2003 Peanut, Cotton, and Tobacco Performance Tests The Univeristy of Georgia Research Report Number 692 January 2004									Table of Contents
Tifton, Georgia: Two, Three and Five-Year Averages of Official Flue-Cured Tobacco Variety Test -
Comparison of Released Varieties for Certain Characteristics, 1999-2003
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		%	%

	---------------------------------------- Five-Year Average 1999-2003 ----------------------------------------

K 326	2421	3966	165	58	20	32.7	78	3.2	13.3	5.2
NC 95	2403	3701	155	47	19	34.5	79	3.6	12.2	3.5
NC 71	2329	3847	166	59	20	32.0	79	2.9	16.5	5.6
RG H51	2283	3758	164	56	19	33.0	76	3.4	11.0	3.7
NC 2326	2281	3441	152	44	19	34.2	72	3.4	13.7	4.1

K 394	2260	3739	165	59	19	30.6	79	2.9	14.1	5.1
K 346	2209	3594	164	56	20	33.0	76	3.0	12.2	4.3
Speight 168	2182	3550	164	56	20	32.7	78	3.1	12.2	4.2
Speight 179	2181	3561	164	54	19	32.3	79	3.2	13.3	4.5
Speight 190	2176	3662	168	59	20	32.5	82	3.3	12.2	3.9

OX 207	2100	3515	167	58	20	32.5	78	3.3	13.0	4.2
C 371 Gold	1949	3178	163	58	19	32.2	78	3.4	11.6	3.4

	---------------------------------------- Three-Year Average 2001-2003 ----------------------------------------

NC 95	2436	3672	153	50	20	35.6	82	3.5	10.8	3.2
NC 72	2354	3694	160	54	20	33.9	82	2.8	15.1	6.1
NC 297	2341	3901	166	60	20	33.8	82	3.9	11.3	3.3
NC 2326	2323	3427	150	48	20	36.0	76	3.7	2.6	3.4
K 326	2300	3723	164	61	20	32.9	80	3.4	12.2	4.7

RG H51	2298	3791	163	58	20	33.7	76	3.6	9.3	2.8
Speight H20	2245	3622	160	54	19	34.9	77	3.6	12.1	3.4
Speight 210	2230	3676	166	59	19	31.8	80	3.4	16.5	5.2
K 346	2225	3588	162	58	20	33.0	78	3.1	10.7	3.6
NC 71	2225	3775	169	62	20	32.3	80	2.9	16.2	5.6

Speight 179	2222	3652	165	59	19	32.1	81	3.1	14.3	4.8
NC 810	2193	3643	166	60	20	32.8	82	3.4	15.0	4.7
Speight 190	2179	3685	169	61	19	32.6	85	3.4	11.2	3.4
RG H4	2175	3351	158	52	19	33.9	81	3.8	10.5	2.9
Speight 168	2119	3437	164	58	21	33.5	80	3.3	10.6	3.3

OX 207	2087	3507	167	62	20	32.8	81	3.4	11.7	3.6
K 394	2069	3414	164	61	20	31.4	81	3.2	12.7	4.2
GL 973	1978	3332	169	62	20	34.4	80	3.4	11.7	3.7
C 371 Gold	1839	3004	164	60	19	32.3	80	3.5	11.0	3.2

	---------------------------------------- Two-Year Average 2002-2003 ----------------------------------------

NC 95	2622	3796	147	52	21	36.4	79	3.8	10.4	2.7
Speight 218	2543	3910	153	49	21	35.3	75	4.1	11.9	2.9
K 326	2487	3877	157	55	21	33.3	81	4.1	12.3	4.3
NC 2326	2463	3476	143	50	22	38.5	78	4.0	13.8	3.5
NC 72	2459	3690	154	51	21	34.3	82	3.4	15.4	5.2

RG H4	2382	3537	152	50	21	35.9	83	4.0	9.4	2.4
NC 291	2361	3871	162	57	21	33.1	78	3.6	16.4	4.6
NC 810	2317	3716	159	53	22	34.2	82	3.8	12.8	3.5
K 346	2280	3527	156	53	21	34.1	76	3.6	10.6	3.0
Speight 179	2271	3613	160	57	20	33.2	80	3.4	15.2	4.7

Speight 190	2250	3715	165	56	20	33.9	84	3.6	10.8	3.0
NC 297	2240	3596	160	55	21	35.2	81	4.5	10.5	2.5
Speight 200A	2240	3575	160	55	22	34.1	81	3.3	13.1	4.1
RG H51	2228	3518	156	52	21	35.6	79	4.1	7.7	2.0
Speight 168	2224	3272	156	50	21	34.3	80	3.6	9.9	2.8

Speight H20	2224	3423	152	47	21	35.9	79	3.9	11.7	3.0
RS 1410	2220	3419	156	54	21	35.1	80	3.7	11.8	3.2
NC 71	2178	3619	165	59	20	32.9	83	3.2	17.5	5.5
Speight 210	2136	3362	160	53	20	32.8	81	3.7	13.8	3.7
Speight 196	2087	3320	161	58	21	35.4	82	3.8	12.4	3.8

GL 973	2043	3372	165	58	21	35.1	81	3.7	8.4	2.3
OX 207	1991	3222	161	56	21	33.7	79	3.8	10.9	3.0
K 394	1950	3038	156	53	21	31.1	82	3.5	11.7	3.3
C 371 Gold	1853	2901	157	54	21	32.4	81	3.6	12.3	3.5

Conducted on an Ocilla loamy sand soil fertilized with 500 lbs/a of 6-6-18 and an additional 70 lbs of N with plants spaced 20-22 inches apart in 44-inch rows.
1. Price Index based on two-year average (2002-2003) 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.

Researched by Stevan S. LaHue and M. G. Stephenson, under project S1-71 and supported by grants from the Georgia Tobacco Commission.