The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia						Table of Contents
2002 Peanut, Cotton, and Tobacco Performance Tests Research Report Number 686 January 2003
Athens, Georgia: Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DPLX99X35		1158	43.5	84.3	1.14	28.0	4.9
PH98M-2893		1144	42.2	83.6	1.10	29.1	5.1
OA-87		1070	40.5	81.8	1.04	26.8	4.8
OA-90		1070	43.9	83.9	1.11	30.0	5.3
PSC355		982	40.2	84.5	1.12	31.7	5.3
DP555BR		969	40.7	83.3	1.14	30.5	4.9
OA-85		932	44.1	83.1	1.10	28.8	4.9
DP451BR		891	37.0	83.5	1.11	29.2	4.8
SG105		889	39.4	84.2	1.14	30.0	5.1
DELTAPEARL		874	37.6	83.0	1.17	31.6	5.0
ST4892BR		871	41.8	84.1	1.08	29.1	5.4
SG215BR		864	39.8	81.7	1.05	26.4	5.0
OA-89		850	39.1	82.7	1.06	28.2	4.9
MISCOT8839		850	38.8	84.4	1.16	30.1	5.2
FM958		823	39.3	82.7	1.13	33.7	4.9
ST4793R		798	41.0	83.5	1.09	30.3	5.3
GA95-251		795	38.7	83.8	1.14	33.8	5.2
FM966		780	40.9	84.9	1.15	37.7	4.9
SG501BR		778	40.0	83.9	1.07	32.6	5.2
GA96-66		775	35.9	82.3	1.12	32.9	5.0
OA-88		770	39.2	82.9	1.09	27.9	4.9
GA97-25		766	38.1	83.2	1.11	32.7	5.0
ST457		744	41.4	82.7	1.11	31.0	5.3
GA96-100		742	37.4	83.4	1.13	30.7	4.7
SG521R		719	40.0	83.4	1.07	27.5	5.0
MISCOT8806		702	40.2	83.3	1.11	31.4	5.2
DP436RR		609	35.3	84.2	1.13	29.2	5.0
Average		860	39.9	83.4	1.10	30.4	5.0
LSD 0.01		199	1.3	1.1	0.03	2.1	0.3
CV %		19.7	1.9	0.8	1.4	4.0	3.8
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	May 20, 2002.
Harvested:	November 25, 2002.
Fertilization:	70 lb N, 18 lb P2O5, and 35 lb K2O/acre.
Management:	Temik applied 4 lb/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
Rainfall (in):		4.19	4.65	3.92	1.69	7.36	3.74
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Richard Smith.