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

PEANUT

Tifton, Georgia: Yield and Grade Performance Peanut Variety Trial, 2002, Irrigated
		Digging	Yield		TSMK	OK	DK	ELK	Seed
Variety		Date	(lb/a)	W-DMRT¹	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(no./lb)

Spanish Types

Georgia Browne		08/20	3372	a	71.5	5.4	0.2	5.6	1137
GA 982502²		08/20	3090	b	71.4	5.0	0.3	12.0	1067
GA 982503²		08/20	2611	c	71.2	6.2	0.5	8.1	1151
Tamspan 90		08/05	2318	d	67.5	6.2	0.1	2.4	1140
OLin		08/05	1698	ef	67.5	6.3	0.1	5.2	1120

Spanco		07/29	1521	f	64.4	8.0	0.2	2.0	1131
Pronto		07/29	1503	f	63.8	9.6	0.2	1.1	1181

Average		08/09	2302		68.2	6.7	0.2	5.2	1132

Valencia Types

Georgia Valencia		07/29	1906	e	57.5	7.0	0.3	6.9	879
Georgia Red		07/29	1605	f	62.9	6.7	0.5	5.0	973
N.M. Valencia C		07/24	1120	g	60.2	8.4	0.6	0.9	1075
H & W Valencia 101		07/24	1114	g	58.3	9.8	0.5	0.4	1096
Valencia McRan		07/24	1096	g	54.9	11.9	0.4	0.4	1157

H & W Valencia 102		07/24	1062	g	56.3	11.3	0.7	0.6	1090
N.M. Valencia A		07/25	1001	g	54.5	12.0	0.5	0.3	1206

Average		07/25	1272		57.8	9.6	0.5	2.1	1068

1. Waller-Duncan Multiple Range Tests: Yields within the same column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at the 0.05 level of probability.
2. Advanced Georgia breeding line.

Planted:	April 8, 2002.
Fertilization:	Applied 3.5 lb/a Solubor and 1300 lb/a gypsum.
Soil Type/Test:	Tifton loamy sand; pH = 7.3, P₂O₅ = 92, K₂O = 85, Ca = 692, Mg = 141 lb/a.
Previous Crop:	Cotton.
Management:	Treated with Sonalan+Dual, Temik, Folicur (4 sprays), and Abound (2 sprays).
		July 24	July 29	Aug. 5	Aug. 20
Rainfall (in.):		13.66	15.06	15.31	15.49
Irrigation (in.):		6.50	6.50	6.50	8.20
Total (in.):		20.16	21.56	21.81	23.69

NOTE: Residual cotton herbicide from previous crops caused sporadic chlorosis and stunting of plants. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) disease pressure was very high.