D2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30, 1999 1998 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports pennState Cooperative Extension Pennsylvania Commercial Hybrid Corn Tests Report Short-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 1) 1998 results COMBINED ENTRIES Table 1 Short season hybrid performance (Maturity Zone 1) Combined Penn Slate Commercial Entries (average ot six locations) BRAND HYBRID DEKALB DK43I COBBLERS 23XA SEEDWAY E 328 DOEBLERS 252 X PIONEER 37M81 AGWAY AG2OS TERRA E 658 CARGILL 2827 DEKALB DK449 CARGILL 3677 DEKALB DK477 DOEBLERS 469XP HYTEST HT4404 NC* 1487 GOLDEN HARVEST H 2309 NK BRAND N 4424 GARS! 8630 TERRA E 989 AGWAY AG257 CHEMGRO 4854 DOEBLERS 322 X GARST 8766 PIONEER 3752 DEKALB DK4B3 DEKALB DK493 BTX PIONEER 37R71 TERRA E 987 NC+ 2395 DOEBLERS 434XP AGWAY AG3BB CARGILL 3797 DEKALB DK525 SEEDWAY E 475 DEKALB DK527 SEEDWAY E 350 DOEBLERS 530-3 NCf 2727 SEEDWAY E 540 MEANS LSD (05) TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE Table 3. Short-season hybrids mean performance, 1997-98 (Maturity Zone 1). PERCENT-OF-CHECKS %H,O BU/A % BRAND-HYBRID H,O YIELD ERECT GRAIN GRAIN ERECT DOEBLERS 23XA DOEBLERS 322 X DOEBLERS 252 X CARGILL 3677 NC+ 1487 GARST 8830 AGWAY AG2BS PIONEER 3752 SEEDWAY E 350 AGWAY AG3BB PIONEER 37M81 SEEDWAY E 540 NC+ 2395 DOEBLERS 434XP NK BRAND N 4424 TERRA E 987 DEKALB DK527 MEANS College of Agricultural Sciences PERCENT OF CHECK ERECT YIELD 100 3 81.2 100.1 87.5 1*00.5 90.4 100.0 90.9 99.9 106.9 100.6 104.7 100.3 108.7 100.2 100.7 . 99.0 96.7 100.9 102.4 100.8 104.3 99.8 107.4 101.0 100.8 101.2 85.9 100.0 102.1 100.9 97.2 100.6 106.3 100.8 98.5 100.7 %HjO GRAIN 100 3 130.1 26.5 100.4 % ERECT BU/A GRAIN 141 1 96 98.9 SILAGE ENTRIES Table 4. Silage performance of early medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 2). YIELD (T/A) %H 2 0 DRY MAT BRAND-HYBRID 65% H ; 0 PLANT PLANT (T/A) CHEMGRO 5369 CHEMGRO 6038 GARST 8707 GARST 8640 CARGILL 6511FQ GOLDEN HARVEST EX 674 Early medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 2) 1998 results COMBINED ENTRIES Table 1 Early medium-season hybrid performance (Maturity Zone 2) Combined Penn State Commercial Entries (average of five locations) BRAND-HYBRID CHEMGRO 5369 GEERTSON GS-998 AGRIPRO AP9520 CHEMGRO 7036 CHEMGRO 6036 DOEBLERS 530-3 HYTEST HTX7SI2 CARGILL 6866 CHEMGRO 5555 DOEBLERS 642XP GARST 8707 DEKALB DK537 AGWAY AG576 DOEBLERS 523XY PIONEER 3525 SEEDWAY E 624 AGWAY AGSOI DEKALB DKSBS GOLDEN HARVEST H 2390 SEEDWAY E 540 DEKALB DK546 GARST 8640 GRIES 6211 PIONEER 34K77 DOEBLERS 596XY DEKALB DKSSI DYNAGRO 5322 TERRA TR1047 FUNKS 4394 PIONEER 34G61 TERRA ElOOB BT AGRIPRO AP9460 NC+ 4646 GRIES 5207 SEEDWAY E 538 TERRA TR1066 DOEBLERS 636XY GOLDEN HARVEST EX 674 NC+47lB TERRA TRIOB7 AGWAY AG663 DEKALB 0K595 BTX PIONEER 36K27 HYTEST 8H4602 GRIES 4203 AGWAY AG657 SCHLESSMAN 5X696 NC+ 4578 MEANS LSD (05) TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE Table 3. Early-medium season hybrids mean performance, 1997-98 (Maturity Zone 2). PERCENT-OF-CHECKS %H 2 0 BU/A % BRAND-HYBRID H,O YIELD ERECT GRAIN GRAIN ERECT GARST 8640 95.2 PIONEER 3525 96.7 SEEDWAY E 540 97.1 FUNKS 4394 98.5 AGWAY AG576 98.5 PIONEER 36K27 98.8 CARGILL 6888 99.0 DEKALB DK546 99.2 DOEBLERS 642XP 99.8 AGRIPRO AP9460 100.0 DYNAGRO 5322 100.0 TERRA TR1047 100.0 DOEBLERS 596XY 100.2 GRIES 6211 100.6 SEEDWAY E 624 100.6 TERRA TR1066 100.8 TERRA TRIOB7 101.0 PIONEER 34G81 101.2 NC+4646 101.3 GRIES 4203 101.7 DOEBLERS 636XY 103.1 AGWAY AG657 103.8 SCHLESSMAN 5X696105.2 MEANS 53.9 54.6 55.1 55.1 55.8 21.5 22.8 22.9 28.5 28.6 25.3 56.3 8.8 YIELD 100 8 93.6 99.1 102.0 99.3 97.0 100.0 97.0 H 00.4 105.7' 100.1 106.7 100.5 112.2 100.2 104.0 100.2 103.1 99.3 98.9 100.1 104.4 100.1 113.0 99.5 103.7 99.5 1CJ4.2 99.5 107.2 99.4 105.5 99.6 113.5 99.5 106.0 .100.1 105.9 100.0 102.2 100.1 98.4 100.3 105.5 99.9 106.2 100.2 104.2 100.1 CHEMGRO 5595 SEEDWAV E 538 AGWAYAG663 DOEBLERS 596XY DEKALB DKSBS DEKALB DK595 BIX HYTEST HTX76IO HYTEST HT7712 DOEBLERS 636XY PIONEER 3523 7.5 8.0 8.0 10.3 10.0 MEANS LSD (.05) */.H,0 BU/A GRAIN GRAIN ERECT 26.1 99.9 24.0 NS % ERECT 143 5 156 133.8 97.7 145.9 98.0 138.7 98.6 138.7 99.0 151.1 98.7 152.6 99.1 160.4 98.8 148.7 98.8 147.5 97.9 141.5 98.7 149.3 98.7 161.7 98.1 148.4 98.2 149.1 98.1 153.3 98.1 150.8 98.2 162.3 98.2 151.6 98.7 151.4 98.6 146.2 98.7 140.8 98.9 150.9 98.5 151.9 98.8 149.0 98.5 58.6 3.8
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