DOI: 10.48610/b1a9171
title: Core Sorghum Breeding (Breeding Trials-North East NSW in years 2007 to 2018)

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: SAFA07LVRP2, SAFA08LVRP2, SPFA08LVRP2, SAMA08LVRP2, SAMA11LVRP2, SPMA11LVRP2, SAFB12LVRP2, SAFA11LVRP2, SAFA12LVRP2, SAMA12LVRP2,S AMB12LVRP2, SAMA13LVRP2, SAFA16SPRN2, SAFA16BLCK2, SAMB15LVRP2, SAMA15LVRP2, SPMB15LVRP2, SAMA16BLCK2, SAMA16SPRN2, SPMA17SPRN2, SAFA17SPRN2, SAFA17BLCK2, SAMA17SPRN2, SAMA17BLCK2, SPMA15LVRP2, SAYTMBLA18, SAYTMSPR18, SAYTFSPR18. Trial Types: AYTFemale,AYTMale,pytfemale,pytmale. Site Names: Liverpool plains,Blackville,Spring Ridge. Site Year(s): 2007 to 2018. Treatments: Genotype;. Variables: General Rating (Score) - General Rating of visual appeal; Rating Score 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Days to Flower (days) - Days to flower (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); Trt (Id) - Treatment number for genotype for that particular trail (not unique) (Integer); 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); Plot Length (m) - Plot Length in metres (Decimal); Yield (t/ha) - Yield t/ha (Decimal); Moisture (%) - Moisture of the grain at harvest expressed as a percentage 1-25% (Decimal); CheckType (Text) - CheckType;Test, Commercial, Physiology Plot (String); Pythium (Text) - Pythium (String); Height (cm) - Height from ground to tip of the head (Decimal); Pollen (Score) - Pollen rating 1=heaps 9= sterile (ie no pollen) (Integer); RUST (Score) - RUST Visual Rating 1=good, 9=bad (Integer); Plot Weight (kg) - Weight of grain harvested from a plot kg (Decimal); Row Width (m) - Row Width (Decimal); Plot Area (m2) - Plot Area in metres squared (Decimal); Head Height (cm) - Height to the bottom of the head cm (Decimal); Flag Height (cm) - Height to the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); Plants per Meter Row (Score) - Count of Plants per Meter Row (Integer); Tillers per Plant (Score) - Count of Tillers per Plant (Decimal); Number of tillers per meter (Count) - Count Number of tillers per meter (Integer); 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); Lodging Plants (Score) - Lodging Number of plants (Integer); Number of Panicles per Metre (Count) - Number of Panicles per Metre (Integer); Head Length (cm) - Length of the head, 6-70cm (Decimal); Peduncle Length (cm) - Distance between the bottom of the head and the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); General Rating Flowering (Score) - General Rating of visual appeal Flowering; Rating Score 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Vigour (Text) - Vigour Rating 1=good, 9=bad (String);. Other Columns: TrialAcronym; TrialEndDate; TrialNote; TrialNumber; TrialStartDate; SiteName; Series; PlotBarcode; ReplicateNumber; column; row; Comment; Missing; PlotBarCode; PreTrialComment.Spatial coverage: GRDC Subregion: North East NSW