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: Later Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
OA-90		2035	45.9	84.1	1.12	28.4	5.1
DP491		1964	43.0	83.6	1.21	29.5	4.6
OA-87		1958	41.5	82.9	1.02	28.8	4.9
ST5599BR		1924	43.5	82.9	1.14	31.7	4.9
DP555BR		1922	44.5	83.9	1.17	33.7	4.7
OA-85		1791	44.3	82.1	1.08	29.3	5.1
ST4892BR		1778	42.4	83.1	1.07	29.6	5.1
GA98028		1770	40.3	84.4	1.16	31.8	4.6
GA98084		1766	40.6	83.2	1.11	31.0	4.8
DELTAPEARL		1740	41.5	84.4	1.19	31.0	4.8
GA98033		1735	40.6	82.4	1.10	30.9	4.6
NUCOTN35B		1679	38.3	81.7	1.06	30.8	4.7
GA98091		1673	39.9	84.4	1.15	30.2	4.7
NUCOTN33B		1635	39.1	84.2	1.14	28.8	4.9
FM989BR		1624	40.0	82.5	1.08	29.4	4.6
DP655BR		1622	39.1	81.3	1.07	30.0	4.4
DP458BR		1619	39.7	82.6	1.08	27.6	5.0
ST5303RR		1617	39.6	82.4	1.06	31.7	4.6
GA98066		1594	39.3	83.4	1.15	31.5	4.6
ST580		1576	41.9	83.2	1.11	27.2	4.8
PSCGA161		1573	39.5	82.7	1.12	30.5	4.8
GC271		1570	38.2	84.1	1.16	33.5	5.0
GA98047		1563	38.5	83.3	1.12	30.8	4.9
GA98079		1552	39.4	84.1	1.16	32.4	4.6
DP565		1550	41.5	82.8	1.11	30.0	5.1
GA96-211		1529	37.7	83.8	1.16	31.1	4.4
FM991R		1525	38.1	82.3	1.11	29.6	4.4
AP7126		1511	39.8	83.7	1.17	29.8	4.5
FM989R		1487	41.7	81.7	1.05	29.4	4.2
DP5415RR		1476	40.1	82.9	1.10	27.5	4.9
DP448B		1452	38.1	80.5	1.06	26.6	4.6
PSCHS12		1415	38.6	83.0	1.10	30.6	4.9
DP5690RR		1413	38.4	81.6	1.03	32.2	4.9
DP5415		1412	37.9	82.9	1.10	27.2	5.1
GA97-5		1394	38.5	83.7	1.14	30.6	4.8
FM989		1300	40.8	83.9	1.10	30.1	4.4
PHY78		1009	42.4	84.6	1.14	32.8	4.6
Average		1615	40.4	83.1	1.11	30.2	4.7
LSD 0.10		1.6	154	0.04	1.5	NS	0.2
CV %		2.4	8.1	2.4	1.1	6.8	2.6
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 22, 2002.
Harvested:	September 23, 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.