DOI: 10.48610/8bd7ba2
title: Core Sorghum Breeding (Breeding Trials-Central QLD in years 2004 to 2020)

description: Core Sorghum Breeding is focused on the development of sorghum breeding lines incorporating variation in traits predicted to improve productivity in the northern region combination with particular managements. Trial Codes: SAMA06BLLX4, SAFA06BLLX4, SAMA07DYSA4, SAMA07DYSR4, SAMA07CLRM4, SAMA07BLLX4, SPMA05BLLX4, SAMA05DYSR4, SAMA05BLLX4, SAFA05DYSR4, SAFA05BLLX4, SAFA07DYSA4, SAFA07DYSR4, SAFA07CLRM4, SAFA08KLCM4, SAFA08BLLX4, SPMA10CLRM4, SAMA10CLRM4, SAMA09BLLX4, SAMA09CLRM4, SAFA09BLLX4, SAFA09CLRM4, SAFA08SPRN4, SAMA08BLLX4, SAFA07BLLX4, SPMA08BLLX4, SPFA08BLLX4, SAMA08SPRN4, SAMA08KLCM4, SAMA11SPRN4, SPMA11BLLX4, SPMB11BLLX4, SAFA12EMRL4, SAMA11EMRL4, SAMA11BLLX4, SAFA04DYSR4, SAFA04SPRN4, SAFA04THDR4, SAMA04BLLX4, SAMA04DYSR4, SAMA04SPRN4, SAMA04THDR4, SAFA11EMRL4, SAFA11SPRN4, SAFA11BLLX4, SAFA11CLRM4, SAMA11CLRM4, SPMA14SPRN4, SPMA14EMRL4, SAFA14SPRN4, SAFA14EMRL4, SAMA14EMRL4, SAMA14SPRN4, SAMA1414804, SPMA12EMRL4, SAMA1314804, SAFA1314804, SAFA04BLLX4, SAMA16PLSN4, SAMA15EMRL4, SAMA1514804, SPMA1514804, SPMA15EMRL4, SAFA17EMRL4, SAMA17EMRL4, SAFA16EMRL4, SAFA16KLCM4, SAMA16KLCM4, SAFA16PLSN4, SAMA16EMRL4, SAYTMEME18, SAYTMCAP18, SAYTMORI18, SAYTMKIL19, SAYTMEME19, SAYTMEMH19, SAYTMCAP20, SAYTMEME20, SAYTFEME18, SAYTFKIL19, SAYTFEME19, SAYTFEMH19, SAYTFEME20, SAYTFCAP20. Trial Types: AYTFemale,AYTMale,pytfemale,pytmale. Site Names: Biloela,Dysart,Springsure,Theodore,Clermont,Dysart Annexe,Kilcummin,Emerald,Capella,Orion,EmeraldHP. Site Year(s): 2004 to 2020. Treatments: Genotype;. Variables: Height (cm) - Height from ground to tip of the head (Decimal); Head Type (Score) - Visual rating of head shape 1=open 9=closed or compact (Integer); Head Length (cm) - Length of the head, 6-70cm (Decimal); Head Height (cm) - Height to the bottom of the head cm (Decimal); General Rating (Score) - General Rating of visual appeal; Rating Score 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Flag Height (cm) - Height to the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); Fertility Segregation (Score) - Fertility Segregation;Score Yes =1 or No=0; No data=blank (Integer); Days to Flower Segregation (Score) - Days to Flower Segregation;Score Yes =1 or No=0; No data=blank (Integer); Days to Flower (days) - Days to flower (Integer); LSN (Score) - Rating 1=Alive, 9=Dead, LSN is the leaf senescence or stay-green rating (Integer); Row Spacing (m) - Row Spacing (Decimal); Plot Length (m) - Plot Length in metres (Decimal); Peduncle Length (cm) - Distance between the bottom of the head and the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); Yield (t/ha) - Yield t/ha (Decimal); Plot Weight (kg) - Weight of grain harvested from a plot kg (Decimal); Lodging Plants (Score) - Lodging Number of plants (Integer); LSN-2 (Score) - Rating 1=Alive, 9=Dead, LSN-2 is the leaf senescence or stay-green rating Used in MET data only aytfemale (Integer); Pollen (Score) - Pollen rating 1=heaps 9= sterile (ie no pollen) (Integer); RUST (Score) - RUST Visual Rating 1=good, 9=bad (Integer); Plot Area (m2) - Plot Area in metres squared (Decimal); Trt (Id) - Treatment number for genotype for that particular trail (not unique) (Integer); Moisture (%) - Moisture of the grain at harvest expressed as a percentage 1-25% (Decimal); Emergence (Score) - Emergence; Visual rating 1-5 where as 1 is a good stand and ( is a bad stand, as in plot, 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Stand (Score) - Visual rating 1-9 where as 1 is a good stand and 9 is a bad stand, as in plot, 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Tillers per Plant (Score) - Count of Tillers per Plant (Decimal); Row Width (m) - Row Width (Decimal); Plants per Meter Row (Score) - Count of Plants per Meter Row (Integer); Fertile tillers per head (Score) - Fertile tillers per head (Decimal); Number of fertile heads (Count) - Number of fertile heads in the plot (Integer); CheckType (Text) - CheckType;Test, Commercial, Physiology Plot (String); Bird Damage (Score) - Bird Damage, Score 0-6, 0 = No damage (Integer); Grain Colour (Text) - Grain Colour (String); Density (kg/hectolitre) - Density in kg/hectolitre (Decimal); Humidity (?) - Humidity (Decimal); Height Segregation (Text) - Height Segregation; Score Yes or No; No data blank (String); Hybrid (Text) - Hybrid (String); Number of Panicles per Metre (Count) - Number of Panicles per Metre (Integer); Grasshopper Damage (percent) - Grasshopper Damage (Integer); Flood Damage (Text) - Flood Damage (String);. Other Columns: TrialAcronym; TrialEndDate; TrialNote; TrialNumber; TrialStartDate; SiteName; Series; PlotBarcode; ReplicateNumber; column; row; Comment; HarvestSequenceNumber; Harvesttime; Missing; PlotBarCode; PlotNote; PreTrialComment.Spatial coverage: GRDC Subregion: Central QLD