xt78cz323m3k https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt78cz323m3k/data/mets.xml   Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. 1963 journals 133 English Lexington : Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Progress report (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n.133 text Progress report (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n.133 1963 2014 true xt78cz323m3k section xt78cz323m3k I I Results of the
E K E N T U C KY
S   GRAIN SORGHUM
I PERFORMANCE TESTS
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
{ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
I DEPARTMENT OF AGR0N0MY
LEXINGTON

 LOCATION OF THE 1963 GRAIN I
SORGHUM PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
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Fertilizer Row Date Date
Location agglied Sgacing Planted Harveste-
1. Princeton 10 T manure A2" May 17 Sept. lf
Cooperator: Western Ky.
Substation
2. Franklin Test not harvested
Cooperator: Frank Moody
3. Lexington 600 lb 12-12-12 &O" May 9 Oct. lh
Cooperator: Ky. Agr. Exp. Sta. I

 RESULTS QE THE KENTUCKY GRAIN SORGHUM
PERFORMANCE TESTS - l9b3
, I J. F. Shane, H. R. Richards and Leo A. Link
— The objective of the Kentucky Grain Sorghum Performance
Test is to provide an estimate of the relative performance of
~ grain sorghum hybrids and varieties.
This report presents yield and other agronomic data ob-
_ tained from grain sorghum plantings made at various locations
in the state. The grain sorghum tests consisted of 18 hybrids
» and 7 varieties. Each hybrid or variety was planted in 2-row
plots in each of 4 replications.
when tests are grown near highly populated areas, which
' serve as roosting places for birds, they are more subject to
attack by birds than they are in open fields. Field data for
the test were not adjusted for the minor damage which did occur.
The test at Franklin was not harvested because of excessive
bird damage.
The average bushel per·acre yields for the tests were:
° Princeton, 98.4 and Lexington, 102.4. The average yield for
the hybrids at all locations was 104.9 bushels per acre and
that for the varieties 88.9 bushels per acre.
The following tables present data for the 1963 annual
- summary for the state and one- and three—year summaries for
Princeton and Lexington. ~
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EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT
l. Yield. Yields of grain sorghum are reported as bushels
per acre of threshed grain at 13.0 percent moisture and
56 pounds per bushel. Adjustments were made for signif-
icant variations in stand.
2. Moisture. Samples for moisture determinations were taken n
from the bulked grain of all replications. .
3. Height. The distance from the base of the plant to the - -
top of the plant is reported in inches. _
4. Lodging. Plants leaning at an angle of more than 30
degrees from the vertical are considered lodged.
5. Test Weight. Test weight or weight per bushel is one of K `
the quality factors used in determining the grade that
is assigned in commercial marketing of grain. The higher
the test weight, the higher the market value unless the l
grain is down-graded by another factor.
6. Date Flowered. The number of days after July l when 50 v
percent of the heads have flowered. ‘
7. L.S.D. The abbreviation "L.s.d." means least signifi-
cant difference. Two varieties differing in yield by
less than the L.s.d. cannot be said to differ in yield
in that particular test if one wishes to be correct at
least 95 percent of the time.
8. Head Type. Plants with the most open heads are given a
rating of l and those with the most compact heads a _
rating of 5.
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 5 VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS TESTED
. Varieties
` Martin Combine Shallu
Redbine 58 Caprock
‘ Plainsman Westland
- . Midland
' Hybrids Source of Hybrids
Texas 601 Texas Agricultural Experiment
L Texas 611 Substation, Lubbock
Texas 620
_ RS 501 Nebraska Agricultural Experiment
RS 608 Station, Lincoln
I RS 610
RS 616
; RS 621
X-1510 DeKalb Agricultural Association
X-1590 DeKalb, Illinois
. Frontier QOOC Frontier Hybrids, Inc.
Frontier 67X Scott City, Kansas
NK 222 Northrup, King Co.
