1998 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports Late medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 3) 1998 results COMBINED ENTRIES Table 1 Late medium season hybrid performance (Maturity Zone 3) Combined Penn State Commercial Entries (average of six locations) BRAND HYBRID GOLDEN HARVEST H 2495 MYCOGEN 2772 AGRIPRO AP9560 DEKALB DK626 BTX GOLDEN HARVEST H-2515 CHEMGRO 7036 CHEMGRO 6742 DOEBLERS 737XP MYCOGEN 2801 DYNAGRO 5456 GARST 8685GLS/IT GARST 8464 MYCOGEN 2722 DOEBLERS 642XP DEKALB DK6I7 AGRIPRO AP9580 NC+ 5018 NK BRAND N7O-05 DOEBLERS 636XY SCHLESSMAN 5X696 PIONEER 3335 CHEMGRO 6848 AGRIPRO AP9656 HYTEST HTX7727 DYNAGRO 5508 AGRIPRO AP9616 TERRA TR1136 PIONEER 33Y18 GEERTSON GS-1117 PIONEER 33Y09 CARGILL 7512 CHEMGRO 7171 AGWAY AG773 HYTEST HT7712 MYCOGEN 7250 NK BRAND N75-K6 DEKALB DK6IB BTX TERRA TRIIO6 SEEDWAY E6BO DEKALB DK642 SEEDWAY E 748 DOEBLERS 746XY NC+ 5697 GRIES 6212 NC+ 5778 CARGILL 7770 SEEDWAY E 774 TERRA TR1157 MEANS LSD (05) TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE Table 3. Late-medium season hybrids mean performance, 1997-98 (Maturity Zone 3). BRAND-HYBRID H ; 0 AGRIPRO AP9560 CHEMGRO 7036 GOLDEN HARVEST H-2515 DYNAGRO 5456 DOEBLERS 737XP DOEBLERS 642XP GARST 8464 NK BRAND N7O-D5 PIONEER 33Y18 AGRIPRO AP9616 MYCOGEN 2801 TERRA TRIIO6 PIONEER 3335 DYNAGRO 5508 GRIES 6212 TERRA TP1.136 CARGILL 7770 NC+ 5697 PIONEER 33Y09 DOEBLERS 746XY DEKALB DK642 CARGILL 7512 SEEDWAY E 774 MEANS SILAGE ENTRIES Table 4. Silage performance of late medium-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 3). brand-hybrid CHEMGRO 6742 CHEMGRO 6848 GOLDEN HARVEST H-2547 GARST 8585 GLS/IT DEKALB 0K626 BTX DOEBLERS 746XY HYTEST HT7712 DEKALB DK6I7 DOEBLERS 75XMD2 PERCENT OF-CHECK YIELD 100 9 PERCENT OF CHECKS %H 2 0 BU/A % GRAIN GRAIN ERECT YIELD EREC 95.0 96.1 94.1 100.4 95.0 100.6 97.7 100.6 97.5 . 98.5 99.5, *101.6 94.7 99.6 91.8 101.6 98.7 101.1 103.8 99.7 97.7. 100.5 96.7 101.9 94.9 98.7 99.2 98.1 94.5 100.1 98.5 100.2 97.6 100.3 101.8 100.6 97.5 100.8 96.1 101.9 96.8 101.5 101.3 100.3 102.6 101.4 100.7 100.9 98.0 99.7 YIELD (T/A) %H 2 0 DRY MAT 65% H 2 O PLANT PLANT (T/A) 51.5 56.5 21.5 23.4 57.6 58.5 58.6 59.6 60.9 61.1 61.3 24.7 23.6 25.0 25.6 26.7 26.4 25.1 %H,O BU/A % GRAIN GRAIN ERECT ERECT 100 3 171.9 173.6 22.9 23.2 179.0 24.1 100.5 CHEMGRO 7199 GARST 8464 DOEBLERS 737XP CARGILL 7777 AGWAY