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 Strains Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DELTAPEARL		1509	42.6	84.6	1.15	30.5	5.3
PH99M-1495		1508	41.8	85.3	1.13	33.2	5.5
TX28R		1410	42.0	83.9	1.09	29.5	5.4
NX99574C		1395	40.4	84.2	1.15	29.6	4.8
TAM96WD-22		1391	42.8	84.1	1.13	28.3	4.9
FM958B		1313	41.9	84.9	1.10	34.9	4.8
ACSIEXP7602		1287	40.8	85.6	1.14	34.3	4.8
M958		1190	44.0	84.2	1.11	28.6	5.6
PH98M-3196		1160	41.5	84.8	1.09	30.6	5.2
GA98-85		1077	40.8	83.8	1.14	31.9	5.7
ACSIEXP7606		1050	39.9	85.0	1.11	36.1	5.0
TX295		1039	40.0	85.0	1.15	31.7	5.2
DP444BR		1005	41.0	83.9	1.08	28.9	4.6
GA98-21		862	41.5	85.2	1.13	32.0	5.1
GA98-72		773	39.8	85.0	1.14	32.3	5.2
NX99577C		706	40.3	83.8	1.10	29.1	5.0
Average		1167	41.3	84.6	1.12	31.3	5.1
LSD 0.10		170	1.2	0.9	0.03	2.2	0.3
CV %		12.3	1.7	0.6	1.5	4.0	3.6
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 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.