NK 227 Minneapolis 13, Minnesota
NK XBOQ9
Apache Paymaster Seed Farms
Kiowa Box 1632
u Plainview, Texas
AKS 616 Agricultural Experiment Station
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Table 1. Annual summary of grain sorgnum in Kentucky. 1903
Plant Head Date* Test h
Hybrid or Yield Mois. height type flow- weight
Variety Bu/acre Z inches rating ered lbs/bu
HYBRID
AKS 614 118.3 14.9 43 1.0 31 58.0
DeKalb
X-1510 116.8 15.4 45 1.0 32 58.3 _
X-1590 114.7 14.8 51 2.0 34 60.1
Frontier: I
400C 105.3 14.5 47 4.0 30 57.6
67X 97.3 14.1 36 2.8 31 58.2
N.K. 222 104.1 13.9 38 2.6 31 58.1 _
N.K. 227 94.8 13.3 43 3.0 32 56.0 I ‘
N.K. X3049 107.1 14.0 42 3.0 32 57.1 ·
Paymaster:
Apache 109.1 15.4 44 3.3 37 57.5 ·
Kiowa 114.3 14.1 48 4.0 32 59.1
RS 501 95.2 14.3 55 2.0 26 59.8
RS 608 89.4 13.5 41 2.9 33 57.3 I
RS 610 116.5 14.0 46 4.0 30 58.4
RS 616 99.5 13.9 32 2.9 35 55.5 .
RS 621 96.2 12.6 36 1.5 33 58.0
Texas 601 102.1 13.9 45 3.9 32 58.2 '
Texas 611 115.8 15.1 50 4.3 34 59.8
Texas 620 91.4 14.3 42 4.0 32 57.8 `
Hybrid Av. 104.9 14.2 44 2.9 32 58.0
VARIETY
Caprock 84.2 16.3 38 4.1 37 56.2
Combine 91.0 16.9 49 1.0 39 59.9
Shallu
Martin 91.6 13.5 42 2.8 35 60.3 .
Midland 88.7 13.4 38 3.8 32 57.0
Plainsman 95.0 14.6 38 4.0 35 56.8
Redbine 58 91.8 13.4 43 3.4 33 58.7 b
Westland 80.1 14.0 37 4.0 34 59.0 “
Variety Av. 88.9 14.6 41 3.3 35 58.3 .
Test Av. 100.4 14.3 43 3.0 33 58.1
L.S.D. 10.8
* Data obtained at Lexington only.
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 _ Table 2. Performance of grain sorghum grown at
Princeton, Kentucky 1963
Q Plant Head Test
‘ Hybrid or Yield Mois. height type weight
Variety Bu/acre Z inches rating lbs/bu
. HYBRID
AKS 614 105.9 14.2 39 1.0 58.2
g DeKalb:
X-1510 110.3 14.6 44 1.0 58.6
X-1590 113.0 14.5 50 2.0 59.8
Frontier:
" 400C 100.6 13.4 44 5.0 56.8
. 67X 90.4 14.0 34 3.0 58.5
N.K. 222 103.7 13.5 36 3.0 58.4
N.K. 227 85.0 13.3 39 3.0 55.8
N.K. X3049 100.2 13.7 40 3.0 57.2
5 Paymaster:
A Apache 102.8 14.4 39 5.0 58.6
Kiowa 111.4 13.9 44 5.0 58.5
· RS 501 94.7 13.7 56 2.0 59.4
RS 608 95.7 13.0 40 3.0 56.6
‘ RS 610 115.8 13.8 45 5.0 57.4
RS 616 98.1 13.0 32 3.0 57.1
“ RS 621 93.7 12.8 34 1.0 57.0
Texas 601 101.3 13.4 41 5.0 58.2
Texas 611 115.0 14.2 46 5.0 59.5
_ Texas 620 81.9 14.0 40 5.0 58.3
_ Hybrid Av. 101.1 13.7 41 3.3 58.0
* VARIETY
Caprock 79.0 13.6 36 5.0 56.8
Combine 97.8 14.2 46 1.0 61.3 `
Shallu
Martin 90.0 13.6 38 3.0 61.3
Midland 99.3 13.4 40 5.0 58.5
_ Plainsman 93.5 14.1 36 5.0 57.7
3 Redbine 58 97.1 13.2 38 4.0 58.5
Westland 82.6 13.6 34 5.0 59.2
Variety Av. 91.3 13.7 38 4.0 59.0
Test Av. 98.4 13.7 40 3.5 58.3
a L.S.D. .05 16.5
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Table 3. Three—year sum ary of grain sorghum at
Princeton, Kentucky 1961-63 V.
s
Plant Head Test
Hybrid or Yield Mois height type weight
Variety Bu/acre Z inches rating 1bs/bu
HYBRID
Frontier ’
400C 101.5 13.4 50 4.3 54.0
RS 501 93.4 13.6 62 3.0 57.4
RS 608 101.7 12.5 50 3.7 55.4
RS 610 108.0 12.8 53 4.3 55.3 _
Texas 601 100.7 13.4 53 4.7 56.7
Texas 611 110.1 14.1 55 5.0 57.6
Texas 620 89.3 13.7 51 4.3 55.9 ·
Hybrid Av. 100.7 13.4 53 4.2 56.0 5
VARIETY ‘
Caprock 87.6 13.1 45 4.7 52.2 .
