Core Sorghum Breeding (Breeding Trials-South West QLD in years 2006 to 2011)

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: SAFA09GNDW4, SAFA06GNDW4, SAMA06GNDW4, SAMA09GNDW4, SAMA11GNDW4, SPMA11GNDW4, SAFA11GNDW4. Trial Types: AYTFemale,AYTMale,pytmale. Site Names: Goondiwindi. Site Year(s): 2006 to 2011. Treatments: Genotype;. Variables: Height (cm) - Height from ground to tip of the head (Decimal); General Rating (Score) - General Rating of visual appeal; Rating Score 1=good 9=bad (Integer); Row Spacing (m) - Row Spacing (Decimal); Yield (t/ha) - Yield t/ha (Decimal); Plot Weight (kg) - Weight of grain harvested from a plot kg (Decimal); 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); Plot Length (m) - Plot Length in metres (Decimal); Plot Area (m2) - Plot Area in metres squared (Decimal); Moisture (%) - Moisture of the grain at harvest expressed as a percentage 1-25% (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); Flag Height (cm) - Height to the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); 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); 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); Row Width (m) - Row Width (Decimal); Peduncle Length (cm) - Distance between the bottom of the head and the flag leaf in cm (Decimal); Plant Spacing (cm) - Plant Spacing Aytmale09 (Decimal); Germination test (%) - Germination test % of that plot Aytmale09 (Decimal); General Rating Flowering (Score) - General Rating of visual appeal Flowering; Rating Score 1=good 9=bad (Integer); CheckType (Text) - CheckType;Test, Commercial, Physiology Plot (String);. Other Columns: TrialAcronym; TrialEndDate; TrialNote; TrialNumber; TrialStartDate; SiteName; Series; PlotBarcode; ReplicateNumber; column; row; Comment; Missing;Spatial coverage: GRDC Subregion: South West QLD