12.5

2.5

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59.1

4,85

4A

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03A

dvan

ta U

S In

cM

ER

R82

486

2.5

0.0

13.8

59.3

4,74

3A

Tx63

1 x

RTx

436

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LW

T84

585

0.0

0.0

14.0

59.7

4,64

6

SP

7868

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LB

ZP

8054

916

.30.

014

.660

.74,

464

RE

RV

9883

™Te

rral S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

8452

43.

88.

814

.258

.54,

416

NK

8416

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LCL

BZ

P82

587

27.5

0.0

14.4

61.0

4,39

5R

EV

® R

V98

03™

Terra

l See

d In

c.M

LR

P83

464

0.0

0.0

14.3

57.7

4,39

3S

P69

29S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

ML

BZ

P82

476

0.0

0.0

14.3

59.3

4,31

8

32

Tabl

e 5A

. 20

13 D

anev

ang

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Dea

n H

anse

n Fa

rm, D

anev

ang,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

%%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.Lo

dge

Mid

geM

oist

ure

lb/b

u(5

)TR

4951

Triu

mph

See

d C

o. In

c.*

**

8553

47.

50.

013

.457

.54,

307

5613

Gol

den

Acr

es G

enet

ics

MB

ZP

8249

50.

07.

514

.058

.24,

299

GW

941

7G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

LR

P78

545

15.4

0.2

14.5

60.2

4,25

3K

S73

5S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

ML

BZ

P81

506

15.0

5.0

13.5

58.4

4,22

8A

Tx27

52 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LB

ZP

8053

512

.50.

014

.458

.94,

188

AG

3101

Adv

anta

US

Inc

ME

BZ

R80

538

45.4

0.2

15.0

61.5

4,12

6S

P66

38S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

MB

ZP

8250

618

.812

.514

.759

.54,

039

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399

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

BZ

P78

506

0.5

0.0

14.1

55.9

3,96

2R

EV

® R

V97

94™

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l See

d In

c.M

RP

8452

50.

017

.514

.758

.13,

683

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645

x R

Tx43

7Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

MR

R85

503

5.0

0.0

13.5

58.3

3,41

8

GW

948

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

RP

8650

36.

30.

014

.359

.43,

417

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378

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

BZ

P83

535

53.8

0.0

14.3

57.6

3,35

2A

Tx64

5 x

RTx

2783

Texa

s A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

RR

8451

46.

10.

014

.759

.43,

351

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901

1G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

RP

8553

611

.30.

015

.059

.63,

346

NK

8831

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LB

ZP

8445

333

.70.

614

.558

.63,

269

Exp

901

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

o.M

RP

8352

341

.30.

015

.159

.13,

084

Mea

n82

.450

.44.

78.

42.

414

.158

.83

4,57

1C

.V.

1.68

3.16

22.6

595

.29

375.

194.

921.

4815

.14

L.S

.D. .

052.

062.

331.

5611

.76

NS

1.02

1.28

1,01

3

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

RE

MLT

OO

L. L

.S.D

.'s a

re g

iven

for t

raits

that

wer

e si

gnifi

cant

ly d

iffer

ent a

t P<.

05.

Not

e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h ar

e be

ing

test

ed a

s ex

perim

enta

l che

ck h

ybrid

s

(1) D

upon

t Pio

neer

bra

nd 8

4P80

was

use

d as

a fi

ll pl

ot fi

ve ti

mes

. Fi

ll en

tries

wer

e an

alyz

ed s

epar

atel

y,bu

t com

bine

d as

one

ent

ry in

the

tabl

e.

T

his

hybr

id w

as e

nter

ed a

t our

dis

cret

ion

and

is in

tend

ed to

be

used

for c

ompa

rison

pur

pose

s on

ly.

(2)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E

=Ear

ly,

M=M

ediu

m,

ML=

Med

ium

Lat

e, L

=Lat

e. T

hose

hyb

rids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

mat

urity

.

(3)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=

Bro

nze,

W=W

hite

, C

m=C

ream

, Y=Y

ello

w.

Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

sub

mit

grai

n co

lor.

(4)

Pla

nt c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

T=Ta

n, R

=Red

, P

=Pur

ple.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

otsu

bmit

plan

t col

or.

33

Tabl

e 5A

. 20

13 D

anev

ang

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Dea

n H

anse

n Fa

rm, D

anev

ang,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Pla

ntto

Pla

ntE

xser

-Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridB

rand

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

%%

Wei

ght

lb/A

(1)

Nam

e(2

)(3

)(4

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.Lo

dge

Mid

geM

oist

ure

lb/b

u(5

)

(5)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s P

iets

ch, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h, C

olle

ge S

tatio

n, T

X

(979

) 845

-850

5, D

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tsch

@ag

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leas

e vi

sit t

he C

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ing

web

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ttp://

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34

Southern Texas Plains (Hondo, (L)) AverageColumn1 Yield (lb/ac) Relative Yield (%)Pioneer 83P99 9841 100.0REV 9924 9784 99.4Dekalb DKC 51-01 9530 96.8Pioneer 84P80 9477 96.3Pioneer 84G62 9219 93.7GA 3696 8939 90.8REV 9782 8895 90.4Dekalb DKC 49-45 8880 90.2Pioneer 83G19 8789 89.3TR 4941 8625 87.6Integra 3670 8586 87.2REV 9883 8582 87.2REV 9562 8561 87.0NK 7829 8552 86.9Dekalb DKC 44-20 8512 86.5NK 8416 8444 85.8GW 9480 8404 85.4TAMU ATx2752 x RTx430 8353 84.9REV 9794 8281 84.1TAMU ATx645 x RTx430 8230 83.6TAMU ATx399 x RTx430 8220 83.5TAMU ATx631 x RTx436 8179 83.1REV 9973 8171 83.0TAMU ATx645 x RTx2783 8158 82.9REV 9823 8131 82.6SP 7868 8130 82.6KS 735 8085 82.2GW 9417 8082 82.1GA 5613 8064 81.9Integra3650 7894 80.2SP 6929 7802 79.3GW 9059 7714 78.4REV 9803 7706 78.3Integra 3660 7503 76.2TR 457 7243 73.6TAMU ATx378 x RTx430 6717 68.3

2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Test

Note: Relative yields are calculated by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid. (F) = full irrigation, (L) = limited Irrigation

35

Table 6. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: HONDO TEST: 2013 Dryland Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Bryce Britsch Farm, Hondo, Texas COOPERATOR: Bryce Britsch COLLABORATOR: Jason Ott, Medina County CEA SOIL TYPE: Knippa clay ROW WIDTH: 30" PREVIOUS CROP: Corn LAND PREPARATION: Shredded stalks, field cultivated, and field cultivated prior to

planting DATE PLANTED: 3-25-13, planted flat with cones mounted on an Almaco planter

using JD Max-Emerge II units. PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final population of

approximately 80,000 plants/A PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 26' FERTILIZER: Broadcast 200+80+10+20(S); pre-plant and incorporated HERBICIDE: Applied 20 oz/A of Outlook, pre-emerge RAINFALL: January = 1.61”; February = 0.12”; March = 0.16”; April = 1.92”; May = 3.26”; June = 4.48”; July = 0.64”; August = 0.12”;

Total = 12.31” Data taken from the Hondo Airport near the test block

INSECTICIDE: 1 oz/A of Declare at bloom stage for midge 3.5 oz/A of Mustang for stink bug and head worm control FUNGICIDE: Applied 6 oz/A of Quilt Xcel IRRIGATIONS: 13.75” during the growing season through a lateral irrigation

system DATE HARVESTED: 8-12-13 with JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 37 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2

36

TEST MEAN: 8,488 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 6.71%

COMMENTS: This test located in the Texas Winter Garden Area was moved back to Medina County in 2013 f rom Uvalde County where the test was conducted in 2011 and 2012. Many farmers in this area use a 36” row spacing, however our cooperator used 30” row spacing and irrigated the field using a lateral irrigation system.

