Performance of High Oil Corn Hybrids in University Trials

September 7, 2000  7(24):150-151

Joe Lauer, Corn Agronomist

Table 1. Grain yield and quality of TopCross and Grain Parent hybrids in University Trials.
		TopCross High Oil Corn				Grain Parent Normal dent				Adapted Hybrid
Year	Location (N)	N	Yield	Moisture	Oil Content	N	Yield	Moisture	Oil Content	Yield
			Bu/A	%	%		Bu/A	%	%	Bu/A
1995	Ohio (5)	5	116	18.7	7.1	5	126	17.2	4.2	138
	Hoytville, OH	5	124	19.9	6.9	5	130	17.6	4.1	132
	Wisconsin (4)	3	143	27.4	7.0	3	159	25.7	4.5	---
1996	Ohio (5)	5	120	26.7	7.0	5	139	25.4	4.1	128
1997	Ohio (5)	5	129	21.5	7.8	5	142	18.5	4.1	154
	Ohio (7)	5	144	22.5	7.6	5	156	20.9	4.3	150
	Hoytville, OH	5	177	27.3	7.9	5	206	22.9	4.4	199
	S. Charleston, OH	5	152	17.8	7.3	5	169	17.9	4.2	160
1998	Ogden, IA	9	151	17.1	7.6	9	162	16.4	4.1	160
1999	Ames, IA	8	154	16.0	7.6	8	172	19.3	4.6	179
	Corning, MO	4	147	14.7	---	4	115	12.6	---	166

Table 2. Grain yield and quality of TopCross and adapted hybrids in University Trials.
		TopCross High Oil Corn				Adapted Hybrids Normal dent
Year	Location (N)	N	Yield	Moisture	Oil Content	N	Yield	Moisture	Oil Content
			Bu/A	%	%		Bu/A	%	%
1997	Minnesota (2)	28	149	22.9	7.1	--	---	---	---
	Ames, IA	19	137	15.7	6.9	--	---	---	---
1998	Ogden, IA	6	157	17.6	7.3	5	160	16.2	4.2
	Kentucky (2)	16	164	14.2	7.7	--	---	---	---
	Minnesota (2)	12	174	19.3	6.7	--	---	---	---
1999	Georgia (2)	42	145	15.4	7.4
	Ames, IA	4	158	17.6	7.5	5	170	19.4	4.7
	Kentucky (3)	13	103	12.1	7.2	--	---	---	---
	Minnesota (2)	9	167	20.2	7.0	--	---	---	---
	Hoytville, OH *	16	149	13.7	7.3	3	158	13.2	3.6
	S. Charleston, OH *	16	143	14.6	7.3	3	139	13.7	3.9
* Conventional High Oil Corn Hybrid Yield = 135 bu/A at Hoytville and 129 bu/A at S. Charleston.

  References

Georgia
http://www.ces.uga.edu/ES-pubs/RR661-oil.htm

Iowa
http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/grain/testsur/iagld/99iagld/99iagld.htm
http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/grain/tests/98iagld/98iagld.html  

Kentucky
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/pr/pr421/pr421.htm
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/pr/pr407/pr407.pdf

 Minnesota
1997 and 1999 results Personal Communication with Dale Hicks

Missouri
http://aes.missouri.edu/graves/trials/gmcrnoil.stm

Ohio
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hocorn/hoc_index.htm
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hocorn/af13699.htm
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/agf-fact/0136.html
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hocorn/agf13697.htm
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/agf-fact/0133.html

Wisconsin
http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/AAdvice/1995/A003.html