2003 Peanut, Cotton, and Tobacco Performance Tests The Univeristy of Georgia Research Report Number 692 January 2004						Table of Contents
Tifton, Georgia: Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2003
Variety		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units

OAX300BR		1446	43.7	82.6	1.07	26.5	4.4
OAX301R		1323	39.9	84.1	1.10	26.1	4.2
ST4892BR		1316	42.6	83.8	1.09	29.0	5.0
GA200035		1294	44.2	84.4	1.20	31.9	4.6
GA200042		1288	43.4	83.3	1.11	28.9	4.8

GA200041		1269	45.1	84.5	1.13	31.2	4.7
SG105		1262	41.1	84.5	1.15	29.8	4.6
DP444BR		1248	42.2	83.4	1.12	28.3	4.0
OAX303		1231	46.0	84.0	1.11	26.7	4.7
FM960BR		1210	41.2	83.6	1.14	32.6	4.0

FM989BR		1199	40.6	83.3	1.13	30.3	4.1
SG215BR		1195	42.0	83.7	1.08	25.9	4.3
GA200013		1189	40.5	83.2	1.13	30.7	4.5
GA200036		1181	44.1	84.2	1.16	32.7	4.8
DP449BR		1163	41.8	83.9	1.15	32.1	4.6

ST4793R		1156	43.1	83.3	1.09	27.2	4.6
SG521R		1144	41.2	83.7	1.10	26.6	4.4
OAX304BR		1138	40.2	83.0	1.10	30.4	4.5
DP451BR		1130	38.6	85.2	1.16	28.5	4.6
ST 4646B2R		1123	40.1	83.0	1.12	28.7	4.5

N2429		1122	40.2	84.5	1.13	28.9	4.6
OAX302BR		1112	37.2	84.6	1.17	27.0	4.5
DELTAPEARL		1111	41.1	84.4	1.18	30.4	4.3
PHY410RR		1070	40.5	84.1	1.12	28.2	4.1
FM958LL		1058	40.7	83.3	1.16	30.4	4.7

FM989RR		991	43.5	82.8	1.14	31.2	4.1
DP436RR		990	37.5	84.2	1.15	27.3	4.4
FM966LL		983	41.2	84.7	1.15	32.8	4.4
FM966		901	41.8	85.1	1.16	32.7	4.3
FM981LL		851	40.4	83.3	1.15	28.5	4.1

Average		1156	41.5	83.8	1.13	29.4	4.4
LSD 0.10		126	0.8	0.6	0.02	1.8	0.2
CV %		9.3	1.7	0.6	1.35	5.3	3.2

Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	April 29, 2003.
Harvested:	September 17, 2003.
Fertilization:	93 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):		1.41	7.25	8.13	9.74	4.40

Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Lloyd May.