Combine 86.4 13.6 54 1.0 56.7 1
Shallu
Martin 98.7 12.6 50 3.0 58.0
Midland 83.6 13.2 49 5.0 53.7 _
Plainsman 83.8 12.8 46 5.0 52.0 `
Redbine 58 95.8 12.9 51 3.0 56.1
Westland 71.0 13.3 42 4.7 54.2
Variety Av. 86.7 13.1 48 3.8 54.7
Average 93.7 13.2 51 4.0 55.4
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 ·, Table 4. Performance of grain sorghum grown at
Lexington, Kentucky 1963
_ Plant Head Date Test
Hybrid or Yield Mois. height type flow- weight
, Variety Bu/acre Z inches rating ered lbs/bu
` HYBRID
AKS 614 130.6 15.5 48 1.0 31 57.7
“ DeKalb:
r X-1510 123.3 16.1 46 1.0 32 58.0
X—159O 116.4 15.0 53 2.0 34 60.4
· Frontier:
40OC 109.9 15.5 49 3.0 30 58.4
" 67X 104.2 14.2 37 2.5 31 57.8
N.K. 222 104.5 14.3 39 2.2 31 57.8
N.K. 227 104.5 13.2 46 3.0 32 56.2
. N.K. X3049 114.0 14.2 44 3.0 32 57.0
Paymaster
Apache 115.4 16.4 48 3.5 37 56.3
V Kiowa 117.1 14.2 51 3.0 32 59.6
` RS 501 95.7 14.8 55 2.0 26 60.2
RS 608 83.0 14.0 42 2.8 33 57.9
RS 610 117.1 14.2 48 3.0 30 59.3
3 RS 616 100.9 14.8 33 2.8 35 53.8
RS 621 98.6 12.4 37 2.0 33 59.0
Texas 601 102.8 14.3 50 2.8 32 58.1
Texas 611 116.6 16.0 54 3.5 34 60.1
‘ Texas 620 100.8 14.5 44 3.0 32 57.3
` Hybrid Av. 108.6 14.6 46 2.6 32 58.0
VARIETY ‘
Caprock 89.4 18.9 40 3.2 37 55.5
Combine 84.1 19.6 52 1.0 39 58.4
Shallu
Martin 93.2 13.3 46 2.5 35 59.2
Midland 78.1 13.4 40 2.5 32 55.4
= Plainsman 96.5 15.0 41 3.0 35 55.8
Redbine 58 86.5 13.6 48 2.8 33 58.8
Westland 77.5 14.3 39 3.0 34 58.8
Variety Av. 86.5 15.4 44 2.6 35 57.4
Test Av. 102.4 14.9 45 2.6 33 57.9
" L.S.D. .05 13.9
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Table 5. Three-year summary of grain sorghum at X
Lexington, Kentucky 1961-63 ~
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Plant Head Date Test*
Hybrid or Yield Mois. height type flow- weight ,
Variety Bu/acre Z inches rating ered lbs/bu
HYBRID
n
Frontier
400C 113.0 22.7 60 3.6 31 57.3
RS 501 95.7 18.1 61 2.7 23 58.1
RS 608 96.0 21.7 50 3.3 29 58.0
RS 610 111.7 19.5 54 3.6 29 57.7 -
Texas 601 94.3 20.0 56 3.6 30 58.4
Texas 611 105.2 22.5 59 3.8 32 57.9 ‘
Texas 620 96.8 20.9 52 3.6 32 57.8 _
Hybrid Av. 101.8 20.8 56 3.5 29 57.9
VARIETY _'
Caprock 94.0 24.7 49 3.1 35 55.7 Q
Combine 95.5 23.3 59 1.0 38 59.4
Shallu
Martin 87.4 18.0 51 3.5 31 57.9
Midland 74.5 18.6 49 3.5 28 56.2 '
Plainsman 97.2 25.1 46 3.7 34 54.5
Redbine 58 87.3 19.5 54 3.3 29 58.6
Westland 82.8 17.0 43 3.6 30 58.1 ,
Variety Av. 88.4 20.9 50 3.1 32 57.2
Average 95.1 20.8 53 3.3 31 57.5
*Two-year data
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