Outstanding yields were obtained from this site due to a combination of timely agronomic practices and benef icial rainfall. A pre-plant fertilizer was applied which provided the essential nutrients plants would use throughout the growing season. After planting, a pre-emerge herbicide was applied for weed and grass control. T imely rainfall and i rrigation in April and M ay provided the necessary moisture for continuous plant growth and development. F lowering notes were secured at the proper time, however due t o unexplainable reasons, erratic flowering was observed between rows and replications within the test block. Timely applications of insecticides provided excellent control of midge, stink bug, and head worms. A fungicide was applied to aid in the control of foliar leaf diseases. The test mean yield was 8,488 lb/A. Six hybrids produced over 9,000 lb/A. Outstanding bushel weights were recorded with the mean being 61.15 lb/bu. This was a very uniform test as reflected by the test C.V. of 6.71%. **** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

37

Tabl

e 6A

. 20

13 H

ondo

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Bryc

e Br

itsch

Far

m, H

ondo

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%W

eigh

tlb

/A(1

)N

ame

(2)

(3)

(4)

Flow

erIn

ches

In.

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(5)

83P9

9D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

BZR

8355

512

.862

.29,

841

REV

® R

V992

4™Te

rral

See

d In

c.L

RP

8160

512

.560

.99,

784

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

onsa

nto

Co.

ML

BZP

7961

713

.261

.99,

530

84P8

0D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

RR

7957

512

.962

.19,

477

Fill

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

RR

7958

613

.162

.49,

295

84G

62D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

BZR

8156

513

.462

.49,

241

3696

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

ML

BZP

7556

513

.760

.78,

941

REV

® R

V978

2™Te

rral

See

d In

c.M

LR

P73

566

13.2

61.2

8,89

5D

eKal

b D

KS49

-45

Mon

sant

o C

o.M

BZP

7961

713

.261

.58,

880

83G

19D

uPon

t Pio

neer

ML

BZR

7559

612

.561

.08,

789

TR49

41Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

Inc.

**

*75

566

13.2

60.4

8,62

5R

EV®

RV9

883™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

7858

712

.460

.68,

605

Inte

gra

3670

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

LBZ

P75

566

13.2

60.7

8,58

6R

EV®

RV9

562™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

ME

RP

7557

713

.361

.08,

561

NK7

829

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LBZ

P80

587

13.7

61.5

8,55

2

DeK

alb

DKS

44-2

0M

onsa

nto

Co.

MBZ

P79

546

13.3

61.6

8,51

2N

K841

6So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

LBZ

P81

646

12.9

62.2

8,44

4G

W 9

480

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

RP

8158

413

.561

.58,

404

ATx2

752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LBZ

P79

595

13.3

61.2

8,35

3R

EV®

RV9

794™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

MR

P80

567

12.9

60.9

8,28

1

ATx6

45 x

RTx

437

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

MR

R84

616

14.0

61.4

8,23

0AT

x399

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LBZ

P77

536

13.0

59.7

8,22

0AT

x631

x R

Tx43

6Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LW

T81

657

14.0

61.9

8,17

9R

EV®

RV9

973™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

LR

P84

545

13.0

61.1

8,17

1AT

x645

x R

Tx27

83Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

RR

8662

514

.461

.68,

158

REV

® R

V982

3™Te

rral

See

d In

c.M

LBZ

P82

556

12.7

61.4

8,13

1SP

7868

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LBZ

P77

589

12.8

62.0

8,13

0KS

735

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

LBZ

P81

575

12.8

60.7

8,08

5G

W 9

417

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

LBZ

P78

606

13.2

61.5

8,08

256

13G

olde

n Ac

res

Gen

etic

sM

BZP

7457

713

.160

.08,

064

38

Tabl

e 6A

. 20

13 H

ondo

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Bryc

e Br

itsch

Far

m, H

ondo

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%W

eigh

tlb

/A(1

)N

ame

(2)

(3)

(4)

Flow

erIn

ches

In.

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(5)

Inte

gra

3650

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

RP

7449

612

.557

.87,

894

SP69

29So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

ML

BZP

7655

713

.361

.17,

802

Exp

9059

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

EBZ

P74

548

13.4

59.9

7,71

4R

EV®

RV9

803™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

7856

612

.660

.37,

706

Inte

gra

3660

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny/In

tegr

aM

RP

7551

613

.161

.47,

503

TR45

7Tr

ium

ph S

eed

Co.

Inc.

**

*74

526

12.1

59.0

7,24

3AT

x378

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

hM

LBZ

P84

665

13.1

60.4

6,74

0M

ean

78.5

057

.27

5.89

13.1

161

.15

8,48

8C

.V.

2.65

3.05

15.9

64.

511.

096.

71L.

S.D

. .05

3.03

2.51

1.35

0.86

0.97

828

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

Not

e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

Not

e 3:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

Jaso

n O

tt, M

edin

a C

ount

y C

EA fo

r col

lect

ing

flow

erin

g no

tes

and

mon

itorin

g th

e te

st th

roug

hout

the

grow

ing

seas

on.

(1) D

upon

t Pio

neer

bra

nd 8

4P80

was

use

d as

a fi

ll pl

ot fo

ur ti

mes

. Fi

ll en

tries

wer

e an

alyz

ed s

epar

atel

y,bu

t com

bine

d as

one

ent

ry in

the

tabl

e.

T

his

hybr

id w

as e

nter

ed a

t our

dis

cret

ion

and

is in

tend

ed to

be

used

for c

ompa

rison

pur

pose

s on

ly.

(2)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(3)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(4)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(5)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s Pi

etsc

h, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

TX

(9

79) 8

45-8

505,

DPi

etsc

h@ag

.tam

u.ed

uPl

ease

vis

it th

e C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

39

Tabl

e 6B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Hond

o, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bra

ndR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

83P

99D

uPon

t Pio

neer

19,

841

----

134,

541

RE

RV

9924

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

29,

784

----

----

DeK

alb

DK

S51

-01

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny3

9,53

0--

----

--84

P80

DuP

ont P

ione

er4

9,47

7--

--11

4,63

884

G62

DuP

ont P

ione

er5

9,24

1--

--7

4,71

6

3696

Gol

den

Acr

es G

enet

ics

68,

941

----

----

RE

RV

9782

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

78,

895

----

----

DeK

alb

DK

S49

-45

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny8

8,88

0--

--2

4,94

183

G19

DuP

ont P

ione

er9

8,78

9--

--20

4,35

8TR

4941

Triu

mph

See

d C

o. In

c.10

8,62

5--

----

--

RE

RV

9883

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

118,

605

----

----

Inte

gra

3670

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny12

8,58

6--

--4

4,87

1R

EV

® R

V95

62™

Terra

l See

d, In

c.13

8,56

1--

----

--N

K78

29S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

148,

552

----

----

DeK

alb

DK

S44

-20

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny15

8,51

2--

--12

4,58

1

NK

8416

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC16

8,44

4--

----

--G

W 9

480

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Com

pany

178,

404

----

----

ATx

2752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

188,

353

----

184,

446

RE

RV

9794

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

198,

281

----

----

ATx

645

x R

Tx43

7Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

208,

230

----

----

ATx

399

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

218,

220

----

164,

473

ATx

631

x R

Tx43

6Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

228,

179

----

273,

783

RE

RV

9973

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

238,

171

----

----

ATx

645

x R

Tx27

83Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

248,

158

----

----

RE

RV

9823

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

258,

131

----

----

SP

7868

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC26

8,13

0--

----

--K

S73

5S

orgh

um P

artn

ers,

LLC

278,

085

----

----

GW

941

7G

ayla

nd W

ard

See

d C

ompa

ny28

8,08

2--

----

--56

13G

olde

n A

cres

Gen

etic

s29

8,06

4--

----

--In

tegr

a 36

50W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

307,

894

----

154,

506

40

Tabl

e 6B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Hond

o, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bra

ndR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

SP

6929

Sor

ghum

Par

tner

s, L

LC31

7,80

2--

----

--E

xp 9

059

Gay

land

War

d S

eed

Com

pany

327,

714

----

----

RE

RV

9803

™Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

337,

706

----

----

Inte

gra

3660

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny34

7,50

3--

--17

4,45

7TR

457

Triu

mph

See

d C

o. In

c.35

7,24

3--

----

--

ATx

378

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

366,

740

----

144,

524

AG

310

1A

dvan

ta-A

lta--

----

--1

4,95

1Te

rral T

V96

H81

Terra

l See

d, In

c.--

----

--3

4,89

5In

tegr

a G

3700

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny--

----

--5

4,75

5Te

rral T

V96

H95

Terra

l See

d, In

c.--

----

--6

4,74

9

Fill

(GA

3696

)Te

xas

A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

----

----

84,

679

Terra

l TV

9421

Terra

l See

d, In

c.--

----

--9

4,65

6A

G 2

103

Adv

anta

-Alta

----

----

104,

654

DeK

alb

DK

S53

-67

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny--

----

--19

4,43

4Te

rral T

V92

S82

Terra

l See

d, In

c.--

----

--21

4,33

3

82P

75D

uPon

t Pio

neer

----

----

224,

308

Terra

l TV

94S

91Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

----

----

234,

299

DeK

alb

DK

S54

-03

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

ny--

----

--24

4,23

0D

eKal

b D

KS

54-0

0M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

----

----

254,

189

Terra

l TV

93S

16Te

rral S

eed,

Inc.

