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

Plains, Georgia: Earlier Maturity Cotton Strains Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units

FM958B		1851	42.5	84.5	1.14	36.3	4.4
PH99M-1495		1599	40.5	85.3	1.15	36.0	5.4
ACSIEXP7606		1583	40.2	83.4	1.09	38.1	4.8
TAM96WD-22		1535	42.5	83.6	1.16	30.3	4.8
DELTAPEARL		1500	40.8	85.7	1.22	33.1	4.9

DP444BR		1479	42.5	84.1	1.12	32.4	4.4
TX28R		1475	40.9	83.9	1.16	32.0	5.2
NX99574C		1454	38.7	84.7	1.20	31.6	4.5
M958		1439	42.1	84.6	1.13	29.7	5.3
PH98M-3196		1415	41.3	84.7	1.12	30.9	5.1

ACSIEXP7602		1412	39.7	84.9	1.17	38.1	4.4
TX295		1400	39.1	85.5	1.20	33.7	5.0
GA98-21		1388	41.5	83.6	1.14	34.6	5.2
GA98-85		1334	39.0	84.2	1.15	32.8	5.3
GA98-72		1319	40.2	84.2	1.17	34.3	5.2

NX99577C		1182	41.8	84.1	1.13	30.2	5.1

Average		1460	40.8	84.4	1.15	33.4	4.9
LSD 0.10		103	1.5	NS	0.04	3.1	0.3
CV %		6.0	2.2	1.0	2.3	5.3	3.4

Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 25, 2002.
Harvested:	October 18, 2002.
Fertilization:	76 lb N, 88 lb P₂O₅, and 24 lb K₂O/acre.
Management:	Temik applied 4 lb/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
Rainfall (in):		1.08	3.02	5.83	3.30	5.62
Irrigation (in):		1.20	2.70	1.00	3.00	0

Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Ronnie Pines.