Page 26—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 2000
1999 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports
(ConSniMd from Pago 25)
Crawford Dennis Rynd May 18 November 9
Lycoming Steve Neff May 13 Novembers
Early medium-season hybrids
(Maturity Zone 2) 1999 results
AVERAGE OVER LOCATIONS
Table 1. Early medium-season (Maturity Zone 2) hybrid performance
combined across four locations.
Brand-Hybrid
GRIES 4203 19.7
GOBBLER'S 523XY 19.9
MYCOGEN 2652 20.1
MYCOGEN 2569 20.6
DOEBLER’S 516XY 20.6
GRIES 4200 E 21.7
GARS! 8640 21.7
HYTEST HT7519 BT 21.8
SEEDWAY E5BO 21.8
GARS! 8608 BT 21.9
MYCOGEN 2657 22.1
GOLDEN HARVEST
EX98590 22.1
DOEBLER’S 589 X YG 22.4
MONSANTO DKSSI 22.4
MONSANTO DK539 22.4
CARGILL 6888 23.0
AGWAY AG5496 23.0
HYTEST HTX7S2O 23.1
NC+ 4880 23.5
NK BRAND N65-A1 23.5
CARGILL 6521 BT 23.7
DOEBLER’S 596XY 23.7
AGWAY AG637RR 23.8
NK BRAND N5B-D1 23.8
GARST 8590 23.9
NC+47lB 24.1
PIONEER 34K77 24.1
Grain Grain Erect Bushel
Moisture Yield Plants Weight
(%) (bu/acre) (%) (lbs)
86.5
101.9
117.8
112.3
121.0
107.9
109.3
97.3
122.0
104.4
118.9
115.6 96.4
121.0 100.0
130.1 94.0
121.4 96.7
117.0 98.0
110.5 93.0
112.2 97.6
113.0 95.7
117.6 97.7
107.7 99.9
110.4 92.6
112.5 97.6
132.2 99.5
121.6 97.6
117.6 96.8
124.9 96.2
Mercer Leslie Firth and May 18
Bill Hoagland
Tioga MarkSealey May 12
MONSANTO DK567
PIONEER 34G81
CHEMGRO 7036
TERRA TRIOB7
AGWAY AG576
AGWAY AGSOI
PIONEER 34T38
AGWAY AG663
NC+ 4646
SEEDWAY E 624
AGWAY AG657
SEEDWAY E 538
DOEBLER’S 636XY
DOEBLER’S 642XP
SEEDWAY E 671 BT
MEAN
LSD (0.05)
ENTRIES BY LOCATION
Table 2. Yields (bushels/acre) of early medium-season (Maturity Zone 2) hybrids at each location.
Brand-Hybrid
AGWAY AGSOI
AGWAY AG5496
AGWAY AG576
AGWAY AG637 RR
AGWAY AG657
AGWAY AG663
241 126.9
24.2 123.7
24.2 125.7
24.3 127.3
24.3 - 125.8
24.4 111.9
24.5 121.2
24.5 131.2
24.8 122.0
24.8 118.1
24.9 119.9
25.0 113.1
25.2 100.4
25.6 103.1
25.6 115.2
23.2
1.1
Lycoming Butler Blair Centre
117.7 112.0 82.1 135.8
84.8 127.0 93.1 137.0
96.6 140.1 117.6 149.1
90.6 135.2 77.1 147.1
95.8 145.8 86.6 151.5
120.4 145.2 110.8 148.3
(Turn to Pag* 27)
November 9
Not harvested
96.8
2.7
115.9
10.9
53.4
1.1