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

2001 Peanut, Cotton and Tobacco Performance Tests
Research Report Number 677
January 2002

Plains, Georgia:
Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2001, Irrigated
Entry   Lint Yield Lint Uniformity
Index		 Length Strength Micronaire
lb/acre % % inches g/tex units
PSC355 1945 44.8 83.7 1.11 29.4 5.1
FM958 1941 43.6 82.7 1.18 32.0 4.8
8839-3-10-2 1935 45.2 84.2 1.15 29.4 5.1
SG747 1913 45.6 84.6 1.14 28.1 5.2
DP451BR 1884 41.2 82.9 1.15 27.6 4.7
SG501BR 1846 41.6 83.8 1.10 30.1 4.9
SG125BR 1827 41.4 82.8 1.09 29.2 4.7
DP428B 1809 38.6 84.7 1.17 27.5 4.8
ST4892BR 1808 45.2 82.6 1.06 30.0 5.1
OA-85 1808 45.8 81.7 1.12 30.5 4.9
DP491 1802 44.4 83.2 1.22 31.8 4.7
PM1560BG 1798 43.1 83.2 1.11 31.3 4.8
SG215BR 1791 40.5 83.9 1.09 28.0 4.8
FM966 1787 43.3 84.5 1.15 34.6 4.7
ST4793R 1770 45.7 82.3 1.06 29.7 5.1
OA-87 1761 41.3 83.0 1.10 31.1 4.8
ST4691B 1759 42.4 82.2 1.10 29.8 4.8
DP20B 1717 39.5 84.0 1.17 28.9 4.5
8806-3-2-35 1706 43.3 83.4 1.10 29.3 5.1
8806-3-2-19 1705 43.3 82.8 1.11 32.8 4.8
BXN47 1694 43.3 83.6 1.10 29.7 4.9
8806-3-2-2-1 1681 42.1 84.3 1.10 29.9 5.0
SG521R 1662 41.7 84.6 1.11 27.9 4.7
DP425RR 1655 39.9 83.3 1.15 28.7 4.9
DP436RR 1611 37.7 82.2 1.12 27.6 4.4
SG105 1609 40.3 85.3 1.17 31.8 4.9
DP422BR 1608 42.7 82.5 1.11 29.7 4.6
AP1500RR 1556 41.8 82.4 1.13 31.4 4.5
DP51 1538 39.3 82.6 1.13 27.8 4.9
Average 1756 42.3 83.3 1.12 29.8 4.8
LSD 0.10 118 3.7 1.3 0.03 1.9 0.3
CV %   5.7 5.1 0.9 1.6 3.7 4.3
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: May 2, 2001.
Harvested: October 17, 2001.
Fertilization: 69 lb N, 54 lb P2O5, and 27 lb K2O/acre.
April May June July Aug. Sept.
Rainfall (in): 2.59 1.39 11.94 4.37 2.97 5.33
Irrigation (in):    - 2.60     -   .75    -    -
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stan Jones, and Ronnie Pines.
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