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
COTTON
Bainbridge, Georgia: Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1694	43.3	84.8	1.16	28.6	4.6
OA-87		1690	43.1	84.5	1.09	26.1	4.8
OA-90		1614	45.5	85.7	1.14	30.2	5.0
DELTAPEARL		1593	41.8	85.2	1.20	31.6	4.8
DPLX99X35		1571	44.0	86.3	1.17	28.2	5.0
PSC355		1541	40.0	86.4	1.17	30.3	4.9
ST4892BR		1520	42.5	86.1	1.14	30.8	5.4
OA-88		1506	42.4	85.8	1.14	27.0	5.2
SG215BR		1456	41.5	84.7	1.09	28.0	4.9
GA97-25		1442	36.9	86.0	1.16	33.9	4.8
PH98M-2893		1427	43.6	85.8	1.16	30.0	4.9
SG501BR		1418	41.0	86.4	1.13	30.0	5.1
ST4793R		1411	42.3	85.5	1.13	30.3	5.1
SG105		1338	39.9	87.0	1.16	32.7	5.1
ST457		1332	41.0	85.6	1.17	30.0	5.0
SG521R		1326	39.8	86.0	1.13	29.3	4.8
GA96-66		1314	37.6	85.4	1.17	32.8	5.0
FM966		1297	40.7	87.0	1.20	37.0	4.6
MISCOT8806		1295	38.1	85.5	1.16	32.2	4.6
GA95-251		1291	38.2	87.2	1.23	36.2	5.0
OA-85		1284	44.3	84.7	1.16	28.4	4.7
DP451BR		1266	38.7	86.1	1.16	27.7	5.0
OA-89		1260	41.5	84.7	1.10	28.9	5.1
MISCOT8839		1254	37.9	86.5	1.18	30.2	4.7
FM958		1248	42.5	85.7	1.19	33.6	4.6
GA96-100		1181	37.9	85.7	1.18	31.8	4.8
DP436RR		1076	37.7	86.1	1.18	27.1	5.1
Average		1394	40.9	85.8	1.16	30.5	4.9
LSD 0.10		133	1.9	0.9	0.04	2.3	0.3
CV %		8.1	2.7	0.6	1.9	4.4	3.1
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	May 1, 2002.
Harvested:	October 9, 2002.
Fertilization:	236 lb N, 91 lb P2O5, and 18 lb K2O/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
Rainfall (in):		0.70	4.60	11.30	2.80	12.30
Irrigation (in):		5.95	3.00	3.20	2.40	0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, Eddie McGriff, Joel Hudgins, Mitchell May, and Judd Green.