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: Dryland Later Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
OA-87		1039	40.9	82.4	1.04	28.0	4.8
OA-90		972	40.4	83.1	1.11	30.8	5.1
GA98033		967	38.0	83.4	1.08	32.8	4.7
DP491		956	43.9	82.4	1.14	32.7	4.7
DP555BR		939	41.8	83.5	1.14	30.1	4.6
DELTAPEARL		899	40.5	83.0	1.14	31.7	4.9
GA98066		874	40.7	83.4	1.12	33.6	4.8
ST4892BR		863	40.5	81.9	1.04	31.1	5.0
GA98091		848	36.9	82.7	1.11	32.7	4.6
OA-85		823	42.2	80.7	1.06	30.5	4.8
GA98028		817	38.4	83.4	1.10	33.6	4.9
GA98047		817	39.1	84.0	1.11	35.3	4.7
PSCGA161		814	38.5	81.6	1.09	35.0	4.7
ST5303RR		806	43.0	83.5	1.05	34.6	5.4
DP448B		790	39.4	83.0	1.08	29.5	4.9
AP7126		785	38.0	83.7	1.14	29.8	4.6
ST580		782	38.4	82.9	1.08	33.0	5.1
PHY78		774	38.6	83.1	1.12	33.0	4.5
GA96-211		764	36.2	82.9	1.11	32.8	4.7
GC271		761	36.0	83.7	1.13	32.9	4.7
GA98079		741	37.1	82.3	1.09	33.4	4.5
DP655BR		734	36.5	83.3	1.11	33.6	4.5
DP565		729	38.7	82.5	1.08	31.9	5.2
NUCOTN33B		728	36.7	80.4	1.05	31.0	4.6
GA98084		711	36.5	83.6	1.11	33.1	4.7
ST5599BR		708	41.9	81.2	1.03	30.0	5.0
DP5690RR		699	38.6	83.6	1.10	35.2	4.7
PSCHS12		699	37.1	83.1	1.12	33.8	4.9
GA97-5		698	38.1	83.2	1.14	33.3	4.6
NUCOTN35B		696	37.9	81.4	1.06	33.3	4.5
DP458BR		689	37.7	83.3	1.09	30.9	4.5
DP5415		672	38.5	83.3	1.09	32.3	5.1
DP5415RR		659	37.7	82.4	1.09	33.0	4.9
FM989BR		657	37.4	81.3	1.01	31.6	4.3
FM989R		639	40.6	80.9	1.05	33.2	4.5
FM991R		638	38.2	83.6	1.10	35.3	4.9
FM989		563	38.8	82.5	1.12	35.7	4.4
Average		777	38.9	82.7	1.09	32.5	4.8
LSD 0.10		101	2.0	1.6	0.04	1.9	0.3
CV %		11.1	3.1	1.2	2.2	3.4	3.9
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 29, 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
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Ronnie Pines.