SCC-33 January Statewide Variety Testing Program The University of Georgia
Overview of Agriculture in Georgia Square Miles 58,000 Total Acres 37 million Acres in Farms 10.5 million 19 th in U.S. in no. of farms(48,000) Farm Income > 8 billion $(crops and livestock
Ranking in Crop Production No. 1 Peanuts Pecans Rye Onions(Vidalia) No. 2 Cotton Cucumber Snap Beans
Ranking in Crop Production (continued) No. 3 Cantaloupe Sweet Corn Peaches Watermelons No. 6 Tobacco
Ranking in Crop Production (continued No. 9 Livestock(1.2 million head) 18 All commodities 21 Crops
Major Land Resource Areas in Georgia
Test Locations Bainbridge
Information Needed Variety Performance Pest Resistance Regional Data Fast Delivery
Crops In Program: Summer and Winter
Variety Evaluation Corn Sorghum Soybean Canola Sunflower Cotton Peanuts Small Grains Summer Annual Forages Winter Annual Forages
Winter Crops Small grain Wheat Barley Oat Rye Triticale Canola Small Grain Forages Wheat Oat Rye Ryegrass
Trial Design Four replications RCB arrangement Two-Four row plots/crop 30/36-inch row spacing Seed per linear foot/crop Plot length 20/40’/crop
Varietal Screening (Pest Resistance) Corn Virus(MCD,MDM) Youmans Corn Insect Resistance Krakowsky Soybean Cyst Nematode Hussey Soybean Root-Knot Nematode Boerma Soybean Stem Canker Phillips Soybean Asian Rust Phillips Sorghum Insect Resistance Ni Soybean Disease Complex Phillips
Reporting and Publishing Information Field Crops Performance Soybean,Sorghum,Peanut,Cotton Small Grain Performance Corn Performance Canola Performance Internet
UGA Web Pages Variety Test Results