The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The University of Georgia

Research Report Number 671 January, 2001

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Tifton, Georgia: Two- and Three-Year Averages of Official Flue-Cured Tobacco Variety Test -
Comparison of Released Varieties for Certain Characteristics, 1998-2000
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		%	%
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	---------------------------------------- Three-Year Average 1998-2000 ----------------------------------------
K 326	2958	5013	169	58	20	33	77	3.0	13.2	4.9
K 394	2871	4887	169	59	19	31	77	2.9	15.7	5.7
NC 71	2768	4525	164	53	19	32	79	3.1	15.0	4.8
Speight 190	2666	4452	167	55	20	33	78	3.4	11.6	3.8
Speight 168	2633	4394	167	56	19	32	75	3.1	13.7	4.7
NC 95	2615	4043	154	39	18	34	71	3.7	10.0	3.5
OX 207	2534	4294	169	56	19	33	76	3.3	14.9	4.7
NC 55	2470	4145	168	54	20	31	76	3.3	13.0	4.3
Speight 179	2426	3980	164	49	18	32	78	3.7	9.4	3.2
C 371 Gold	2408	4036	167	58	18	32	75	3.7	11.2	3.2
K 346	2405	4014	167	54	20	34	76	3.3	12.7	4.3
GL 939	2362	4045	171	61	20	32	71	3.0	15.2	5.3
NC 2326	2140	3380	158	39	16	32	65	2.8	15.5	5.7
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	---------------------------------------- Two-Year Average 1999-2000 ----------------------------------------
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K 326	2603	4332	166	54	21	33	75	2.7	15.0	5.9
K 394	2547	4228	166	55	19	30	75	2.5	16.2	6.4
K 394	2547	4228	166	55	19	30	75	2.5	16.2	6.4
NC 71	2485	3956	162	53	20	32	78	2.9	16.9	5.7
RG H61	2437	4108	169	56	18	33	73	2.9	15.3	5.3
K 358	2434	4090	169	58	19	33	74	3.1	12.7	4.4
NC 95	2355	3745	158	43	18	33	75	3.7	14.4	3.9
RG H12	2329	3934	169	61	19	32	71	3.0	10.0	3.3
RG 17	2322	3846	166	54	20	31	74	2.7	14.4	5.4
PQ 7	2281	3732	164	52	19	33	74	2.7	14.2	5.4
Speight 168	2277	3719	165	54	19	32	74	2.7	14.6	5.5
RG H51	2260	3710	165	54	18	32	76	3.0	13.6	4.9
Speight H20	2229	3733	168	55	18	33	78	3.4	14.3	4.3
NC 2326	2219	3461	156	37	17	32	66	3.0	15.2	5.1
K 346	2186	3603	166	54	20	33	74	2.8	14.6	5.4
Speight 190	2171	3627	167	58	20	33	78	3.0	13.6	4.7
OX 207	2121	3527	167	53	20	32	75	3.1	15.1	5.0
Speight 179	2120	3425	163	47	19	33	76	3.3	11.7	4.0
C 371 Gold	2115	3439	163	54	19	32	75	3.3	12.6	3.8
CU430	2115	3455	164	53	20	34	76	33	15.9	5.4
GL 939	2114	3587	170	60	21	33	73	2.7	16.8	6.2
PQ 1	2072	3406	164	48	18	32	76	3.2	15.2	5.1
NC 55	2041	3408	167	57	20	31	73	2.9	15.3	5.3
Conducted on an Ocilla loamy sand soil fertilized with 1000 lb/a of 6-6-18 and 120 lb/a 16-0-0 with plants spaced 20-22 inches apart in 44-inch rows.
1. Price Index based on two-year average (1999-2000) 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. Some varieties are not shown due to low plant counts from TSWV.
Some varieties are not included because of poor stand in 1999.
Researched by Stevan S. LaHue and M. G. Stephenson, under project S1-71 and supported by grants from the Georgia Tobacco Commission.
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