TABLE 6. SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE - EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (FOND DU LAC = FON, GALESVILLE = GAL, HANCOCK = HAN) (100 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR EARLIER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1997 1996 AVERAGE FON GAL HAN AVERAGE FON GAL HAN YLD MOIST TW LODG P.I. YLD YLD YLD YLD MOIST LODG P.I. YLD YLD YLD BRAND HYBRID BU/A % LB/BU % BU/A BU/A BU/A BU/A % % BU/A BU/A BU/A _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ASGROW RX355 154 21.3 57 2.6 98 170 129 162 DEKALB DK385B 154 21.3 56 5.1 98 183 120 159 DEKALB DK431 164 21.6 55 4.2 101 162 137 194* TERRA TR906 153 21.7 54 4.6 98 151 144 165 DEKALB DK417 171 21.9 55 5.7 102 193* 142 177 KALTENBERG K4501 158 22.4 54 2.0 99 171 148 156 95-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 23.0 CARGILL 2777 155 23.1 58 2.7 98 153 142 169 GOLDEN HARVEST H2309 170 23.1 54 3.6 102 170 156 184 LEMKE SL24 166 23.3 54 1.1 101 173 147 179 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX9500A 161 23.4 54 1.5 99 177 136 170 SPANGLER 3227 162 23.4 54 2.0 99 176 135 174 CARGILL 2827 157 23.5 58 4.5 98 168 133 168 150 22.8 4.7 101* 150* 116 182 BROWN'S 3680 153 23.6 54 2.1 97 161 135 161 TOP FARM TFsx2196 156 23.6 54 1.8 98 170 133 166 PATRIOT SEED 3959 159 23.8 54 1.6 99 171 143 162 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1595 160 23.9 54 2.4 99 163 140 176 CFS E97D324 155 23.9 54 1.5 97 168 127 171 PAYCO 413 162 24.0 53 5.3 99 164 149 173 90-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 24.1 O'BRIEN HYBRIDS OB9699 168 24.3 53 4.3 101 174 159 172 DAHLCO 2475 169 24.3 53 5.3 101 171 160 175 PATRIOT SEED 3991 174 24.4 53 2.3 103 177 155 191* CFS 3501 160 24.5 56 4.6 98 158 154 167 CROW'S 172 169 24.5 53 2.9 101 175 159 174 DEKALB DK477 179 24.5 53 2.1 104* 192* 167 179 152 24.2 4.9 102* 155* 124 176 TRELAY 4002 176 24.6 53 2.8 103 172 177* 179 152 23.3 9.2 102* 158* 119 181 MOHR 898 167 24.7 53 2.6 101 169 156 177 159* 23.5 13.4 102* 151* 122 202* PIONEER 3751IR 173 24.7 53 3.3 102 192* 147 180 GROWMARK FS3858 179 24.9 53 3.3 104* 182 165 188 TOP FARM TFsx2201 171 24.9 52 3.3 102 171 166 176 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1496 178 25.0 53 5.5 103 186 167 180 KALTENBERG K4809 164 25.1 53 3.0 99 173 154 165 RENK RK552 168 25.1 53 5.0 100 169 155 179 NORTH-GRO 5373 171 25.1 53 3.9 101 179 158 175 145 23.7 7.3 99 143 120 173 PIONEER 3769 168 25.1 54 4.0 100 163 160 180 173* 24.0 18.9 106* 159* 136 225* SPANGLER 3727 152 25.2 52 3.2 96 161 134 160 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX1200A 176 25.2 53 4.7 103 176 171 181 PRAIRIE GOLD PG1520 159 25.3 53 3.8 98 159 151 167 SEED MART 2098 159 25.4 53 5.7 97 168 153 156 150 23.9 4.4 102* 162* 124 164 TOP FARM TFsx2101 167 25.4 53 4.4 100 167 159 175 144 24.1 16.4 97 142 114 178 HUGHES 2927 175 25.5 53 3.9 102 189 165 171 148 24.4 7.6 100 159* 124 162 D.E.F. SEEDS 2002 170 25.5 53 3.6 101 171 166 172 LINCO L4396 155 25.6 53 4.6 96 171 136 158 GOLDEN HARVEST H2315 170 25.6 54 4.9 100 173 151 184 LEMKE 4038 167 25.6 52 4.1 100 165 151 185 151 23.9 11.7 101* 145 131 176 PIONEER 37M81 179 25.6 51 4.2 103 182 167 188 GARST 8830 171 25.6 53 2.9 101 162 163 187 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX1195A 174 25.7 55 4.9 102 176 166 181 137 22.8 14.4 96 125 123 161 BROWN'S 4680 161 26.0 52 3.8 98 165 158 161 160* 23.5 7.1 105* 172* 140 168 GROWMARK FS2096 155 26.0 55 5.1 96 161 141 164 171* 23.0 15.1 108* 159* 167* 187 AGRIPRO SEEDS AP9230 161 26.1 53 4.9 97 189 128 165 TERRA TR966 167 26.1 53 4.3 100 169 157 176 SPANGLER 3044 180 26.1 53 7.6 103 184 157 198* 162* 24.1 14.0 103* 148 134 202* PATRIOT SEED 3950 165 26.1 54 4.1 99 168 134 192* DAHLCO 464 190* 26.3 52 6.3 106* 192* 171 207* PAYCO 635 171 26.4 52 8.8 100 183 148 182 172* 24.1 17.5 