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:
Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2001
Entry   Lint Yield Lint Uniformity
Index
Length Strength Micronaire
lb/acre % % inches g/tex units
FM958 1419 40.5 85.6 1.18 30.4 4.5
OA-87 1405 41.9 85.2 1.14 27.9 4.7
SG215BR 1346 39.8 84.1 1.09 26.7 4.9
OA-85 1322 44.3 83.5 1.12 30.2 4.5
PM1560BG 1261 39.4 84.7 1.14 29.6 4.5
ST4691B 1261 40.0 83.5 1.14 26.7 4.2
PSC355 1243 37.6 84.5 1.15 29.9 4.5
FM966 1233 39.1 85.4 1.17 33.2 4.4
SG501BR 1230 37.0 84.4 1.14 29.7 4.6
SG747 1221 39.2 85.1 1.15 27.8 4.8
8806-3-2-35 1215 40.3 84.7 1.15 28.1 4.5
DP491 1168 41.5 85.2 1.25 30.7 4.2
SG105 1164 37.5 84.2 1.16 28.7 4.4
8806-3-2-2-1 1148 39.0 85.1 1.13 30.1 4.7
8806-3-2-19 1125 38.9 85.6 1.14 30.8 4.5
DP51 1112 38.0 84.7 1.17 26.7 4.7
DP451BR 1112 34.8 84.6 1.16 27.7 4.3
DP422BR 1104 35.4 83.6 1.15 26.1 4.1
DP428B 1092 33.6 83.0 1.17 25.9 3.9
AP1500RR 1075 41.0 84.1 1.16 29.6 3.8
8839-3-10-2 1075 39.4 84.5 1.13 28.7 4.8
SG521R 1070 37.8 84.4 1.12 28.8 4.4
ST4892BR 1061 39.2 84.2 1.12 28.1 4.2
DP20B 1059 33.3 84.8 1.21 27.0 4.3
SG125BR 1058 34.9 84.2 1.13 28.2 4.2
DP425RR 1047 36.6 84.4 1.13 27.4 4.5
ST4793R 1032 38.8 83.7 1.11 28.8 4.6
BXN47 1026 38.1 83.2 1.12 27.2 4.5
DP436RR 1011 34.8 85.8 1.16 26.2 4.4
Average 1162 38.3 84.5 1.15 28.5 4.4
LSD 0.10 87 2.8 NS 0.04 2.2 0.3
CV %   6.4 4.4 1.3 2.1 4.5 4.4
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
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Grant Henderson, Stan Jones, and Ronnie Pines.
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