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2002 Pa. Commercial Hybrid Test Reports
pennState
Pennsylvania
Commercial Hybrid short-season hybnda
Com Tests Report (Maturity Zone 1) 2002 results
TKi» report provide* independent end unbiased information
for the e aluation of c tmcrcial s. m I vbrids available in
Penmvlvjm* lish«ldbeusedin supplement othersources
>1 nlnrmal nn xuch a <eed tndustrv performance led
nlher ndependent letl r.j data and on I aim performance
records when making h hnd selection d(visions
The drat factor lo tons V. a hen us mg ih s report is
hvbnd malunl> The hybrids tiled m tables I and 3 art
tanked in ascending or ter hv pun moisture with Ih* earl tan
hybrid* (loweat pain nv isiun) a< iheiop In Table 2 hybnda
are I tied nlphabeticalfv I ta n mo attire is a good mtfccilor
ot hybrid maturity Ihote w ih lower moulure ate gwierally
adapted in tb> tier season environments Identify hybnda in
the liar rhai you knr * arc adapted I vour area, and I Ken
eiiluaic new hybr d. it ai have into w xtureconlenli
Selecting hybrids based on v eld al nr nay reeuh is a hvhnd
that it i»u lace for v ur term Note that there is considerable
range among matuniy m hvbnda enurred in each zona Once
you hate identified Lh< appropriate hybrid maturity rang*
compart the yields of the hybnda that have been evaluated
kcld petfonaaoit ix aiinhle aurxwv luvaliuns and <• baai
predicted by uxug dan averaged iver multiple locadoaa.w
ike mean yield over all sues is the beal guide (o hybrid
performance tnd virtual local mo hybrid manna (Table 21 can
Mp in atsaaa how continent ur ttable the hybrid waa
acre** location* For wimple some hybnda irucv do well al
h gh y elding tun bul may nol do well at low v elding aim
We DO NOT recommend using dale from a angle sue eves
if n is cl nr io yuur farm to make hybrid selection chases.
Once you have Identified some prospective hybnda
eon* der the r rtandab lily from the erect plants column as
well si any disease rating data that may have been coUeclad
Ii also s important lo check with a seed company represent*
live about other characteristics of the hvbnd (hat may be
impottaat for your operation
Once you fuse gone through this process you should be
able lo select hybnda that have above average performance
This linn impivtam pan of profitable c srn production since
as these reports demonstrate there is a wide range n the
performance of com hybrids
Further we recommend that you evaluate selected
hybrid! on ynui firm under vout grow ng corn! lions and
practices Thu i (he beat wtv 10 make a final determination
fihe prof<t hybrid* for our iperanon
IffHnf aMdlaM
\\ noil ii lit pi tnteil i i pla lug n Ih w neunihK
ihruandl inh tekt of Mar which vi in r ion dnv» hue
than in itiLM\ea » I lari it}. onplel 1 Mi Him
Ih ugh planting < nd I on were lev. llui pti nal (i itclv rainlall
all locat -m> Thu, [ I nwtil Ir U(.hi mJ h lempLunire n
