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 Strains Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
FM958B		1789	41.6	83.8	1.11	31.9	4.4
PH99M-1495		1732	40.7	85.9	1.17	34.0	5.2
TX295		1707	40.6	84.0	1.15	28.7	4.6
NX99574C		1700	39.2	83.7	1.17	27.4	4.3
DP444BR		1679	40.9	82.9	1.07	29.6	4.3
DELTAPEARL		1604	41.4	84.3	1.18	30.0	4.7
TAM96WD-22		1532	43.4	83.8	1.15	25.9	4.4
ACSIEXP7606		1509	39.6	83.7	1.09	30.6	4.2
M958		1498	41.9	82.1	1.07	24.7	4.9
PH98M-3196		1453	41.7	84.1	1.09	27.8	4.6
TX28R		1445	42.0	84.8	1.14	27.8	5.1
GA98-85		1434	40.2	82.6	1.13	28.7	5.3
NX99577C		1428	40.1	83.1	1.13	27.1	4.8
ACSIEXP7602		1375	39.7	84.0	1.16	33.5	4.0
GA98-21		1290	40.5	84.3	1.13	30.6	5.0
GA98-72		1196	37.7	83.7	1.14	29.3	4.9
Average		1523	40.7	83.8	1.13	29.2	4.7
LSD 0.10		168	1.5	NS	0.05	3	0.3
CV %		9.3	2.2	1.1	2.3	5.6	3.5
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.