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

Tifton, Georgia:
Dryland Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2001
Entry   Lint Yield Lint Uniformity
Index
Length Strength Micronaire
lb/acre % % inches g/tex units
8839_3_10_2 1694 39.0 84.5 1.16 30.4 5.0
OA-87 1661 43.1 84.8 1.11 30.0 5.2
FM958 1627 42.8 85.2 1.16 32.6 5.1
SG501BR 1619 40.3 84.1 1.09 31.7 5.2
BXN47 1602 42.6 84.5 1.09 30.2 5.0
DP491 1580 41.7 85.6 1.23 33.8 4.6
PSC355 1575 40.7 84.8 1.13 30.9 5.1
8806_3_2_35 1544 43.1 84.4 1.09 30.6 5.1
SG105 1492 39.7 84.9 1.12 31.0 5.1
FM966 1486 42.2 84.2 1.14 35.2 4.9
SG125BR 1457 37.2 84.0 1.11 29.2 4.7
ST4892BR 1431 41.8 84.3 1.07 30.8 5.5
8806_3_2_2_1 1406 43.2 85.3 1.11 31.2 5.1
8806_3_2_19 1380 40.5 84.6 1.11 31.9 5.0
ST4691B 1370 40.7 84.3 1.13 30.7 5.0
PM1560BG 1345 41.2 84.3 1.11 31.6 5.0
DP51 1344 39.4 84.6 1.11 28.3 5.0
OA-85 1341 43.2 84.5 1.12 30.0 5.0
DP20B 1289 38.4 84.8 1.13 29.2 4.9
SG215BR 1259 38.6 83.9 1.08 28.1 4.9
SG521R 1259 42.0 84.3 1.07 29.2 4.9
DP436RR 1258 37.7 84.5 1.10 28.9 5.0
AP1500RR 1241 40.1 83.6 1.10 31.6 4.8
ST4793R 1236 41.2 85.1 1.09 32.0 5.3
DP425RR 1211 37.1 85.1 1.13 29.2 4.8
DP428B 1177 38.8 84.5 1.06 28.5 5.1
SG747 1176 40.0 85.0 1.12 28.5 5.1
DP422BR 1080 38.3 84.3 1.07 28.7 4.9
DP451BR 1080 37.3 84.3 1.10 29.7 4.8
Average 1387 40.4 84.6 1.11 30.5 5.0
LSD 0.10 302 1.8 NS 0.06 1.8 0.3
CV %   18.5 2.6 1.0 3.0 3.5 3.8
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted: May 25, 2001.
Harvested: November 9, 2001.
Fertilization: 88 lb N, 54 lb P2O5, and 108 lb K2O/acre.
Management: Telone II applied 3 gal/acre.
April May June July Aug. Sept.
Rainfall (in): 1.45 1.86 7.68 3.57 2.29 4.70
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson and Grant Henderson.
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