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: Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002, Irrigated
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1752	44.7	83.7	1.12	32.3	5.1
OA-90		1618	44.4	84.8	1.12	30.2	5.2
DPLX99X35		1569	44.1	83.7	1.11	30.1	5.2
MISCOT8806		1532	40.0	85.4	1.13	34.1	5.1
ST4892BR		1509	41.1	83.1	1.06	32.1	5.6
PSC355		1498	40.9	84.5	1.11	33.5	5.5
MISCOT8839		1485	42.0	84.3	1.13	32.7	5.2
DELTAPEARL		1454	41.5	84.4	1.16	31.7	5.1
SG501BR		1412	39.4	83.6	1.04	31.3	5.2
OA-87		1388	41.1	83.1	1.04	29.8	4.9
SG215BR		1386	40.1	83.6	1.03	29.1	5.3
PH98M-2893		1379	41.8	83.9	1.10	30.1	5.1
OA-89		1373	38.3	83.0	1.07	29.0	5.3
OA-88		1363	41.1	83.6	1.07	28.8	5.3
FM958		1361	43.1	84.7	1.15	35.2	5.2
FM966		1352	41.2	85.0	1.15	38.2	4.9
OA-85		1312	44.5	83.6	1.10	29.8	5.3
ST4793R		1295	39.0	83.5	1.06	31.2	5.1
ST457		1288	40.6	84.6	1.10	31.2	5.1
DP436RR		1286	41.5	85.4	1.13	28.7	5.3
GA95-251		1277	39.2	84.8	1.14	35.2	5.3
DP451BR		1261	37.4	84.5	1.12	30.7	5.2
SG521R		1236	40.4	84.0	1.06	29.9	4.9
SG105		1222	39.3	85.0	1.11	33.1	5.3
GA97-25		1212	36.4	82.9	1.11	31.7	5.0
GA96-66		1199	37.1	83.4	1.10	31.9	4.8
GA96-100		1172	37.1	83.8	1.10	30.6	5.0
Average		1377	40.7	84.1	1.10	31.6	5.2
LSD 0.10		146	3.4	1	0.04	2.1	0.3
CV %		9	5	0.7	2.1	4	3.6
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 18, 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
Irrigation (in):		1.20	2.70	1.00	3.00	0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Ronnie Pines.