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: Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1731	44.5	84.1	1.10	31.5	5.2
PSC355		1377	40.4	84.2	1.13	35.6	5.4
DPLX99X35		1374	43.3	85.5	1.13	33.0	5.3
MISCOT8839		1276	40.7	84.3	1.13	31.1	5.2
GA96-66		1271	37.3	84.4	1.10	36.5	5.3
SG215BR		1264	40.0	84.7	1.07	30.4	5.3
OA-88		1230	41.4	84.9	1.11	29.2	5.4
OA-90		1221	43.1	84.7	1.10	33.8	5.5
DELTAPEARL		1205	42.4	85.8	1.15	34.6	5.3
ST4793R		1181	42.4	84.8	1.09	33.6	5.6
ST4892BR		1164	41.4	85.1	1.08	33.1	5.6
GA97-25		1160	37.9	84.3	1.07	33.4	5.3
MISCOT8806		1160	39.1	84.9	1.12	34.1	5.1
FM958		1108	40.8	85.6	1.16	37.0	5.3
PH98M-2893		1107	43.4	85.9	1.11	31.6	5.4
OA-87		1106	40.9	83.5	1.07	30.6	5.2
FM966		1103	39.9	85.3	1.15	39.3	5.0
SG501BR		1088	40.6	85.1	1.08	34.1	5.4
OA-85		1080	43.5	84.5	1.11	34.3	5.2
SG105		1079	39.7	86.7	1.14	33.7	5.3
ST457		1036	40.1	85.1	1.12	32.5	5.4
SG521R		1024	39.7	84.1	1.08	31.4	5.2
GA95-251		995	36.8	84.1	1.14	37.6	5.4
OA-89		923	37.8	85.0	1.08	31.5	5.3
GA96-100		920	35.5	85.6	1.14	33.8	4.9
DP451BR		908	37.2	85.0	1.11	30.5	5.5
DP436RR		822	36.5	85.6	1.15	30.5	5.4
Average		1145	40.2	84.9	1.11	33.3	5.3
LSD 0.10		199	2.0	1.0	0.03	2.0	0.2
CV %		14.7	3.0	0.6	1.8	3.6	2.1
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	May 2, 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
Irrigation (in):		0.75	1.50	3.75	3.75	3.00
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, and Stephen Walker.