----

----

263,

984

Num

ber E

ntrie

s36

--27

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)8,

488

--4,

451

***2

011

& 2

012

Test

s w

ere

cond

ucte

d at

Uva

lde,

TX.

Due

to a

hig

h C

.V. t

he 2

012

data

was

not

pub

lishe

d.

41

East Central Texas Plains (College Station, (L)) AverageColumn1 Yield (lb/ac) Relative Yield (%)Pioneer 84P80 7642 100.0NK 8416 7276 95.0Dekalb DKC 51-01 7083 92.7Pioneer 83P99 7023 91.9GW 9059 7000 91.6REV 9883 6919 90.5REV 9924 6747 88.3TAMU ATx378 x RTx430 6724 88.0GW 9480 6651 87.0REV 9782 6643 86.9AG 3201 6579 86.1TAMU ATx645 x RTx430 6555 85.8AG 2102 6541 85.6AG 2103 6466 84.6GW 9011 6446 84.4TAMU ATx2752 x RTx430 6420 84.0Integra 3650 6388 83.6REV 9973 6353 83.1Pioneer 84G62 6343 83.0REV 9823 6303 82.5Integra 3670 6076 79.5SP 7868 5985 78.3Dekalb DKC 54-00 5795 75.8GW 9417 5706 74.7Dekalb DKC 49-45 5684 74.4GW 9010 5655 74.0REV 9562 5651 73.9REV 9803 5635 73.7XG 1213 5586 73.1REV 9794 5521 72.3Pioneer 83G19 5508 72.1TAMU ATx399 x RTx430 5474 71.6GA 5613 5418 70.9GA 3696 5270 69.0TAMU ATx631 x RTx436 5092 66.6AG 3101 4887 63.9AG 2101 4510 59.0Integra 3660 4377 57.3TAMU ATx645 x RTx2783 3760 49.2NK 8831 3583 46.9

2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Test

Note: Relative yields are calculated by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid. (F) = full irrigation, (L) = limited Irrigation

42

Table 7. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: COLLEGE STATION TEST: 2013 Limited Irrigated Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Texas A&M University Farm COOPERATORS: W.L. Rooney, S.D. Collins, and Steve Labar SOIL TYPE: Ships clay loam ROW WIDTH: 30" PREVIOUS CROP: Wheat LAND PREPARATION: Chiseled, disked, bedded, hipped, and cultivated DATE PLANTED: 3-18-13 with cones mounted on an ALMACO planter using JD

Max-Emerge II units

PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a plant population of approximately 85,000 plants per acre

PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 18' FERTILIZER: 150 lb/A of 11+34+0+4 (Zn), January 2013

117 lb/A of N as 32+0+0, May 2 HERBICIDE: Applied 3.0 pt/A of Atrazine 4L + 1.5 pt/A Brawl + 2 pt/A of Roundup on

3-19-13 Applied 3.0 pt/A Atrazine 4L + 1.5 pt/A Brawl on 5-27-13 INSECTICIDE: Aerially applied 1.5 pt/A of Lannate for head worms RAINFALL: January = 3.6”; February = 0.8”; March = 1.45”; April = 3.25”;

May = 3.85”; June = 0.8”; July = 1.90”; August = 0.33” Total = 15.98”

IRRIGATIONS: None DATE HARVESTED: 7-29&30-13 with JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Harvestmaster

Grain Gauge System SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 18' TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 40 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 5,904 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 16.29%

43

COMMENTS: This test site, conducted on the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Farm near College Station, is designated as a limited irrigated grain sorghum test. The protocol for this site calls for no more than two irrigations to be applied to the test throughout the growing season. The sorghum yield trial was planted on March 18 into a good soil moisture profile. Soil temperature at the time of planting was about 60F. Timely agronomic practices were implemented during the growing season. Beneficial rains in April, May, and J une resulted in continuous plant growth and development. Due to the timely rains, the test block was not irrigated. R ain in July was limited and post-flowering drought stress occurred throughout the test. A Leaf Plant Death Rating was taken prior to harvest from all replications. The rating is presented in the yield table. The test mean yield was 5,904 lb/A compared to 6,855 lb/in 2012. Three hybrids produced between 7,023 lb/A and 7 ,642 lb/A. Lodging was observed in the test and rating presented in t he yield table. A desirability rating was also obtained. Good bushel weights were secured with the mean being 57.8 lb/bu. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

44

Tabl

e 7A

. 20

13 C

olle

ge S

tatio

n G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Te

xas

A an

d M

Uni

vers

ity F

arm

, Col

lege

Sta

tion,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

Plan

tor

Mat

urity

Gra

inPl

ant

toPl

ant

Exse

r-Lo

dgin

gD

es.

LPD

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

Rat

.R

atin

gR

atin

g%

Wei

ght

lb/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.(4

)(5

)(6

)M

oist

ure

lb/b

u(7

)84

P80

DuP

ont P

ione

erM

LR

P83

513

1.75

3.00

2.00

11.9

58.8

7,64

2D

eKal

b D

KS51

-01

Mon

sant

o C

o.M

LBZ

P82

535

1.00

3.25

1.75

12.0

59.3

7,08

383

P99

DuP

ont P

ione

erM

LBZ

P87

511

1.25

2.50

2.25

11.9

58.5

7,02

3R

EV®

RV9

883™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

ML

RP

8253

41.

502.

252.

2511

.957

.86,

919

NK8

416

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCL

BZP

8354

52.

255.

753.

5012

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849

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V992

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rral

See

d In

c.L

RP

8153

21.

002.

502.

2512

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.06,

744

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78 x

RTx

430

Texa

s Ag

riLife

Res

earc

hM

LBZ

P81

565

1.50

4.50

2.00

11.6

56.3

6,72

4AG

3201

Adva

nta

US

Inc

ML

BZR

8048

31.

252.

752.

0011

.857

.56,

575

Exp

9059

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

EBZ

P80

486

1.50

3.25

1.50

12.4

57.0

6,57

3AG

2102

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nta

US

Inc

MR

R80

493

1.25

3.25

2.50

11.1

55.5

6,54

1

AG21

03Ad

vant

a U

S In

cM

ER

R81

444

1.25

2.50

2.25

11.7

57.8

6,46

6AT

x275

2 x

RTx

430

Texa

s Ag

riLife

Res

earc

hM

LBZ

P81

524

1.50

4.00

2.25

11.5

57.0

6,42

0In

tegr

a 36

50W

ilbur

-Ellis

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pany

/Inte

gra

MR

P80

423

1.00

3.00

2.00

11.1

55.7

6,38

8R

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782™

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al S

eed

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ML

RP

8051

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503.

252.

5011

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361

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rral

See

d In

c.L

RP

8649

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002.

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354

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t Pio

neer

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503.

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2512

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344

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c.M

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11.9

59.0

6,30

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x R

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ife R

esea

rch

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RR

8252

31.

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503.