)i i> i»l \ugu*t tl tJ pianino lhai I ati n. Hie
l (line I lad n and L on im. C uun sle ur mpj ic I Ihi
P n < injidli ml rprclingihcdiia i pi iniing
g kgrecrtri It in ih dale ulplai l ml ihcdalc t
I r>c I i ihrc ch (M Ur Ml hi he c \ um 1 lie i The dal >
n lahlc 4ndcic Ih i g t degr «. 1 a raged l| prn\i
n «r«l ni non t ihcst I *at *) n pared I ihe
«Vvci i t a k c
Otaaw«. iMMv antf Mhtr pttlt
llvbriiiyr sen al the I enlre tounlv I icjt imee oculaled
uiili ihe cm in ninliem leal I lidil iN! Bl cl tuy l« f
jkiK I Si fnincs were rnlc I I *di caw n Srplcinbei P and
arc reported in lahk asleat blight <LUi I ttu thcrevcaiij
outline of NIU (jli and northern leal pul lr m natural
inoculum M H in m natural inxulmr * uned ai llic (. n*( rd
l)commL Mice and ( turns local on Inlncvvven
riled for Nl II i Sepiembc If (U imi tan I linpa f unlieil
and September IX (Ctaufud and Merver I. uri esi hJjk
irpunedm Table Stalk ■ t bid lanai i na■ cnaldamate
were no a pnblemai any |»ai un ihcr than al ihe (ra if <d
I uniy sue mentimed above
Lead ii|nificwil diflerence (i Sllj is the tool used n determine if
Ivi values are a mail) dificrenl vial stically The MEAN
riiftetcne between two hybr ds must eueed the I,SD vim he LSD (0 05)
inwdettd significantly difteren I sample f r vie d LSI) XI
RuA tlybndX - POO Bu'A Hybndft lO<ftHuA I Oft
IliM)' 15 h HivA different* Stnie ibe differrn e between
II bndXandN (POOtvA) ee ceded the I SL) I* I Hu A)
llihnd \ was higher yulling due lu hvbr d eupeninl) an I n x
s ir[*ly as a csult of uniomrolled etisuottinuiial liilus
ENTRIES BY LOCATION
T«6M L Sheri saascn (Maturity Zone 1) hybrid pvternanct lot locations. yNMnntalMhp* acre aM Mat WgM (II) raln|s an 05-S0
«han 0 i aquah IrtUt ar no disaasa and S 0 aquah (NVMtwc death
C avolord Ly«
(NlB) (Void)
Morccr
( v i*iO) (NLB)
o'lf>O Hytnd
113 3 4 0 102 0
129 3 1 9 1330
1383 30 124 0
•49 4 1 9 1290
1403 is I’3o
1160 44 150
12s 5 3 7 123 J
1499 30 13/0
04 4 3 4 74 7
94 4 3 5 >94
137 8 2 0 H7O
150 6 2 0 12? 0
129 36 114 0
128 3 2 0 134 0
1316 19 142 0
155 2 2 4 150 0
147 1 3 2 146 0
148 4 3 5 122 0
Agwy AG4424
Ag*ay AG4597
Agnay AC4603
Aflnay A 64717
Ch*n>|)ro 6330 RH
Dekalb DKC46 21
Dekalb OKCSI 43
D*«alß DKC.S3 34
DoeWars?36X
Doettars24lXßß
Doebters296XP
Gw 2297 P
Hyleai HT7220 St
nyi«i HT7345
NCi '320
NC* 8128
NK Brand N45-A6
NK Brand N 52 Z 7
132 8 2 8 121 0 142 2 2 1 1094
9 0 0 5 30 8 20 1 06 142
MEAN
LS0I0O5)
TWO YEAR AVERAGE
TaMt 1 Nro-yaar mrtp *1 short suson (MaWrty 2orx 11 hybrids Hut
*«« (nltrad fi bath IhtTffll and 2002 t«ts
Grain Gram Ereu BusHfl
Mosijre > e<d Plans W«xjm
(V |llLl/dCI») (*«) I'M)
S awl H,i)io
Ooeb'» 5 236 X 20 1 109 4 98 7 56?
DOM-'*' s296XP 20 S 1212 970 555
Hyl«lHT/345 2'l 1275 916 52 3
NC* 1320 21 3 134 3 91 I S’?
NX Brand MS A 6 22 0 1412 911 51 4
Ajway A 04597 22 2 131 6 90 9 53 7
AjWrtyAG4 17 22 3 1311 914 53 3
Ageay A3J603 22 6 133 3 96 5 52?
