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: Later Maturity Cotton Strains Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP545BR		1728	44.8	83.4	1.12	31.1	5.0
DP449BR		1588	43.2	83.4	1.09	32.4	5.0
DP493		1582	45.2	83.8	1.12	34.3	5.1
DELTAPEARL		1544	42.1	85.3	1.20	35.1	4.9
PD99029		1431	42.5	84.6	1.12	35.9	5.2
GA200061		1409	44.8	83.9	1.10	36.2	5.1
NX2429		1388	41.6	84.2	1.11	34.0	5.3
PD99058		1323	40.2	83.8	1.11	34.5	4.9
PD99090		1316	38.4	83.4	1.12	35.9	5.3
GA200062		1304	43.2	84.9	1.14	36.1	5.1
GA200066		1287	39.4	83.6	1.10	34.7	4.8
PH98M-3239		1284	39.9	83.9	1.09	31.3	4.7
PD99057		1276	39.6	84.2	1.10	32.9	4.9
M968		1270	40.1	84.2	1.12	28.6	4.7
PD99015		1241	40.0	84.1	1.10	32.7	5.1
TX24R		1240	39.9	83.8	1.07	31.0	5.0
PD99036		1233	39.5	84.0	1.13	34.4	4.9
M1011		1222	38.7	85.0	1.16	31.5	4.9
PD99012		1221	39.1	83.1	1.10	34.9	5.0
TX245		1193	39.7	84.9	1.18	35.7	4.8
PD99041		1191	36.5	85.0	1.16	35.9	4.8
GA95-155		1113	37.0	83.0	1.09	34.4	4.6
M611		1096	38.9	84.2	1.12	37.0	4.8
M946		1014	40.7	83.7	1.07	30.7	4.8
Average		1312	40.6	84.1	1.12	33.8	4.9
LSD 0.10		112	2.1	NS	0.04	3.1	NS
CV %		7.2	3.1	1.0	2.0	5.3	4.9
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 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.