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:
Two- and Three-Year Averages of
Official Flue-Cured Tobacco Variety Test -
Comparison of Released Varieties
for Certain Characteristics, 2000-2002
Variety Yield Value Price
Index1		 Grade
Index2		 Number
Leaves/
Plant		 Plant
Ht.		 Days
to
Flower		 Total
Alkaloids		 Reducing
Sugars		 Ratio
RS/TA
lb/A $/A $/CWT in % %
---------------------------------------- Three-Year Average 2000-2002 ----------------------------------------
K 326 2555 3874 159 52 19 31 73 3.4 11.8 4.8
NC 72 2484 2829 157 47 19 31 75 3.0 13.6 5.3
K 358 2399 3913 163 52 19 32 73 3.0 12.2 4.4
K 346 2398 3805 160 52 19 32 72 2.8 12.1 4.7
NC 95 2396 3586 151 40 18 33 80 3.5 13.1 3.8
NC 297 2389 3892 162 53 18 31 77 3.4 14.6 5.6
Speight 179 2358 3760 160 48 19 31 74 2.8 14.6 5.3
NC 71 2355 3765 161 51 19 31 75 2.8 16.9 6.0
RG H4 2353 3601 155 47 18 31 75 3.9 11.7 3.1
K 394 2326 3792 162 57 19 30 75 2.7 14.8 5.6
NC 2326 2321 3386 147 38 18 32 73 3.4 13.4 4.0
Speight H20 2319 3789 162 53 18 33 73 3.5 13.0 3.9
RG H51 2314 3697 158 50 18 31 72 3.1 10.8 4.1
Speight 190 2308 3866 167 55 19 31 80 3.1 12.3 4.2
PV H09 2218 3443 157 45 19 31 72 3.7 12.2 3.3
Speight 168 2204 3544 162 53 19 31 76 3.0 12.2 4.4
GL 939 2197 3552 158 51 19 31 76 3.4 12.3 4.2
PV H03 2187 3533 163 56 18 30 73 3.3 10.7 3.9
OX 207 2175 3601 164 53 18 31 75 3.2 12.0 4.2
C 371 Gold 2099 3407 162 53 19 31 73 3.5 11.6 3.3
----------------------------------------- Two-Year Average 2001-2002 -----------------------------------------
NC 95 2555 3823 152 44 19 33 82 3.5 12.4 3.7
NC 72 2364 3570 156 48 20 32 79 3.0 13.1 5.5
RG H4 2349 3504 153 46 18 30 76 3.9 10.8 2.9
NC 2326 2342 3349 146 41 19 31 76 3.7 12.9 3.5
K 326 2316 3627 160 56 19 31 74 4.0   9.5 3.4
Speight 179 2311 3747 163 53 19 31 75 2.9 15.1 5.2
RG H51 2300 3723 159 54 18 31 71 3.5   8.5 2.8
Speight 190 2300 3901 169 58 19 30 82 3.4 10.8 3.3
Speight 210 2262 3659 164 55 18 29 75 3.3 17.0 5.6
K 358 2254 3675 163 53 19 31 75 3.2 11.2 3.8
Speight H20 2236 3630 161 53 19 32 72 3.7 11.8 3.4
K 346 2229 3495 159 54 19 31 74 3.0 10.2 3.7
Speight 168 2212 3601 165 57 19 31 77 3.4 11.1 3.5
NC 297 2196 3595 163 55 18 31 79 4.0 11.5 3.4
K 394 2112 3453 162 60 18 30 76 2.9 14.8 5.2
OX 207 2100 3514 166 58 18 31 76 3.5 10.6 3.4
GL 939 2054 3238 154 49 18 30 79 3.7 10.1 3.3
PVH09 2049 3228 161 49 19 31 74 3.7 11.4 3.1
NC 71 2035 3392 166 57 18 30 74 2.8 16.3 5.8
GL 973 1945 3300 170 61 19 32 76 3.2 14.7 4.8
NC 810 1922 3131 163 56 19 30 76 3.6 16.3 5.0
C 371 Gold 1873 3078 165 58 18 31 74 3.7 10.1 2.7
PVH03 1857 2951 162 57 18 30 77 3.4   9.6 3.8
Conducted on an Ocilla loamy sand soil fertilized with 1000 lbs/a of 6-6-18 and 120 lbs/a 16-0-0 with plants spaced
20-22 inches apart in 44-inch rows.
1.  Price Index based on two-year average (2001-2002) prices for U.S. government grades.
2.  Numerical values ranging from 1-99 for flue-cured tobacco based on equivalent government grades - higher the
     number, higher the grade.  Some varieties are not shown due to low plant counts from TSWV.
Some varieties are not included because of poor stand.
Researched by Stevan S. LaHue and M. G. Stephenson, under project S1-71 and supported by grants from the
Georgia Tobacco Commission.