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KENTUCKY GRAIN SORGHUM
PERFORMANCE TESTS
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Progress Report 85
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December l959
Q University of Kentucky
Kentucky Agriculturol Experiment Stotion
Lexington

 LOCATIONS or THE 1959 GRAIN
SORGHUM PERFORMANCE TESTS
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Location agglied Sgacing Planted Harvested
L Owensboro Test not harvested.
Cooperator Wayland Givens
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1OT. manure
Cooperator Western Ky.
Substation
5. Franklin 80# N QO#P2O M2" June 5 Oct. 14
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Cooperator Paul T. Garrett
Q. Lexington 4UO# 12-12-12 4G" May 8 Oct. 22
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 A RESULTS OF THE KENTUCKY GRAIN SORGHUM
PERFORMANCE TESTS - 1959
Jo F• Shane
. 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
obtained from grain sorghum plantings made at various lo-
cations in the state. The grain sorghum tests consisted
of lo hybrids and 16 varieties. Each hybrid or variety
was planted in 2-row plots l0 feet long in each of M rep-
lications. Also presented in this report @5 data from an
eleven entry sorghum silage test at Franklin.
Heads in the tests at Franklin and Lexington were
bagged to prevent bird damage. 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.
The test at Owensboro was not harvested this year due
to flooding of the field in June. Crab grass and weeds
were abundant in the tests.
Average yields for the tests at Princeton, Franklin
and Lexington were o7.5, 57.3 and b7.9 bushels per acre,
respectively. The average yield for all locations was
6M.l bushels per acre.
The following tables present one—year summaries for
Princeton, Franklin and Lexington, two-year summaries for
Franklin and Lexington, and the summary of the silage test
at Franklin.
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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 l5.0 percent moisture and
56 pounds per bushel. Adjustments were made for bird `
damage and for significant variations in stand. Silage
yields are reported in tons per acre of dry matter.
2. Moisture. Samples for moisture determinations were
taken from the bulked grain of all replications.
5. Height. The distance from the base of the plant to
the top of the plant is reported in inches for grain
sorghum and in feet for silage sorghum.
4. Head Exsertion. The distance between the top leaf and
the base of the head. This characteristic is reported
as G — good, F - fair, and P - poor. Varieties with
good head exsertion are more easily combined because
less plant material will be passed through the combine.
5 Lodging. Plants leaning at an angle of more than 50
degrees from the vertical are considered lodged. A
b. Qroken Peduncles. Plants that are broken between the
top leaf and the head.
Z Test Weight. Test weight or weight per bushel is one
of 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 un-
less the grain is down-graded by another factor.
8. gate Headed. The number of days after July l when 50
pv ent of the heads have emerged from the leaf sheath.
9. L. S. D. The abbreviation "L.S.D." means least signif-
icant difference. Two varieties differing in yield by
less than the L.S.D. cannot be said to differ in yield
in ‘hat particular test if one wishes to oe correct at
;.tast 9D percent of the time.
4lV,_,·_. An estimate of the amount of seed QPOGuC€d on
the head compared to the total which could have oeen
produced.
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 VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS TESTED
Varieties
Combine 7078 Dwarf Sagrain
Redbine 60 Texas 07
D D Schrock Kafir 25ll (yellow endosperm)
~ Early Kalo Combine Shallu
Martin Caprock
Texas 74 Redlan
Redbine 58 Texas O4
Plainsman Westland
Midland Combine Kafir 60
Hybrids Source of Hybrids
C-44a DeKalb Agricultural
D·50a A'ssn. DeKalb, Ill.
D-55
E·56a
F-62a
F-65
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P.A.G. 4258 Pfister Associated Growers, Inc.
