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1999 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports
SILAGE ENTRIES
Table 4. Silage performance of late medium-season (Maturity Zone 3)
hybrids.
Brand-Hybrid
HUBNER H 3512
HYTEST 8H4748
HYTEST HT7712
MONSANTO DK635
CARGILL 7511 FQ
AGRIPRO HY9646
MONSANTO DK642
GOLDEN HARVEST H-9405
DOEBLER’S 75XMD2
PIONEER 33F18
SEEDWAY E 774
CARGILL 7512
DOEBLER’S 747XY
GARST 8335
DOEBLER’S EX20942
MEAN
LSD (0.05)
a Yields are standardized to 65% moisture
b Plant moisture at the time of harvest.
BT ENTRIES
Table 5. Late medium-season (Maturity Zone 3) Bt hybrid performance
averaged over four locations.
Brand-Hybrid
GRIES 6812 YG
Late-season hybrids
(Maturity Zone 4) 1999 results
AVERAGE OVER LOCATIONS
Table 1. Late-season (Maturity Zone 4) hybrid performance combined
across four locations.
Brand-Hybrid
AG WAY AG767
MONSANTO DK6I7
MONSANTO DK626 BTY
AGRiPRO AP9616
DOEBLER’S 747XY
MONSANTO DK635
DOEBLER’S 765 X YG
AG WAY AG795
PIONEER 3260
GOLDEN HARVEST
H-9405
NC+ 6868
TERRA TR1157
CARGILL 8311
DOEBLER’S 82XP
PIONEER 3140
AGWAY AG795 BT
AG WAY AG776 RR
HUBNER H 3615
DOEBLER’S 851XY
NC+ 66198
DOEBLER’S 75X2
GARST 8285
HYTEST HT7820
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Yield* Moisture 15 Matter Yield
(tons/acre) (%) (tons/acre)
24.7
ns
Grain Grain Erect Bushel
Moisture Yield Plants Weight
(%) (bu/acre) (%) (lbs)
20.0 115.7 99.3 53.1
Gram Gram Erect Bushel
Moisture Yield Plants Weight
(%) (bu/acre) (%) (lbs)
70.9*
101.9
90.5
77.1
89.5
92.7
86.1
99.6
98.8
Dry
Plant
8.6
ns
64.6
ns
MONSANTO DK595 BTY
MONSANTO DKSB9 BTY
HUBNER H 4109
AGRIPRO AP9559 BT
DOEBLER’S 639 X YG
SCHLESSMAN 5X693 BT
SCHLESSMAN 5X699 BT
PIONEER 33Y09
SEEDWAY E7ll BT
AGRIPRO AP9689 BTK
PIONEER 33A14
PIONEER 33P67
MEAN
LSD (0.05)
LOCATION DETAILS
Table 6. Location, cooperator, planting date, and harvesting date for
the late medium-season (Maturity Zone 3) hybrid tests.
Location
(County) Cooperator
Berks Kermet Schegel
Berks Lloyd Zook
Clinton Charles Dotterer
Dauphin Milton Hershey School,
Ag. and Env. Program
Juniata Mel Martin
Lycoming Dick Snyder
Centre
(silage) Penn State
MYCOGEN 2888 IMI
NK BRAND NB2-J6
CARGILL 8412
MONSANTO DK679 BTY
PIONEER 32P75
MID ATLANTIC MA9171
DOEBLER’S 859XY
CHEMGRO 7796
MYCOGEN 8460
MEAN
LSD (0.05)
‘Estimated average of three locations only because of damaged
plots at one location.
ENTRIES BY LOCATION
Table 2. Lale-season (Maturity Zone 4) hybrid performance for individual locations;
yield is in bushels per acre, gray leaf spot (GLS) rating is 0.5-5.0 where 0.5
equals little or no disease and 5.0 equals premature death.
Brand-Hybrid
AGRIPRO AP9616
AGWAY AG767
AGWAV AG776 RR
AGWAY AG795
AGWAY AG795 BT
CARGILL 8311
CARGILL 8412
CHEMGRO 7796
DOEBLER’S 747XY
DOEBLER’S 75X2
DOEBLER’S 765 X YG
DOEBLER’S 82XP
22.8
2.1
4 f ts? - ■?- |
24.4
0.8
Lancaster Lancaster Franklin- Frankiin-Koons
1 2 Wenger- (Yield) (GLS)
49.6
(Turn to Pag* 31)
120.4
99.6
113.4
113.1
118.7
111.3
110.8
122.3
130.9
126.2
119.4
132.1
97.5
97.2
99.4
100.0
99.5
99.4
100.0
98.1
99.8
100.0
97.0
98.1
117.4
8.4
98.7
ns
Planting Harvest
Date Date
Not Harvested
April 29
Not Harvested
May 3
November 4
May 12
October 12
May 3
October 25
May 6
October 19
May 7
f f
May 11 October 1
93.0
104.9
97.6
106.1
96.1
95.8
92.3 56.2
98.0 55.6
89.6 54.1
96.3 54.1
92.4 55.4
89.5 53.6
96.0 52.7
91.5 52.1
90.4 52.0
94.6
85.4
86.5
92.1 56.1
3.9 ns
90.5
8.7
98.8 2.0
112.3 2.1
78.6 2.7
118.9 1.6
104.7 2.2
113.1 1.5
131.6 1.2
107.9 1.6
128.9 1.9
104.2 1.4
134.5 1.8
131.4 1.7
110.7
100.1
78.0
110.2
108.8
129.2
104.6
119.2
111.5
100.6
100.9
125.0
55.2
ns