5011

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.96,

273

GW

948

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

MR

P84

512

2.50

4.75

5.25

11.6

58.4

6,22

3In

tegr

a 36

70W

ilbur

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pany

/Inte

gra

ML

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41.

252.

751.

7512

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land

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d Se

ed C

o.M

RP

8552

42.

004.

504.

7511

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68So

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m P

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ers,

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ML

BZP

8150

71.

753.

503.

5011

.958

.45,

985

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alb

DKS

54-0

0M

onsa

nto

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ML

BZP

8652

41.

753.

002.

5011

.957

.85,

795

DeK

alb

DKS

49-4

5M

onsa

nto

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MBZ

P83

523

1.50

3.75

2.50

12.2

58.3

5,68

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11.9

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c.M

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3.00

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183

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513

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99 x

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430

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s Ag

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earc

hM

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P78

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4.25

2.25

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55.3

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5X

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vant

a U

S In

cM

EBZ

R78

443

1.50

3.25

3.75

11.8

57.7

5,58

6

45

Tabl

e 7A

. 20

13 C

olle

ge S

tatio

n G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Te

xas

A an

d M

Uni

vers

ity F

arm

, Col

lege

Sta

tion,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

Plan

tor

Mat

urity

Gra

inPl

ant

toPl

ant

Exse

r-Lo

dgin

gD

es.

LPD

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

Rat

.R

atin

gR

atin

g%

Wei

ght

lb/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.(4

)(5

)(6

)M

oist

ure

lb/b

u(7

)G

W 9

417

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

LR

P79

522

2.00

4.50

4.50

11.9

58.8

5,42

4Ex

p 90

10G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

MBZ

P82

503

2.50

4.50

4.75

12.0

56.9

5,37

336

96G

olde

n Ac

res

Gen

etic

sM

LBZ

P78

494

1.75

3.50

2.25

12.0

57.7

5,27

0AT

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x R

Tx43

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xas

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ife R

esea

rch

ML

WT

8355

51.

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753.

7511

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.45,

226

5613

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

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P79

485

1.25

3.50

1.75

12.0

58.3

5,13

5

AG31

01Ad

vant

a U

S In

cM

LR

R79

525

3.00

5.25

3.00

12.0

59.0

4,60

5In

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a 36

60W

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pany

/Inte

gra

MR

P79

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2.00

3.50

1.75

11.8

58.4

4,37

7AG

2101

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nta

US

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R78

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1.25

3.50

1.50

11.7

57.3

4,22

8AT

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ife R

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R86

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2.25

5.00

6.00

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55.8

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505.

5011

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Mea

n81

.349

.73.

41.

73.

52.

811

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.85,

904

C.V

.1.

903.

7230

.64

43.0

624

.51

27.1

42.

361.

7316

.29

L.S.

D. .

052.

202.

661.

501.

021.

231.

090.

441.

581,

516

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

Not

e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

the

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

(1)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(2)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(3)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(4)

Plan

t Lod

ging

ratin

g ke

y is

as

follo

ws:

1 =

no

plan

ts lo

dged

, 9=

all

plan

ts lo

dged

(5)

Des

irabi

lity

ratin

g ke

y is

as

follo

ws:

1=

Exce

llent

, 9

= Po

or

(6)

Leaf

Pla

nt D

eath

Rat

ing

is a

s fo

llow

s: 1

= n

o le

af p

lant

dea

th d

ue to

stre

ss in

plo

ts,

9 =

deat

h of

all

plan

ts in

plo

t due

to s

tress

. T

his

ratin

g ca

n al

so b

e ca

lled

post

flow

erin

g st

ress

.

(7)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

46

Tabl

e 7B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

84P8

0D

uPon

t Pio

neer

17,

642

97,

094

88,

119

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

27,

083

47,

370

----

83P9

9D

uPon

t Pio

neer

37,

023

27,

605

48,

735

REV

® R

V988

3™Te

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d, In

c.4

6,91

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6,94

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K841

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rghu

m P

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ers

56,

849

----

----

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4™Te

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d, In

c.6

6,74

4--

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x378

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6,72

425

5,58

327

6,18

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320

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vant

a U

S In

c8

6,57

5--

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7,36

1Ex

p 90

59G

ayla

nd W

ard

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Com

pany

96,

573

----

----

AG 2

102

Adva

nta

US

Inc

106,

541

----

----

AG 2

103

Adva

nta

US

Inc

116,

466

----

----

ATx2

752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h12

6,42

018

6,74

021

7,34

0In

tegr

a 36

50W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

136,

388

166,

941

266,

251

REV

® R

V978

2™Te

rral

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d, In

c.14

6,36

120

6,50

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al S

eed,

Inc.

156,

354

17,

803

----

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62D

uPon

t Pio

neer

166,

344

246,

128

29,

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c.17

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7,15

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earc

h18

6,27

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----

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480

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

ompa

ny19

6,22

3--

----

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tegr

a 36

70W

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Com

pany

206,

076

87,

099

237,

186

Exp

9011

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

ompa

ny21

6,01

9--

----

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786

8So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

225,

985

----

----

DeK

alb

DKS

54-0

0M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

235,

795

127,

056

68,

309

DeK

alb

DKS

49-4

5M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

245,

684

136,

996

78,

302

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d, In

c.25

5,67

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c.26

5,65

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al S

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285,

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107,

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99 x

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430

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

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295,

625

236,

214

108,

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vant

a U

S In

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47

Tabl

e 7B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

GW

941

7G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Com

pany

315,

424

----

----

Exp

9010

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

ompa

ny32

5,37

3--

----

--G

A 36

96G

olde

n Ac

res

Gen

etic

s33

5,27

022

6,43

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x R

Tx43

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xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h34

5,22

619

6,69

912

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A 56

13G

olde

n Ac

res

Gen

etic

s35

5,13

511

7,07

9--

--

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101

Adva

nta

US

Inc

364,

605

----

138,

017

Inte

gra

3660

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny37

4,37

726

5,53

222

7,25

6AG

210

1Ad

vant

a U

S In

c38

4,22

8--

----

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x645

x R

Tx27

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xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h39

3,76

0--

----

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K 88

31So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

403,

583

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----

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® R

V995

3™Te

rral

See

d, In

c.--

--3

7,38

2--

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tegr

a G

3700

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny--

--5

7,32

814

8,00

5In

tegr

a G

1117

2W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

----

156,

945

----

DeK

alb

DKS

53-6

7M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

----

216,

443

38,

805

Num

ber E

ntrie

s40

2627

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)5,

904

6,85

57,

701

48

Texas Blackland Prairies Farmersville Thrall AverageYield (lb/ac) Yield (lb/ac) Relative Yield (%)

Dekalb DKC 51-01 7191 6262 100.0REV 9924 7059 5744 95.0Pioneer 84G62 7110 5488 93.3Pioneer 84P80 6745 5735 92.7Dekalb DKC 53-67 6782 5621 92.0TR 4941 6649 5542 90.5Integra 3670 7132 4955 89.2REV 9782 6661 5217 88.0REV 9794 6543 5179 86.8Integra 3660 6410 5265 86.6Dekalb DKC 38-88 6125 5444 86.1REV 9803 6389 5155 85.6REV 9883 6535 4952 85.0Pioneer 85G01 5992 5221 83.4REV 9823 5962 5205 83.0REV 9562 6428 4789 82.9Integra 3650 6149 4835 81.4TR 457 5904 5021 81.2NK 5418 5904 4770 79.1REV 9973 6200 4207 76.7TAMU ATx2752 x RTx430 5780 4479 76.0TR 4951 5762 4455 75.6KS 585 5951 4240 75.2GW 9059 5026 4857 73.7TAMU ATx399 x RTx430 5823 4096 73.2TR 24871 5162 3912 67.1TAMU ATx645 x RTx430 4584 3797 62.2TAMU ATx631 x RTx436 5326 3073 61.6TAMU ATx645 x RTx2783 4727 3432 59.5TAMU ATx378 x RTx430 4375 3065 54.9

2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Test

Note: Relative yields are calculated for each site by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid then averaged across all sites within each

production region. Hybrids must be entered at more than one location to be be included. (F) = full irrigation, (L) = limited Irrigation