106* 162* 139 214* PATRIOT SEED 3999 172 26.4 52 4.1 101 172 160 183 MYCOGEN SEEDS 2500 167 26.4 54 5.1 99 166 157 178 163* 23.5 10.4 105* 163* 134 192 HUGHES B17 151 26.5 53 3.4 94 166 116 170 M/W GENETICS X60963 188* 26.7 52 6.6 105* 188 179* 196* 100-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 26.7 LEMKE SL45 174 26.8 52 9.6 101 193* 167 163 162* 25.9 5.5 105* 164* 143* 180 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1297 168 26.8 54 5.6 99 162 154 189 156* 24.1 11.7 102* 159* 119 191 CARGILL 3677 181 26.8 54 5.1 103 179 172 191* 157* 24.2 7.1 103* 158* 132 182 DEKALB DK493 188* 26.8 53 3.8 106* 188 183* 194* 169* 24.1 3.1 107* 138 147* 221* LEMKE 4031 168 26.9 53 4.3 99 174 161 169 BRUNNER EXP100 173 27.0 53 6.7 100 191* 139 188 PATRIOT SEED 4007 185* 27.0 52 3.8 105* 194* 166 196* TRELAY 4600 176 27.1 52 4.8 102 186 182* 159 CARHART'S BLUE TOP EXP100 193* 27.4 52 5.6 106* 196* 172 210* CARHART'S BLUE TOP EXP97 170 27.5 52 2.3 100 176 150 183 JUNG 2488 189* 27.5 52 5.2 105* 202* 159 207* 168* 24.0 8.0 107* 165* 139 200 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX100A 167 27.6 52 7.1 98 176 155 169 157* 24.4 8.6 103* 144 129 199 DEKALB DK471 174 27.6 52 3.9 101 182 171 167 166* 23.7 4.1 107* 150* 155* 193 RENK RK546 176 27.7 52 3.0 101 185 160 182 146 23.1 20.1 97 125 122 190 LG SEEDS LG2473 178 27.9 54 2.6 102 183 169 182 DEKALB DK493SR 167 28.0 50 6.2 99 169 160 173 LG SEEDS LG2483 179 28.1 51 2.6 102 180 168 189 SPANGLER 4100 189* 28.2 52 4.1 105* 190* 179* 197* AGRIPRO SEEDS AP9300 159 28.3 53 2.4 96 175 139 164 149 26.1 11.5 99 155* 132 160 PRAIRIE GOLD PG1530 174 28.3 52 5.6 101 160 170 192* 159* 25.9 8.3 102* 152* 123 204* GARST 8771 167 28.3 52 3.6 99 173 155 174 LINCO L4311 165 28.4 52 3.1 98 175 150 169 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1401 171 28.4 53 3.3 100 192* 163 159 151 25.1 4.0 101* 145 119 191 KALTENBERG K4807 182 28.5 53 5.7 103 185 170 190 DEKALB DK493BT 198* 28.6 53 2.3 108* 200* 194* 200* LG SEEDS LG2487 166 28.7 53 1.7 98 162 158 178 152 25.3 7.0 101* 144 125 187 TERRA E987 186* 29.0 54 4.6 104* 205* 164 189 MOHR 863 176 29.2 53 2.9 101 177 168 182 GOLDEN HARVEST H2377 176 29.5 52 4.4 100 169 159 199* 156* 25.1 6.8 102* 144 129 196 BROWN'S 5180 164 29.8 54 2.7 97 166 159 165 162* 25.7 6.2 104* 164* 125 198 BLANEY 2110 166 29.8 53 1.3 98 169 155 174 DAHLCO 5001 164 29.9 53 2.3 97 171 149 173 NORTH-GRO 5579 159 29.9 53 1.8 96 155 153 171 143 26.0 2.8 98 146 109 174 DAHLCO 2530 152 30.1 52 5.4 93 143 123 188 144 24.7 8.4 99 139 127 166 SEED MART 2101 168 30.2 53 1.8 98 172 157 175 146 26.3 6.8 99 134 128 177 PIONEER X106RT 154 30.3 52 4.0 94 145 150 166 105-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 30.5 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1500 175 30.5 54 2.4 100 169 177* 180 TRELAY 5004 179 30.7 53 5.4 101 188 167 182 DAHLCO 462 169 31.3 54 2.0 98 175 161 172 GUTWEIN EX620 143 31.4 54 5.1 90 134 137 157 GOLDEN HARVEST H2387 188* 31.8 54 6.9 103 180 185* 198* 160* 27.3 17.1 101* 142 141 198 DAIRYLAND DST10212 174 32.7 51 8.5 98 166 148 208* GOLDEN HARVEST H2441 176 33.6 52 6.0 99 172 171 185 170* 28.2 11.0 105* 154* 151* 205* DAIRYLAND STEALTH1407 181 34.9 52 3.3 100 180 179* 184 147 29.1 10.2 96 131 117 194 MEAN 169 26.5 53 4.0 100 174 156 178 150 24.7 10.0 100 142 126 182 LSD(0.10)** 13 1.9 1 2.4 4 15 20 19 18 1.6 11.4 7 22 25 24 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ P.I. = Performance Index, evaluates hybrids by combining yield, moisture, and lodged % at a 50(yield) : 35(moisture) : 15(lodged) ratio. Average grain moisture of all hybrids in the trial rated at this maturity by the Minnesota Relative Maturity Rating System. * Hybrids which did not perform significantly less than the highest hybrid in the test. Average results provide the best estimate of relative hybrid performance.