Soybean Yield along the Texas Gulf Coast during Periods of Variable Rainfall as Influenced by Soybean Cultivar and Planting Date
Table 11
Pod height from ground to first pod with three planting dates at two locations in 2008.
Cultivar
Wharton
Victoria
24 Mar
8 April
23 April
17 Mar
28 Mar
21 April
Cm
Croplan C4757RR
2.5
5.8
10.2
—
—
—
Croplan C4955RR
3.3
2.5
8.4
2.5
3.3
6.9
Croplan C5007RR
2.5
6.9
4.3
2.5
2.5
4.3
DP 5335RR
4.3
8.4
9.4
8.4
5.8
9.4
DP 5414RR
4.3
5.1
8.4
6.9
6.9
11.9
HBK 4926 (C)
4.3
5.8
8.4
5.8
4.3
5.1
HBK 5025 (C)
4.3
6.9
5.8
4.3
4.3
—
HBK 5123RR
3.3
5.1
4.3
2.5
6.9
8.4
HBK 5425RR
5.1
5.1
10.2
4.3
5.8
—
Hoegemeyer 422NRS
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
Hoegemeyer 425NRS
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
6.9
3.3
Hoegemeyer 480NRS
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
Hoegemeyer 487NRS
2.5
2.5
5.1
2.5
3.3
2.5
Hoegemeyer 510NRS
2.5
5.1
3.3
2.5
8.4
5.8
NC+ 5A31RS
5.8
7.6
10.9
—
—
—
NKS 49H7RR
2.5
2.5
3.3
6.9
2.5
4.3
NKS 49W6RR
4.3
5.1
5.8
2.5
3.3
6.9
NKS 52F2RR
2.5
10.2
4.3
4.3
3.3
—
Pioneer 94M71RR
3.3
4.3
4.3
—
—
—
Pioneer 94M80RR
3.3
5.8
6.9
4.3
4.3
5.8
Vernal (C)
7.6
13.5
17
15.2
13.5
—
LSD (0.05)
2.3
3.8
Abbreviations: C, conventional cultivars; NRS, RR, Roundup Ready cultivars. Cultivars Croplan 4757RR, NC+ 5A31RR, and Pioneer 94M71RR not planted in Victoria County. A “—” indicates no yield obtained with that cultivar.