49

Table 8. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: THRALL TEST: 2013 Rain-fed Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Stiles Farm Foundation, Thrall, Texas COOPERATOR: Archie Abrameit SOIL TYPE: Burleson clay ROW WIDTH: 38" PREVIOUS CROP: Corn LAND PREPARATION: The test block was strip-tilled on 12-4-12 DATE PLANTED: 3-14-13: planted flat with cones mounted on an ALMACO planter

using JD Max-Emerge II units PLOT LENGTH: 26' FERTILIZER: 130+12+24, pre-plant HERBICIDE: Broadcast tank mix of 26 oz/A Roundup PowerMAX as a burn-

down prior to planting Applied 1.3 pt/A of Parallel + .75 lb/A Atrazine, pre-emerge INSECTICIDE: None, seeds were required to be treated with a seed insecticide RAINFALL January = 4.15"; February = 0.38"; March = 2.58"; April = 2.15",

May = 3.07"; June = 0.0”; July = 3.72"; August = 1.03” Total = 17.08"

DATE HARVESTED: 8-8-13 with a JD3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge. SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26' long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 44 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 MEAN PLANT POP: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final plant population of 75,000

plants/A TEST MEAN: 4,823 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 10.99%

50

COMMENTS: Excellent yields were attained at this site despite erratic soil moisture conditions. The season started with a full profile of moisture from early season rainfall. A total of 18.35” of rainfall was recorded between January and March. Due to wet soil conditions, planting was delayed until March 26 which is approximately 3 weeks later than the optimum planting date. Excellent plant growth and development resulted from available soil moisture and nutrients. The test block received no beneficial rains after planting until mid-May. Due to the excellent growing conditions, the number of days to achieve 50% flowering ranged between 61 and 68 days. T he test block received no beneficial rainfall in June during the grain-fill stage, however, good yields were still attained. The test mean yield was 4,790 lb/A with 14 hybrids producing between 5,006 lb/A and 5,643 lb/A. Due to severe drought conditions in 2011 no r esults were published. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

51

Tabl

e 8A

. 20

13 T

hral

l Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Stile

s Fa

rm F

ound

atio

n, T

hral

l, Te

xas.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%%

%%

Wei

ght

lb/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.Lo

dge

Stan

dM

idge

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(4)

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

onsa

nto

Co.

ML

BZP

8759

71.

310

0.0

0.0

13.2

59.3

6,26

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EV®

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924™

Terr

al S

eed

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LR

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573

1.3

100.

00.

012

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744

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0D

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t Pio

neer

ML

RP

8856

41.

310

0.0

0.0

12.1

58.9

5,73

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o C

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00.

011

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ium

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eed

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536

0.5

100.

00.

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ium

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eed

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**

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546

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100.

00.

011

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542

3545

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den

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s G

enet

ics

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545

3.0

100.

00.

012

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494

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alb

DKS

44-2

0M

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nto

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556

0.0

100.

00.

012

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493

84G

62D

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t Pio

neer

ML

BZP

8854

40.

810

0.0

0.0

11.3

58.0

5,48

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eKal

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00.

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00.

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265

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00.

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tner

s, L

LCM

BZP

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1

52

Tabl

e 8A

. 20

13 T

hral

l Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Stile

s Fa

rm F

ound

atio

n, T

hral

l, Te

xas.

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pany

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sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

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tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%%

%%

Wei

ght

lb/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

ower

Inch

esIn

.Lo

dge

Stan

dM

idge

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(4)

SP69

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rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

ML

BZP

8554

72.

596

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013

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752

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rch

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4,34

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3373

7

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

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e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

(1)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(2)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(3)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(4)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

53

Tabl

e 8B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Thra

ll, T

exas

.

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pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

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nto

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pany

16,

262

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5,35

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5,62

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den

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s G

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nto

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pany

85,

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65,

301

----

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t Pio

neer

95,

488

214,

712

----

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nto

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pany

105,

445

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54

Tabl

e 8B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Thra

ll, T

exas

.

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pany

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1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

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ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

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29So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

314,

729

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----

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9061

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

ompa

ny32

4,56

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----

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x275

2 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

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ch33

4,47

926

4,06

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mph

See

d C

o.34

4,45

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3101

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nta

US

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354,

346

----

----

KS58

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m P

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ers,

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364,

240

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941

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nd W

ard

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pany

394,

012

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----

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d C

o.40

3,91

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----

--

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45 x

RTx

437

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

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3,62

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each

433,

432

----

----

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31 x

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436

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s A&

M A

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ife R

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3,07

329

2,67

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953™

Terr

al S

eed,

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----

15,

643

----

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1468

2Tr

ium

ph S

eed

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----

25,

370

----

DeK

alb

DKS

36-0

6M

onsa

nto

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pany

----

75,

281

----

TRX

9500

5Tr

ium

ph S

eed

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----

154,

993

----

Fill

(GA3

696)

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

ch--

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4,81

0--

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tegr

a G

3700

Wilb

ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny--

--22

4,69

8--

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78 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

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361

Triu

mph

See

d C

o.--

--27

3,78

2--

--In

tegr

a G

1117

2W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

----

283,

239

----

Num

ber o

f Ent

ries

4429

--

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)4,

823

4,79

0--

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11 N

ot P

ublis

hed

55

Table 9. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: FARMERSVILLE TEST: 2013 Rain-fed Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Kenneth Wright Farm, Farmersville, Texas COLLABORATOR: Russell Sutton SOIL TYPE: Houston black clay ROW WIDTH: 30" PREVIOUS CROP: Wheat LAND PREPARATION: Sprayed Roundup + Valor as a burn-down DATE PLANTED: 3-19-13: Planted flat with a belt cone planter mounted on JD

Max-Emerge 2 Units. PLOT LENGTH: 25.5' FERTILIZER: Applied at planting 6.5 gal/A of 10+34+0 (7.5 lb/A N + 25 lb/A P)

+ 1.0 qt/A Zn in-furrow Side-dressed 42 gal/A of 32+0+0 at lay-by (150 lb/A N) HERBICIDE: Applied 1.0 qt/A of Atrazine at planting Applied 1 pt/A of Clarity at layby INSECTICIDE: None, seeds were required to be treated with a seed insecticide RAINFALL: Rainfall was not recorded at the test block; however, according to

Mr. Sutton, the test block received timely and beneficial rains until late-June, then turned dry.

DATE HARVESTED: 8-22-13 with a JD 3300 plot combine equipped with Grain Gauge SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 25.5' long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 34 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final plant population of

approximately 65,000 plants per acre TEST MEAN: 6,106 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 6.96%

56

COMMENTS: Excellent yields were attained at this northern Blacklands test site. The season started with a full profile of moisture from fall and winter rains. The optimum planting date was delayed approximately two weeks due t o wet soil conditions. Seedling emergence was rapid and early plant growth resulted from a good fertilization program and addi tional rainfall. W eeds and g rasses were controlled with a post-plant application of Atrazine + Clarity. Good moisture conditions during the early part of the growing season and timely rainfall resulted in good yields at this site. P otential yields were probably reduced due to lack of beneficial rains and hot temperatures after flowering. The test mean yield was 6,109 lb/A compared to 6,413 lb/A in 2012. Four hybrids produced over 7,000 lb/A. Outstanding test weights were obtained with the range being from 57.5 lb/bu to 62.4 lb/bu. Lodging was observed in the test, but the incidence was very low. This was a uniform test as reflected by the C.V. of 6.96%. Appreciation is expressed to Mr. Russell Sutton for providing agronomic practices, monitoring the test, and s ecuring notes throughout the growing season. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

57

Tabl

e 9A

. 20

13 F

arm

ersv

ille G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Ke

nnet

h W

right

Far

m, F

arm

ersv

ille, T

exas

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Test

Yiel

dH

ybrid

Bran

dC

lass

Col

orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%%

%W

eigh

tlb

/AN

ame

(1)

(2)

(3)

Flow

erIn

ches

In.

Lodg

eSt

and

Moi

stur

elb

/bu

(4)

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

onsa

nto

Co.

ML

BZP

7657

40.

