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: Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
OA-90		2125	45.6	83.9	1.08	29.5	5.0
PSC355		1996	43.3	83.2	1.10	30.6	5.1
DP555BR		1949	44.6	83.0	1.11	30.4	4.6
OA-87		1916	42.4	81.8	0.99	28.2	5.0
OA-88		1841	42.5	82.5	1.05	27.7	5.2
DPLX99X35		1821	45.1	84.2	1.12	29.0	5.2
FM966		1783	42.2	84.8	1.15	36.0	4.7
DELTAPEARL		1774	42.5	84.1	1.17	31.6	4.8
MISCOT8839		1713	41.0	84.6	1.12	29.7	5.0
MISCOT8806		1702	40.9	84.5	1.12	30.9	5.1
OA-85		1696	45.7	82.3	1.07	30.3	5.0
SG215BR		1677	42.3	82.4	0.99	27.9	4.9
FM958		1672	44.3	83.8	1.12	32.8	4.7
ST4892BR		1672	42.4	83.0	1.04	30.4	5.3
PH98M-2893		1648	43.5	84.2	1.10	30.9	5.1
OA-89		1645	41.3	81.9	1.02	28.2	5.3
DP451BR		1637	39.1	83.0	1.10	28.6	5.0
ST457		1614	42.0	82.4	1.07	29.5	5.1
SG521R		1601	40.0	81.9	1.07	28.5	4.7
SG501BR		1592	39.6	83.4	1.04	28.4	4.8
ST4793R		1583	44.1	82.9	1.03	31.7	5.4
GA95-251		1557	38.5	83.8	1.10	32.4	4.5
SG105		1514	41.1	83.7	1.08	32.2	5.2
GA96-66		1480	37.9	83.2	1.09	29.0	4.6
DP436RR		1412	38.0	83.1	1.08	27.9	5.2
GA97-25		1403	37.2	83.2	1.09	32.0	4.9
GA96-100		1352	38.8	82.7	1.11	29.3	4.6
Average		1680	41.7	83.2	1.08	30.1	5.0
LSD 0.10		150	2.4	1.2	0.05	2.6	0.4
CV %		7.6	3.3	0.8	2.8	5.1	4.8
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 23, 2002.
Harvested:	September 12, 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
Irrigation (in):		0.70	1.50	1.60	0	0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, and Stephen Walker.