P.A.G. 4555 Auroura, Illinois and Huntsville,
P.A.G. 5l5S Alabama
Texas 60l Texas Agricultural Exp. Substation
Texas 6ll Lubbock, Texas
Texas 620
RS 501 Nebraska Agricultural Experiment
RS 590 Station, Lincoln, Nebraska
RS 608
RS 6lO
RS 650
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 Table 4. Two-year summary of performance or grain sorghum
at Franklin, Ky. 1956-1959
Variety or Yield Moisture Plant Head Broken
hybrid Bu/A % Height Exsertion Pedunc1e
Inches %
Combine 7076 60.4 11.6 40 P 25
Redbine 60 52.5 12.5 49 G 15
D-50a 61.9 11.9 52 F+ 22
Texas 601 67.6 15.5 50 G+ 17
RS 610 74.0 12.5 46 G 11
marly Kalo 61.5 12.9 44 VG 7
Martin 59.2 11.6 44 G 12
Texas 74 65.6 11.5 47 G 6
Redbine 58 61 .6 11. 5 47 G 22
P.A.G. 455s 75.5 11.1 45 G 16
Plainsman 70.6 12.6 44 F+ 17
Midland 59.6 11.5 45 F 5
RS 590 67.1 12.0 50 G 10
Texas 611 65.0 12.5 51 G 6
F-62.6 65.9 11.9 49 G *7
Texas O7 61.5 11.9 44 G 25
P.A.G. 425S 71.4 11.6 44 G 16
RS 650 74.2 11.9 44 F 11
Combine Sha11u65.6 12.5 57 G 41
Texas 620 65.5 11.5 50 F 6
Caprock 72.6 12.4 45 F- 16
Redlan 64.7 12.7 52 F 6 .
E-56a 70.9 10.9 46 G 21
Texas O4 60.6 12.2 46 G 57
Westland 55.7 12.9 42 G- 9
C-44a 66.1 11.6 44 F+ 14
P.A.G. 515S 79.4 11.5 50 G- 12
Combine Kafir 62.5 12.7 49 F 4
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 Table 5. Two—year summary of performance of grain sorghum
at Lexington, Ky. 1f56-1959
Variety or Yield Moisture Plant Head Date
hybrid Bu/A % Height Exsertion Headed
Inches
Combine 7076 64.9 22.7 45 F- 35
Redbine 60 61.1 21.2 47 G- 29
` D-50a 109.6 20.2 51 G- 27
Texas 601 104.4 21.2 46 F+ 30
RS 610 ——- 20.7 47 G- 26
Early Kalo --- 21.4 41 F+ 24
Martin —-- 19.2 44 G- 29
Texas 74 94.4 21.1 46 G 54
Redbine 58 cw.0 21.6 45 G 29
P.A.G. 455S 90.6 21.5 42 G 29
Plainsman 96.6 21.7 42 F 55
Midland ——— 20.6 41 F+ 28
RS 590 95.0 22.6 46 G- 29
Texas 611 102.6 25.7 46 G 51
F—62a 104.4 20.2 47 G- 50
Texas 07 65.6 22.6 44 F+ 55
P.A.G. 4258 95·3 22.6 41 G- 26
RS 650 92.7 20.5 41 G- 29
Combine Sha11u62.5 20.6 54 G+ 55
Texas 620 --- 20.7 50 G 26
Caprock 65.6 21.7 42 E 55
Redlan 76.6 25.7 46 F 56
E—56a 101.7 20.6 46 F+ 50
Texas 04 91.5 20.1 44 F+ 52
Nestland 66.2 20.1 40 F+ 29
C-44a 96.1 21.9 45 F+ 50
P.A.G. 5158 104.2 25.6 47 G- 52
Combine Kafir 75.9 22.9 49 F 55
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 Table b. Sorghum silage experiment grown at Franklin, Ky.
1959
Dr; Matter Seed Plant Lodging
Total in head Set Height %
Tons/A % % rt
Sart 14.6 O 10.0 0
Tracy 8.5 O 8.0 2
RS 501F 7.2 21 80 8.5 8
RS 303F 8.6 0 8.5 2
FS-1 8.1 50 8.0 1
Atlas 7.5 O 8.5 1 ·
Axtell 5.7 50 8.0 1
Norkan 5.5 25 100 8.0 14
Leoti 5.4 25 100 7.5 19
Rox 8.7 51 100 8.0 2
Hegari 5.0 52 100 5.0 1
Means 7•7 8.0 5.4
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