LOCATION DETAILS
Irik4 Location, caoparaloi pkMuigdatt hanesun|dal« fowrf dafiNdays (COO) far2oo2miwi and 30 yaarrarafeGDO(arshaft wason
(Maturity lon* 1) hybrid lasts
Location
(County)
Cooparalor
Penn Stale May2t
Lonyacra Potato Farm May 36
OanHomck May 26
Slava Nan May 24
Lcsi«Firtnano May 21
Bui Maagiano
MiheFma May 2*
Oawioro
ItCOmng
Morent
< ODD Oau calculated l»y2eOX Inc 369 Rolling R dga O' Badalcua P* 16623 GDD »'« calculated (ioti the planiing oaii unhi
nanost d inruuyh October 10 whenever occurred I rsi TE r-y yen eveagas a? calculated uung the some debts
Pivp'f'd John (■ Kym Oregon % Ruth Wavne R Hus John Shallet and VL SiWi llarkcom (Pisluidi Education Program
and Department ot Plant Palhologv Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
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pennState
Pennsylvania
Commercial Hybrid Early medium-reason hybrids
- 6001 -Testsßeport (Matnmy-Ztme-2)-?Ol>?Tr!snlts
College of Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Rescars h an<H twperotive f Uciwon
Tests f commercially sva lable cam hvbr dx arc conduct 4
anmwliy at several I »*t u>i rich « f the fou i lalunty zones
fennaylvama to provide tanners seed prodiceis irtipmine
extension agents andolhei nlrrrsird persons w ih mfrcmalioo
about hybrid performance This report includes results from the
Table I contains (he combined rcaulis for ah locmoni
ha vested i Ih s zoi e Table 1 c vital > live v eld data generated
al each knat on Ike believe that the stale* dc performance
averages to nd in Table I are mrvst mporunl to c muder when
making a I nil dec non ihoui artery eapabil i es since they
represent a w dc variety of y ow ng x tl and management
conditions Atwoyetr am liars ofresulls for hybrids lealed n
both ■‘ool and ’oo’ »jx wing Seasons is r sen in Tabic 1
Ihsi testing progrin wax ava I ble to ana pi iduceenrhybnd
seed com H-bnds were planted npa ed row plots equal to
I SOOofanacte Planting wudwte <ai(h a saeuum precision
planter (hat mm m red the umber of plants needed ro be
removed to obtain a f nil populanon of 26 000 plania per ac <
Tbe plaster wax act to drop Wkemelx per row When ihe com
wul'iolH ncheslsK rails plants primarily doublet amt end
plants weir remvsad lo reach to f nol pupulai on Enirtes were
replicated three tune* al each location Contention and planting
and harvesting dales arc shown n Table 4
Plots were harvested with • sell peopeUed combine equipped
with electronic maim mental oa for drirrminlng weight motatuit
tnd bushel weight (somet met called text weight) 1 elds are
reported as bushels per acre, while gra n moisture and ere
plants are reported it penenisges Bushel weight is reported as
pounds per bushel Shelled grainyieids wuc standardized at 15 S
li<« mul um vi i uni hie retton byhr d< ait I ulahle is
yiMiWKiwt ii mi ml IT« oflcnnMMf (kijli c
(■iicnnon
Member t ihc unry h»«ed e«ie »mn till m «ted n
conJuiimp ihc'e iivi lh e-fT ns »ere e»*niijlu>ihe eutcciS
lul omplei onnf I) e trials and were gtcailv J| prr laied
rhelill 'in ikii r ;» in< hrrefmd cd o/i iih r nlirrn
AVERAGE OVER LOCATIONS
TtMt 1 Shirt w«*n#Wunlj lent D Hybrid p«rt»cmine*c*n*«i»rt
•nnO-Hytyfl
Do»W«r»24l* PR 20 7
Ooabladl 238 X 2>B
HyleslHT722o Bl 2’B
AQ4424 22 2
Dekalb OKC46-28 22 3
Dontiloc* 298 XP 22 7
Hyte«MT73*s 23 0
NC» 1320 23 0
NK Brand MS A* 23 2
NC* 1912 ■ 232
Dekalb OKCS I -43 231
Afl*rayAG4s97 24 0
Ag*ij AG4603 242
AffwayAG47!7 248
Gnai 2287 R 24 7
Dekalb OKCS3-34 25 0
ChemgreOWO RH 27 8
NKBnmJN«77 27 7
23 8 '2O 9
08 82
NS No) Significant
128 3 2 6
49 (j 1 3
’65 4 1 6
1454 13
1431 06
1351 36
tjd6 ? 8
U 9 2 2 5
1105 9
11 4 25
148 3 1 5
136 2 1 2
1451 33
1133 14
1596 1 8
162 3 1 7
162 5 2 4
1360 24
ODD ODD
(2003) (30-yr Ava)
Harve*
Data
flantlnj
Data
NovantMiU 2661 2247
NovamOer 5 2 450 ' 973
NovrnOarS 2516 2 036
Octet* 26 2 391 1 945
NovarnOeri 26(2 2148
( |]cp.i 1 Wi lilt in il Sciui i.