010

0.0

10.5

62.0

7,19

1In

tegr

a 36

70W

ilbur

-Ellis

Com

pany

/Inte

gra

ML

BZP

7255

40.

010

0.0

12.0

61.0

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284

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tner

s, L

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430

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M A

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580

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31 x

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436

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s A&

M A

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326

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162

58

Tabl

e 9A

. 20

13 F

arm

ersv

ille G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, Ke

nnet

h W

right

Far

m, F

arm

ersv

ille, T

exas

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pany

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sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

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tto

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tEx

ser-

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ybrid

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lass

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orC

olor

50%

Hei

ght

tion

%%

%W

eigh

tlb

/AN

ame

(1)

(2)

(3)

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erIn

ches

In.

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eSt

and

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stur

elb

/bu

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land

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d Se

ed C

o.M

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0.0

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2783

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s A&

M A

griL

ife R

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430

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s A&

M A

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ife R

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213

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91.

791

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23.8

829

9.54

7.01

8.39

0.63

6.96

L.S.

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053.

922.

131.

007.

169.

221.

510.

5561

5

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

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e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

Not

e 3:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

Rus

sell

Sutto

n, A

ssis

tant

Res

earc

h Sc

ient

ist,

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch,

Com

mer

ce, T

exas

for p

rovi

ding

assi

stan

ce in

pla

ntin

g, m

oint

orin

g, a

nd c

olle

ctin

g no

tes

thro

ugho

ut th

e gr

owin

g se

ason

.

(1)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(2)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(3)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(4)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s Pi

etsc

h, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

TX

(9

79) 8

45-8

505,

DPi

etsc

h@ag

.tam

u.ed

uPl

ease

vis

it th

e C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

59

Tabl

e 9B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Farm

ersv

ille, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

DeK

alb

DKS

51-0

1M

onsa

nto

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pany

17,

191

17,

120

----

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gra

3670

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ur-E

llis C

ompa

ny2

7,13

24

6,99

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ont P

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pany

56,

782

66,

732

15,

578

5556

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den

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nc.

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418

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hum

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tner

s, L

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99 x

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430

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s A&

M A

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852

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501

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nc.

285,

762

----

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31 x

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436

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s A&

M A

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ife R

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295,

326

146,

452

214,

215

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mph

See

d C

o., I

nc.

305,

162

----

----

60

Tabl

e 9B

. Th

ree

Year

Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Farm

ersv

ille, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

Exp

9059

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land

War

d Se

ed C

ompa

ny31

5,02

6--

----

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61

High Plains Perryton (L) Hereford (L) Lubbock (L) AverageYield (lb/ac) Yield (lb/ac) Yield (lb/ac) Relative Yield (%)

REV 9924 10563 9070 6796 100.0Pioneer 84P80 . 9018 6429 97.0Pioneer 84G62 . 8326 6759 95.6REV 9794 10388 8386 6366 94.9REV 9803 10318 7926 6442 93.3Dekalb DKC 53-67 . 9072 5873 93.2Pioneer 85Y40 10268 8201 6186 92.9Dekalb DKC 49-45 . 8835 6005 92.9REV 9973 9903 7650 6585 91.7BH 5566 10032 7967 . 91.4REV 9823 10198 7416 6231 90.0REV 9782 10016 7636 6048 89.3BH 5224 9553 7918 . 88.9TAMU ATx2752 x RTx430 9872 7736 5886 88.5REV 9562 9726 7939 5741 88.0REV 9883 9878 7849 5495 87.0GA 5613 9402 7630 . 86.6TAMU ATx399 x RTx430 8957 7319 5524 82.3GW 9480 8907 6655 . 78.8GA 5556 8505 6634 . 76.8KS 585 8839 6321 . 76.7TAMU ATx631 x RTx436 7994 7137 5062 76.3GA H390W 7794 6725 . 74.0GW 9059 8362 7626 3774 72.9TAMU ATx645 x RTx430 6544 6793 5308 71.6TAMU ATx378 x RTx430 5337 7152 5223 68.7TAMU ATx645 x RTx2783 4998 6893 5173 66.5SP 3425 7494 5488 . 65.7

2013 Grain Sorghum Performance Test

Note: Relative yields are calculated for each site by calculating the yield for each hybrid as a percentage of the best performing hybrid then averaged across all sites within each production

region. Hybrids must be entered at more than one location to be be included. (F) = full irrigation, (L) = limited Irrigation

62

Table 10. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: LUBBOCK TEST: 2013 Limited Irrigation Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center, Lubbock, Texas COOPERATORS: Dr. Gary Peterson and Mr. Mark Stelter SOIL TYPE: Amarillo loam ROW WIDTH: 40” PREVIOUS CROP: Cotton LAND PREPARATION: Chiseled, disked, bedded DATE PLANTED: May 20, 2013 PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a final plant population of

85,000 plants per acre PLOT LENGTH: 2 rows 17' FERTILIZER: 80-0-0 (liquid N) applied April 18, 2013 HERBICIDE: Applied 1.0 qt/A of MiloPro pre-plant. Dual applied 1pt/A over-

the-top four weeks after planting. INSECTICIDE: None RAINFALL: May- .75, June-1.93, July-3.41, August-2.12, Total-8.21 IRRIGATIONS: One pre-watering. One in season irrigation made on June 26,

with approximately 4.50 acre inches per irrigation. DATE HARVESTED: October 2, 2013 SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 17 foot of row TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block NUMBER ENTRIES: 27 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 5,701 lb/A TEST C.V.: 9.85%

63

COMMENTS: This excellent test was subjected to near normal temperature and growing season precipitation. T he test area was pre-irrigated and pl anted on May 20 into an excellent seed bed. The field received one pre-plant and one post-plant irrigation (about 30 days after planting). Normal irrigation protocol is for a s econd post-plant irrigation approximately 60 days after planting but due to July rainfall of 3.41” the second irrigation was not applied. Excellent yields (test mean of 5,701 lbs/A, CV of 9.85) were obtained. Thirteen hybrids produced in excess of 6,000 lbs/A. The test received excellent agronomic care. There was no w eed, disease or insect pressure in the test. A fter flowering flash tape was deployed in the test area. Bird damage was observed on only three entries, all early maturing. All plots (17’ gross length) were harvested on October 2 with a John Deere 3300 plot combine. Grain yield were adjusted to 14% moisture.

64

Tabl

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A. 2

013

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Gra

in S

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est,

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A. 2

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mar

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68

Table 11. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: HEREFORD

TEST: 2013 Irrigated Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Greg Urbanczyk Farm, Hereford, Texas COOPERATOR: Greg Urbanczyk COLLABORATOR: Rick Auckerman SOIL TYPE: Pullman clay loam ROW WIDTH: 30" PREVIOUS CROP: Dryland wheat DATE PLANTED: 5-29-13 with cones mounted on an Almaco planter using JD

Max-Emerge II units. PLANT POPULATION: Seed were packaged to plant a population of 70,000 plants/A PLOT LENGTH: 26’ FERTILIZER: 6-24-13: Broadcast 300 lb/A of.21+0+0+24 HERBICIDE: 13 oz/A of Huskie + 1.3 pts/A Dual + and 1 lb/A of Atrazine + 1

qt/A of Ag Pro applied at the end of June. INSECTICIDE: None, seeds were required to be treated with a seed insecticide RAINFALL: 13.8” of rain from late- May to late- August IRRIGATIONS: A pre-plant application of 4.5” was applied prior to planting

Furrow irrigated 5 times during the growing season totaling 12.5” DATE HARVESTED: 10-9-13 SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26 feet long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block. NUMBER ENTRIES: 32 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 7,551 lb/A; yields corrected to 14% moisture TEST C.V.: 11.88%