AG773 SEEDWAY E 774 HYTEST HT4138 PIONEER 32K61 7.5 8.2 MEANS LSD (.05) 169 4 10 3 96.8 97.0 96.8 24.7 NS Late-season hybrids (Maturity Zone 4) 1998 results COMBINED ENTRIES Table 1 Late season hybrid performance (Maturity Zone 4) Combined Penn State Commercial Entries (average of five locations) BRAND HYBRID GOLDEN HARVEST H 2581 MYCOGEN 2832 IMI PIONEER 32K61 PIONEER 33Y09 AGRIPRO AP9616 TERRA TR1157 DOEBLERS 746XY CHEMGRO 7343 HYTEST HT7748 CHEMGRO 7294 MYCOGEN 2853 AGWAY AG767 DOEBLERS 75X2 CARGILL 8311 NC+ 6959 DOEBLERS 82XP GOLDEN HARVEST H-2643 NC+63B7 PIONEER 3140 AGRIPRO AP9707 AGWAY AG795 DOEBLERS 851XY MYCOGEN 2888 TERRA TR1167 GARST 8300GLS CHEMGRO 7696 CHEMGRO 7757 PIONEER 31G20 DYNAGRO 5570 AGRIPRO AP9828 MID ATLANTIC MA9171 TERRA El 166 BT TERRA El 188 DOEBLERS 859XY MID ATLANTIC MAX9I73 CHEMGRO 7796 MYCOGEN 8460 TERRA TRIIB6 GARST 8220 MEANS 99 3 96 0 98 S LSD (.05) TWO-YEAR AVERAGE PERFORMANCE Table 3. Long-season hybrids mean performance, 1997-98 (Maturity Zone 4). BRAND-HYBRID AGRIPRO AP9616 DOEBLERS 746XY AGWAYAG767 CHEMGRO 7343 PIONEER 32K61 TERRA TR1157 PIONEER 3140 DOEBLERS 82XP NC+ 6387 AGWAY AG795 DOEBLERS 75X2 AGRIPRO AP9707 CARGILL 8311 CHEMGRO 7596 TERRA TR1167 DYNAGRO 5570 CHEMGRO 7757 MID ATLANTIC MA9171 CHEMGRO 7796 DOEBLERS 859XY MYCOGEN 8460 GARST 8220 MEANS 8.7 NS 60.2 3.4 PERCENT OF-CHECK YIELD PERCENT OF CHECKS YIELD EREC H,O 98.3 101 0 93.0 99.8 97.9 99.8 97.5 > 99.6 100.7 98.6 102.0 98.9 100 2 100.6 98.8 100.8 94.9 98.7 94.4 98.4 98.7 99.6 99.0 99.0 99.3 98.7 100.2 99.2 92.3 100.6 98.7 98.5 103.4 99.3 100.2 103.8 101.5 99.8 110.2 103.3 104.9 105 1 105.8 107.0 100,5 99.3 SILAGE ENTRIES Table 4. Silage performance of long-season hybnds (Maturity Zone 4). YIELD (T/A) %HjO DRY MAT 65%H,0 PLANT PLANT(T/A) IRAHD-HYBRIO AGWAYAG79S AGRIPRO AP9707 CARGILL 8511FQ DEKALB DK679 25.5 DOEBLERS 858XMD 22.7 DOEBLERS 82XP 23.3 CHEMGRO 7796 18.0 AGRIPRO AP9828 22.9 CARGILL 8311 23.9 SCHLESSMAN 5X696 18.8 DOEBLERS 859XY 22.9 PIONEER 3173 22.6 PIONEER 31G20 25.3 HYTEST 8H4924 22.0 DEKALB DK6B3 23.8 CHEMGRO 7757 19.7 GARST 8396 IT 19.6 GARST 8315 19.6 MEANS %HjO BU/A GRAIN GRAIN %H 2 0 BU/A % GRAIN GRAIN ERECT 198.4 205 5 200.9 197 6 218 1 26.6 27 0 27.0 27.2 27 5 97.8 99.6 99.3 99 2 98.0 196.6 25 9 99.3 22.5 24.5 23.0 53.6 22.2 % ERECT 193 0 10 8 95.6 97 4 97.2 97 0 95.9 97 2
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