UGA Variety Testing Corn Silage Evaluations 2016-2019
This data was collected and published by University of Georgia's Statewide Variety Testing program from 2016-2019. It consists of experimental (non-regulated) and commercially-released corn hybrids entered by seed companies. Tests were conducted at 4 university-owned farms each year (5 total locations during period) throughout Georgia, and include environments from the lower Coastal Plain to the southern Appalachians. Locations include Blairsville, Rome, Griffin or Athens (Watkinsville) and Tifton. Not all hybrids appear in all environments in a given year. The number of years a hybrid was tested varies since their inclusion is determined by the respective seed company. Soil types differ between locations. Initial soil fertility for P and K is categorized, and actual rates of applied fertilizer are listed. Applied fertilizer rates were chosen to support a yield goal slightly above the maximum observed at the site in previous years. In most cases, the tests were harvested later than the optimum (30-35% dry matter) for silage production.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: UGA Variety Testing Corn Silage Evaluations 2016-2019.
File Name: GVT_silagecorn_2016-2019 (1).xlsx
Funding
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 1011690
History
Data contact name
Mailhot, DanielData contact email
daniel.mailhot@uga.eduPublisher
Ag Data CommonsIntended use
This data includes yield and other characteristics of experimental and commercially-released corn hybrids across a range of growing environments in Georgia. It may be of assistance in evaluating yield models.Temporal Extent Start Date
2016-01-01Temporal Extent End Date
2019-12-31Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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Multiple environments in Georgia from the lower Coastal Plain to the southern AppalachiansISO Topic Category
- farming
Ag Data Commons Group
- ARDN
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
germplasm; Georgia; variety trials; Zea mays; corn; hybrids; seed industry; farms; coastal plains; Appalachian region; soil types; soil fertility; fertilizers; fertilizer rates; corn silage; data collection; crop models; phosphorus; potassium; soil nutrients; crop yieldPending citation
- No
Public Access Level
- Public