69

COMMENTS: An optimum planting date, good agronomic practices, along with beneficial and t imely rainfall were contributing factors that resulted in excellent yields at this site. The test block was planted on May 29 into a well prepared seedbed. Seedling emergence was rapid and ear ly plant growth and development resulted from a pre-plant irrigation applied prior to planting. Continuous plant growth and development resulted from moisture obtained by timely rains in May and June and a good irrigation schedule. Fertility for the test block was determined after the cooperator submitted a soil sample prior to planting. Essential plant nutrients were supplied by broadcasting a post-plant fertilizer. A tank mix herbicide provided good weed control; however, hand-weeding was required to eliminate weeds which emerged late in the season. Due to excellent moisture conditions and w arm temperatures, the number of days to attain 50% flowering ranged from 59 to 72 days. Additional moisture at grain fill contributed to excellent yields and test weights. The test mean yield was 7,551 lb/a compared to the past 2-year average of 6,193 lb/A. T hree hybrids produced between 9,019 lb/A and 9, 072 lb/A. The mean test weight was 59.8 lb/bu with the range being from 55.8 lb/bu to 61.5 lb/bu. Lodging was observed in the test block due to late-season stalk rot. Bird damage was not observed in the test block. A combination of flash tape and scare eyes were used as bird deterrents and did an effective job. Appreciation is expressed to Rick Auckerman, CEA Deaf Smith County, for monitoring the test block and securing the flowering notes at the appropriate time. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

70

Tabl

e 11

A. 2

013

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d G

rain

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form

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71

Tabl

e 11

A. 2

013

Her

efor

d G

rain

Sor

ghum

Per

form

ance

Tes

t, G

reg

Urb

ancz

yk F

arm

, Her

efor

d, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Des

.Te

stYi

eld

Hyb

ridBr

and

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

eigh

ttio

n%

Rat

ing

%W

eigh

tlb

/AN

ame

(1)

(2)

(3)

Flow

erIn

ches

In.

Lodg

e(4

)M

oist

ure

lb/b

u(5

)N

K541

8So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

MBZ

P62

457

12.5

8.9

10.9

58.3

5,71

5SP

3425

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

EBZ

P59

427

5.0

8.7

10.7

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52.3

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59.8

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1.90

1.14

9.20

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1.57

1.23

1,29

4

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

Not

e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

Not

e 3:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

Ric

k Au

kerm

an, D

eaf S

mith

Cou

nty

CEA

for s

ecur

ing

flow

erin

g da

ta a

nd m

aint

aini

ng th

e te

st b

lock

thro

ugho

ut th

e gr

owin

g se

ason

.

(1)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(2)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(3)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(4)

Des

irabi

lity

ratin

g ke

y is

as

follo

ws:

1=V

ery

Poor

; 10

=Exc

elle

nt

(5)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s Pi

etsc

h, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

TX

(9

79) 8

45-8

505,

DPi

etsc

h@ag

.tam

u.ed

uPl

ease

vis

it th

e C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

72

Tabl

e 11

B. T

hree

Yea

r Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Her

efor

d, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

DeK

alb

DKS

53-6

7M

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19,

072

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482

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s A&

M A

griL

ife R

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45 x

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437

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s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

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793

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n Ac

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etic

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W 9

480

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land

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d Se

ed

276,

655

----

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5556

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den

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s G

enet

ics

286,

634

77,

784

----

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5So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

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296,

321

----

----

NK

7829

So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

306,

269

----

183,

541

73

Tabl

e 11

B. T

hree

Yea

r Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Her

efor

d, T

exas

.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

NK5

418

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LC31

5,71

5--

----

--SP

3425

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LC32

5,48

8--

----

--R

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al S

eed

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f Ent

ries

3220

18

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)7,

551

7,37

45,

011

74

Table 12. AGRONOMIC AND TEST INFORMATION: PERRYTON TEST: 2013 Irrigated Grain Sorghum Performance Test LOCATION: Eric Philipp Farm located approximately 18 miles south of,

Perryton, Texas COOPERATORS: Eric Philipp COLLABORATORS: Scott Strawn and J. R. Sprague SOIL TYPE: Pullman silty clay loam ROW WIDTH: 30" PREVIOUS CROP: Cotton LAND PREPARATION: Sweep plowed in March, broadcast fertilizer and incorporated

with Vertical Till DATE PLANTED: 5-22-13 PLANT POPULATION: Seeds were packaged to obtain a planting population of

approximately 60,000 plants/A. PLOT LENGTH: 26’ FERTILIZER: Broadcast 150+50+0+5(Zn)+10(S) on 5-15-13 HERBICIDE: Applied Cinch @ label rate Pre-plant, Irrigated in to activate INSECTICIDE: None; seeds were required to be treated with a seed insecticide RAINFALL: 1.61” during the growing season IRRIGATIONS: Applied 18.0” thru center pivot irrigation system between 5-23-13

to 8-20-13”. DATE HARVESTED: 10-23-13 SIZE HARVESTED PLOT: 2 rows, 26’ long TEST DESIGN: Randomized complete block using REMLTOOL for analysis NUMBER ENTRIES: 35 NUMBER REPLICATIONS: 4 NUMBER ROWS/PLOT: 2 TEST MEAN: 8,887 lb/A TEST C.V.: 11.25%

75

COMMENTS: This was an outstanding test with seven hybrids producing over 10,000 lb/A. T imely rainfall and irrigation during the growing season enhanced final yields. Excellent bushel weights were also obtained. Appreciation is expressed to Scott Strawn and J. R. Sprague, Texas AgriLife Extension Agents, Ochiltree and Lipscomb,County respectively, for providing assistance to this test. *** For further information about this report, contact Mr. Dennis Pietsch, Crop Testing Director, Texas AgriLife Research, College Station, TX (979) 845-8505, [email protected] Please visit the Crop Testing web page at http://varietytesting.tamu.edu

76

Tabl

e 12

A. 2

013

Perr

yton

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Eric

Phi

lipp

Farm

, Per

ryto

n, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Des

.%

Test

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dYi

eld

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ridBr

and

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

t.tio

n%

%R

atin

gM

ois-

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ght

lb/A

bu/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

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and

(4)

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nto

Co.

ME

BZP

6655

72.

5010

0.0

9.2

13.8

61.6

9,23

316

4.9

ATx3

99 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

BZP

6853

57.

5090

.09.

012

.857

.48,

957

159.

9G

W 9

480

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

RP

6859

58.

2510

0.0

9.2

14.5

62.2

8,90

715

9.0

5745

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

ER

P63

517

0.00

100.

09.

113

.357

.78,

883

158.

6KS

585

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

BZP

6549

51.

2510

0.0

9.0

12.9

59.4

8,83

915

7.8

GW

932

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

ML

RP

7157

313

.75

97.5

8.9

14.4

61.8

8,57

215

3.1

5556

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

ME

RP

6552

65.

0010

0.0

9.0

12.3

60.2

8,50

515

1.9

DeK

alb

Bran

d D

KS37

-07

Mon

sant

o C

o.M

EBZ

P63

535

2.50

100.

09.

114

.061

.18,

433

150.

6

Exp

9059

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.M

EBZ

P63

569

0.00

100.

09.

213

.158

.68,

362

149.

3N

K663

8So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

MBZ

P72

536

10.0

010

0.0

8.9

13.8

60.4

8,27

814

7.8

ATx6

31 x

RTx

436

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

ML

WT

7359

50.

0093

.89.

213

.261

.27,

994

142.

8Ex

p 90

10G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

M

BZP

6656

527

.50

100.

08.

513

.960

.57,

832

139.

9H

390W

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

ME

CR

P67

486

1.75

92.5

8.8

13.0

58.8

7,79

413

9.2

77

Tabl

e 12

A. 2

013

Perr

yton

Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Eric

Phi

lipp

Farm

, Per

ryto

n, T

exas

.

Com

pany

Day

sH

ead

orM

atur

ityG

rain

Plan

tto

Plan

tEx

ser-

Des

.%

Test

Yiel

dYi

eld

Hyb

ridBr

and

Cla

ssC

olor

Col

or50

%H

t.tio

n%

%R

atin

gM

ois-

Wei

ght

lb/A

bu/A

Nam

e(1

)(2

)(3

)Fl

ower

In.

In.

Lodg

eSt

and

(4)

ture

lb/b

u(5

)(6

)SP

3425

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

EBZ

P61

405

0.00

100.

08.

813

.659

.17,

494

133.

8K3

5-Y5

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LCM

EC

TP

6046

60.

0010

0.0

8.9

13.1

58.5

7,47

313

3.4

ATx6

45 x

RTx

437

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

MR

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566

12.5

075

.08.

