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
Tifton, Georgia: Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1339	45.4	83.0	1.13	33.1	4.9
OA-90		1293	45.1	81.9	1.08	30.2	5.6
DPLX99X35		1225	44.7	81.3	1.09	29.2	5.4
DELTAPEARL		1220	41.4	83.6	1.16	35.4	5.4
OA-87		1218	42.4	80.7	1.01	28.9	5.3
SG215BR		1147	40.9	80.6	1.01	27.2	5.0
PSC355		1070	43.2	82.1	1.07	31.2	5.4
OA-88		1062	42.3	82.1	1.08	27.2	5.2
PH98M-2893		1021	43.5	81.5	1.05	30.3	5.2
OA-89		966	40.8	81.3	1.02	29.5	5.5
MISCOT8839		940	41.1	81.3	1.10	30.0	5.4
FM958		912	41.7	83.1	1.14	34.4	5.0
FM966		902	41.6	82.5	1.15	34.7	4.7
MISCOT8806		886	40.7	83.0	1.11	33.3	5.2
SG501BR		850	39.7	82.1	1.05	30.4	5.2
ST4793R		835	42.8	81.3	1.01	29.2	5.5
SG521R		828	39.5	81.0	1.02	28.4	4.8
GA97-25		828	36.4	81.2	1.04	33.1	5.3
GA96-66		811	38.2	82.2	1.11	32.2	5.0
ST4892BR		805	41.9	81.0	1.05	29.7	5.4
OA-85		795	43.8	80.0	1.03	29.3	5.4
DP451BR		788	38.1	81.7	1.06	27.5	5.2
GA96-100		745	38.4	82.5	1.11	33.1	4.8
GA95-251		729	39.8	83.2	1.10	34.2	5.1
ST457		723	41.7	81.2	1.05	29.4	5.2
SG105		606	38.9	81.6	1.06	30.0	5.7
DP436RR		528	38.1	80.2	1.05	27.8	5.2
Average		928	41.2	81.7	1.07	30.7	5.2
LSD 0.10		172	2.1	1.9	0.08	2.7	0.4
CV %		15.7	2.9	1.3	4.3	5.1	4.0
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 22, 2002.
Harvested:	September 13, 2002.
Fertilization:	88 lb N, 54 lb P2O5, and 108 lb K2O/acre.
Management	Telone II applied 3 gal/acre; Temik applied 4 lb/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
Rainfall (in):		1.43	2.64	9.74	2.15	5.11
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, and Stephen Walker.