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 Strains Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP493		2082	45.3	83.4	1.12	31.6	5.1
NX2429		1996	42.1	84.6	1.12	31.6	5.3
DELTAPEARL		1780	42.1	84.7	1.18	31.5	4.8
DP545BR		1771	42.3	83.4	1.15	31.8	4.8
PD99090		1751	40.5	83.4	1.11	31.4	5.0
PD99015		1743	39.4	83.4	1.13	32.3	4.7
GA200061		1740	44.6	83.8	1.10	32.0	4.8
GA200062		1716	44.7	84.2	1.11	31.8	4.9
PD99041		1716	38.4	84.6	1.17	33.9	4.8
PD99057		1702	39.4	83.2	1.10	31.8	4.8
PD99012		1700	41.4	82.6	1.12	30.9	4.9
PD99036		1693	39.7	83.5	1.08	32.0	4.8
DP449BR		1693	41.0	83.2	1.10	31.7	5.1
PD99058		1680	40.3	83.2	1.13	30.3	5.0
PD99029		1674	40.8	83.3	1.12	32.1	5.0
GA200066		1661	40.1	83.8	1.11	31.0	4.9
PH98M-3239		1653	40.9	81.8	1.08	31.1	5.0
M968		1646	40.0	83.8	1.13	29.0	4.5
TX24R		1611	40.5	82.1	1.07	30.8	5.0
M611		1611	40.4	85.0	1.18	37.3	4.9
GA95-155		1580	39.0	82.2	1.11	31.5	4.8
M946		1498	41.0	82.3	1.07	29.2	4.7
M1011		1465	39.1	83.6	1.15	28.8	4.8
TX245		1436	37.9	84.5	1.21	32.6	4.3
Average		1692	40.9	83.5	1.12	31.6	4.9
LSD 0.10		139	1.5	1.5	0.05	2.0	0.3
CV %		7.0	2.2	1.0	2.8	3.7	3.7
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.