f(.riiullur ri Hi i ir 1 and ( i< | irj iu I it nsi n
AVERAGE OVER LOCATIONS
Table 1. Early medium-season (Maturity Zone 2) hybrid performance
combined across three locations. ________
Brand-Hybrid
Garst 8801 IT
Garst 8888
Hytest HT7360 Bt
Now Century NC9S
Doebler’s 509 X
Agway AG5206
NC+ 2399 B
Dekalb DKCS7-40
New Century NCIOI
Agway AG5323
Doebler’s 529 X
NC+ 3451 B
Dekalb DKCS9-Q8
Agway AG5519
Doebler’s HC3SO
Dekalb DKCSB-78
Agway AG5610
Golden Harvest H-8618Bt 22 1
Hytest HT4602 Bt 22 1
NK Brand N65-M7
Golden Harvest H-8906
Chemgro 7253 RR
NK Brand N5B-D1
NK Brand N64-L5
MEAN
LSD (O 05)
n
® BFGoodrich
Erecl Bushel
Plans Wegm
(S) (hi)
810 53 5
010 54 6
97 0 53 6
84 6 521
918 531
97 6 54 4
9? 8 50 I
91 S 5' 1
99 1 50 8
83 7 53 3
963 527
96 3 52 5
9/1 52 f
618 525
97 7 52 8
98 8 51 4
88 3 51 5
88 2 50 3
965 525
Nb 05
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Moisture
(%)
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19 1
19 3
19 5
20 3
20 5
20 5
20 9
21 2
21 3
21 5
21 5
21 7
21 8
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Yield Plants Weight
(bu/acre) (%) (lbs)
97 2
10.3
94 8
3 4
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ENTRIES BY LOCATION
Tibk 2 imAra- wsen (MrtHrtjf Zom 2) h)|M yetonwci fer rndmdMl bcitens, yeW b m biaheH pE icrfc bet (LB) nbn|s «•
W-5 0 wNrt Oi equals HOe a no disease and 5 0 efiak pmaatire death
1 AG5206
AgwayAGs323
AgwayAGssl9
AgwayAQsBlo
Chtmgro 7253 RR
Dekalb OKCS7-40
Otkalb DKCSB 78
Dekalb DKCS9-08
DoeWersso9X
Dotblars 529 X
Doebters HC3SO
Gary 8801 IT
Garst 8888
Golden Harvest H 8618 Bt
Golden Harvest H 8906
Hytast HT4602 Bt
Hytt si HT7380 Bl
NC+23998
NCi-34518
New Century NClO’
New Century NC9S
NK Brand NSBDI
NK Brand N64-L5
NK Brand N65-M7
MEAN
LSD (0 05)
54 O
1 4
Tires
$396
$539
$4OB
$562
$741
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