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
Midville, Georgia: Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
PSC355		681	41.7	83.9	1.07	34.6	5.3
DPLX99X35		526	43.1	82.8	1.06	31.7	5.2
OA-85		509	42.3	83.7	1.10	32.1	5.0
DELTAPEARL		502	41.4	83.7	1.12	32.8	5.2
OA-90		495	43.0	83.5	1.04	31.4	5.3
ST457		460	39.4	83.6	1.08	34.3	5.2
DP555BR		450	43.3	82.5	1.08	30.5	5.0
MISCOT8839		423	37.3	83.9	1.12	31.5	5.3
FM966		414	40.9	85.0	1.12	39.3	5.1
MISCOT8806		407	38.5	83.2	1.07	34.2	5.0
PH98M-2893		403	42.2	83.0	1.06	32.7	5.3
GA97-25		396	37.5	82.5	1.08	33.8	5.1
GA96-66		383	36.6	83.7	1.10	34.6	4.9
GA96-100		369	35.2	83.6	1.12	33.5	4.6
OA-88		358	40.8	83.5	1.08	29.8	5.1
SG105		354	38.2	85.0	1.10	33.4	5.2
SG521R		349	39.5	83.7	1.05	31.2	5.1
SG501BR		348	38.6	84.3	1.06	33.0	5.3
FM958		348	40.9	83.7	1.11	35.1	5.2
ST4892BR		347	40.4	84.4	1.08	32.4	5.4
OA-89		335	37.8	82.6	1.06	32.6	5.2
OA-87		335	41.4	82.2	1.02	30.2	5.1
DP436RR		334	35.3	83.6	1.10	29.3	5.2
ST4793R		329	42.1	83.8	1.06	32.5	5.3
DP451BR		329	34.5	83.6	1.08	29.9	5.1
GA95-251		327	36.6	85.2	1.16	38.6	4.9
SG215BR		282	40.6	82.5	1.02	28.3	4.9
Average		400	39.6	83.6	1.08	32.7	5.1
LSD 0.01		107	1.7	1.2	0.04	2.4	0.2
CV %		22.7	2.6	0.8	2.2	4.2	2.7
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 30, 2002.
Harvested:	October 31, 2002.
Fertilization:	75 lb N, 15 lb P2O5, and 55 lb K2O/acre.
Management:	Telone II applied 3 gal/acre and Temik applied 4 lb/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
Rainfall (in):		1.30	2.16	2.62	3.54	4.10
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, and Stephen Walker.