614

.460

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544

116.

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x R

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A&M

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earc

hM

LBZ

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586

15.0

055

.07.

812

.659

.05,

337

95.3

ATx6

45 x

RTx

2783

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

MR

R73

586

25.0

065

.08.

414

.262

.04,

998

89.2

Mea

n67

.153

.85.

54.

396

.39.

013

.560

.28,

887

158.

7C

.V.

2.79

3.40

12.9

918

3.04

6.6

3.3

7.42

1.57

11.2

511

.25

L.S.

D. .

052.

692.

631.

0211

.27

9.1

0.4

NS

1.37

1,43

625

.6

Not

e 1:

All

data

was

ana

lyze

d us

ing

REM

LTO

OL.

L.S

.D.'s

are

giv

en fo

r tra

its th

at w

ere

sign

ifica

ntly

diff

eren

t at P

<.05

.

Not

e 2:

Tho

se h

ybrid

s en

tere

d by

Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

are

bein

g te

sted

as

expe

rimen

tal c

heck

hyb

rids

Not

e 3:

App

reci

atio

n is

exp

ress

ed to

Mr.

Scot

t Stra

wn,

Och

iltre

e C

ount

y C

EA, f

or s

ecur

ing

flow

erin

g da

ta a

nd m

aint

aini

ng th

e te

st b

lock

thro

ugho

ut th

e gr

owin

g se

ason

. Al

so to

Mr.

J. R

. Spr

ague

, Lip

scom

b C

ount

y C

EA, f

or a

ssis

ting

in p

lant

ing

the

test

.

(1)

Mat

urity

cla

ssifi

catio

n de

sign

ated

by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: E=

Early

, M

=Med

ium

, M

L=M

ediu

m L

ate,

L=L

ate.

Tho

se h

ybrid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it m

atur

ity.

(2)

Gra

in c

olor

des

igna

ted

by re

spec

tive

seed

com

pani

es:

R=R

ed,

Bz=B

ronz

e, W

=Whi

te,

Cm

=Cre

am, Y

=Yel

low

.

Thos

e hy

brid

s w

ith a

n as

teris

k (*

) ind

icat

es c

ompa

ny d

id n

ot s

ubm

it gr

ain

colo

r.

(3)

Plan

t col

or d

esig

nate

d by

resp

ectiv

e se

ed c

ompa

nies

: T=

Tan,

R=R

ed,

P=Pu

rple

. Th

ose

hybr

ids

with

an

aste

risk

(*) i

ndic

ates

com

pany

did

not

subm

it pl

ant c

olor

.

(4)

Des

irabi

lity

ratin

g ke

y is

as

follo

ws:

1=V

ery

Poor

; 10

=Exc

elle

nt

(5)

Yiel

ds c

orre

cted

to 1

4% m

oist

ure

(6)

lb/A

/56

For f

urth

er in

form

atio

n ab

out t

his

repo

rt, c

onta

ct M

r. D

enni

s Pi

etsc

h, C

rop

Test

ing

Dire

ctor

, Tex

as A

&M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch,

Col

lege

Sta

tion,

TX

(9

79) 8

45-8

505,

DPi

etsc

h@ag

.tam

u.ed

uPl

ease

vis

it th

e C

rop

Test

ing

web

page

at h

ttp://

varie

tyte

stin

g.ta

mu.

edu

78

Tabl

e 12

B. T

hree

Yea

r Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Perr

yton

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

REV

® R

V992

4™Te

rral

See

d In

c.1

10,5

63--

----

--R

EV®

RV9

794™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

210

,388

----

----

REV

® R

V980

3™Te

rral

See

d In

c.3

10,3

186

5,56

6--

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Y40

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ont P

ione

er4

10,2

682

6,21

512

7,29

2R

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823™

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al S

eed

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510

,199

95,

281

----

BH 5

566

B-H

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etic

s6

10,0

3218

4,63

3--

--R

EV®

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782™

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al S

eed

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710

,016

16,

642

----

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rral

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d In

c.8

9,90

319

4,50

4--

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883™

Terr

al S

eed

Inc.

99,

878

55,

610

----

ATx2

752

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h10

9,87

213

4,97

92

8,91

7

BH 3

822

B-H

Gen

etic

s11

9,81

7--

----

--R

EV®

RV9

562™

Terr

al S

eed

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129,

726

85,

297

----

85G

03D

uPon

t Pio

neer

139,

629

----

147,

152

86G

32D

uPon

t Pio

neer

149,

595

----

----

BH 5

224

B-H

Gen

etic

s15

9,55

3--

----

--

DeK

alb

DKS

44-2

0M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

169,

467

35,

632

117,

348

GA

5613

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

179,

402

115,

181

----

DeK

alb

DKS

38-8

8M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

189,

233

----

----

ATx3

99 x

RTx

430

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

198,

957

154,

827

88,

203

GW

948

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

208,

907

----

----

5745

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

218,

883

----

----

KS 5

85So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

228,

839

----

----

GW

932

0G

ayla

nd W

ard

Seed

Co.

238,

572

----

----

GA

5556

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

248,

505

164,

823

----

DeK

alb

DKS

37-0

7M

onsa

nto

Com

pany

258,

433

75,

335

98,

184

Exp

9059

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.26

8,36

2--

----

--N

K 66

38So

rghu

m P

artn

ers,

LLC

278,

278

----

----

ATx6

31 x

RTx

436

Texa

s A&

M A

griL

ife R

esea

rch

287,

994

45,

614

58,

739

Exp

9010

Gay

land

War

d Se

ed C

o.29

7,83

2--

----

--H

390W

Gol

den

Acre

s G

enet

ics

307,

794

----

----

79

Tabl

e 12

B. T

hree

Yea

r Sum

mar

y (2

011-

2013

) Gra

in S

orgh

um P

erfo

rman

ce T

est,

Perr

yton

, Tex

as.

Com

pany

or20

1320

1320

1220

1220

1120

11H

ybrid

Bran

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dR

ank

Yiel

dN

ame

lb/A

lb/A

lb/A

SP 3

425

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LC31

7,49

4--

----

--K3

5-Y5

Sorg

hum

Par

tner

s, L

LC32

7,47

3--

----

--AT

x645

x R

Tx43

7Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h33

6,54

4--

----

--AT

x378

x R

Tx43

0Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h34

5,33

722

4,01

11

9,05

4AT

x645

x R

x278

3Te

xas

A&M

Agr

iLife

Res

earc

h35

4,99

8--

----

--

BH 3

808

B-H

Gen

etic

s--

--10

5,23

1--

--D

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KS36

-06

Mon

sant

o C

ompa

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4--

--R

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al S

eed

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----

144,

853

----

84P8

0D

uPon

t Pio

neer

----

174,

682

----

BH 5

350

B-H

Gen

etic

s--

--20

4,48

7--

--84

G62

Pion

eer H

i-Bre

d In

t., In

c--

--21

4,42

7--

--N

umbe

r Ent

ries

3522

19

Test

Mea

n Yi

eld

(lb/A

)8,

887

5,13

37,

754

80

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Appreciation for assistance and c ooperation in conducting these tests is expressed to the following. Farmers: Bryce Britsch (Hondo Test) Dean Hansen (Danevang Test), Allan Hunt (Gregory Test), Erich Philipp (Perryton Test), Greg Urbanczyck (Hereford Test), and Kenneth Wright (Farmersville Test). Texas A&M AgriLife Research Personnel: Delroy Collins, Stephen Labar, Robert Myatt, Mark Stelter, and Russell Sutton. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Personnel: Archie Abrameit, Rick Auckerman, Dr. Dennis Coker, Jason Ott, and Scott Strawn. Other contributers: Personell at Rio Farms near Monte Alto, Texas: Andy Scott, Eddie Hernandez, and Juan Garza. Appreciation is also expressed to Monsanto Company for providing the herbicide Roundup, that was used to maintain alleyways at the test sites. Appreciation is also expressed to student workers Cameron Dorsett, Ryan Perez, and Mike Valenti for their assitance in conducting the tests.

LITERATURE CITED

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