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: Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1011	44.2	1.08	82.0	29.8	4.5
PSC355		1002	41.9	1.07	82.6	34.3	5.3
PH98M-2893		962	44.5	1.03	82.5	31.8	5.4
MISCOT8839		952	42.2	1.07	82.6	29.9	5.1
SG215BR		941	41.7	1.04	82.7	29.5	4.9
MISCOT8806		912	40.1	1.07	82.7	33.7	5.2
OA-90		900	43.1	1.09	83.1	31.3	5.3
OA-87		893	42.1	1.01	82.2	29.5	5.0
OA-89		890	40.9	1.05	83.4	32.2	5.4
SG521R		856	41.0	1.03	82.0	31.5	4.8
DPLX99X35		852	41.4	1.08	82.6	32.2	5.2
DELTAPEARL		848	41.6	1.16	83.6	32.2	4.8
SG501BR		841	39.5	1.05	83.7	31.9	4.9
OA-88		820	40.0	1.05	82.2	28.7	4.8
ST457		813	40.3	1.04	81.3	33.4	4.9
FM966		807	42.7	1.11	82.9	36.7	4.9
ST4892BR		806	42.0	1.05	83.2	31.8	5.3
OA-85		804	42.6	1.05	81.8	31.1	5.2
DP451BR		798	37.8	1.05	82.5	29.4	5.0
GA95-251		770	40.3	1.14	83.9	35.9	5.0
GA97-25		754	37.3	1.06	83.3	35.4	4.9
FM958		727	42.2	1.11	82.2	33.8	4.7
SG105		725	40.1	1.11	84.1	31.8	5.3
GA96-100		706	37.4	1.11	83.1	32.6	4.9
GA96-66		704	36.6	1.08	83.7	32.8	5.1
ST4793R		671	42.2	1.03	82.5	32.3	5.3
DP436RR		628	36.8	1.08	81.9	29.0	5.3
Average		829	40.9	1.07	82.8	32.0	5.1
LSD 0.10		86	2.2	0.04	NS	2.0	0.3
CV %		8.8	3.1	1.9	0.9	3.7	3.9
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 29, 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
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Ronnie Pines.