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
Athens, Georgia: Dryland Later Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2002
Entry		Lint Yield	Lint	Uniformity Index	Length	Strength	Micronaire
		lb/acre	%	%	inches	g/tex	units
DP555BR		1196	42.7	81.9	1.08	31.2	5.2
OA-85		1127	45.5	81.5	1.05	31.2	5.2
DELTAPEARL		1127	40.5	82.9	1.13	31.7	5.3
GA98028		1115	38.8	83.2	1.11	33.3	4.9
GA98084		1070	39.8	82.3	1.10	32.4	5.2
ST5599BR		1061	41.7	81.0	1.04	32.9	5.2
OA-90		1050	44.4	82.6	1.07	31.2	5.5
FM989BR		1046	40.1	82.0	1.07	32.3	5.0
DP491		1018	42.7	83.3	1.14	34.2	5.2
ST580		1016	39.3	82.2	1.11	30.5	5.0
DP565		997	38.5	83.4	1.13	31.8	5.4
FM991R		976	39.1	82.9	1.12	33.6	5.1
GA98066		974	39.1	82.9	1.13	33.6	5.0
AP7126		966	39.9	82.8	1.10	30.4	5.1
DP5415		942	38.4	82.3	1.09	31.2	5.2
ST4892BR		939	42.7	81.9	1.05	30.9	5.6
DP448B		935	38.7	83.1	1.11	29.5	4.9
PSCGA161		929	39.9	83.5	1.13	34.1	5.0
DP5415RR		924	37.3	82.5	1.07	31.1	5.1
GA98047		917	38.4	82.3	1.12	34.8	5.0
GA98091		909	38.8	82.8	1.11	32.3	4.8
GA98033		908	39.6	82.7	1.08	31.7	5.0
DP655BR		895	38.8	81.9	1.07	35.7	4.8
PHY78		889	40.2	84.1	1.11	36.4	4.9
ST5303RR		885	39.3	82.5	1.05	34.3	5.3
PSCHS12		876	36.5	82.8	1.12	34.0	5.0
NUCOTN35B		859	38.7	82.0	1.08	35.4	5.2
DP458BR		854	37.9	82.8	1.09	31.9	5.1
OA-87		820	40.8	81.3	1.02	27.0	5.0
DP5690RR		816	38.1	82.2	1.08	33.5	5.2
GA98079		774	37.6	82.5	1.08	31.8	5.0
FM989R		774	41.0	81.6	1.05	33.5	5.1
GA97-5		769	36.5	83.2	1.10	32.7	5.2
NUCOTN33B		753	37.9	82.9	1.08	31.2	5.1
GA96-211		722	37.2	83.0	1.13	33.5	4.9
FM989		674	40.3	82.8	1.11	34.1	5.0
GC271		665	38.4	81.8	1.09	34.2	5.4
Average		923	39.6	82.5	1.10	32.6	5.1
LSD 0.01		213	1.7	1.0	0.03	2.2	0.3
CV %		19.7	2.6	0.7	1.8	3.9	3.0
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:	May 20, 2002.
Harvested:	November 25, 2002.
Fertilization:	70 lb N, 18 lb P2O5, and 35 lb K2O/acre.
Management:	Temik applied 4 lb/acre.
		May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
Rainfall (in):		4.19	4.65	3.92	1.69	7.36	3.74
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stephen Walker, and Richard Smith.