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 Later Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2001
Entry   Lint Yield Lint Uniformity
Index		 Length Strength Micronaire
lb/acre % % inches g/tex units
GC377 1652 39.8 85.1 1.16 30.9 4.9
STX9905 1588 40.0 85.0 1.17 32.7 4.6
ST4892BR 1570 41.2 84.6 1.11 30.7 5.0
GA97-5 1547 39.2 84.3 1.14 32.9 4.9
DP448B 1546 38.3 85.0 1.15 29.8 4.4
DELTAPEARL 1427 39.5 85.5 1.23 31.1 4.8
ST580 1407 39.7 84.3 1.12 29.9 5.2
DP491 1382 39.9 86.3 1.27 33.6 4.3
FM989 1371 39.0 85.7 1.20 33.5 4.3
GA96-54 1367 34.8 85.5 1.18 32.5 4.7
DP655BR 1363 38.9 83.7 1.11 32.3 4.9
DP5690RR 1362 37.9 85.0 1.17 34.2 4.6
AP4600RR 1340 38.9 83.9 1.08 28.9 4.9
GC271 1335 37.3 85.7 1.18 33.6 4.9
NUCOTN33B 1334 37.3 85.2 1.17 31.2 4.6
NUCOTN35B 1332 38.2 84.7 1.14 33.0 5.0
DP5415RR 1322 39.0 84.6 1.11 30.6 5.0
PSCGA161 1310 40.2 84.6 1.15 32.3 4.9
GA96-211 1309 34.9 85.7 1.22 31.9 4.2
GA96-199 1287 36.7 84.1 1.13 34.3 5.0
DP5690 1285 38.8 84.4 1.12 32.0 4.8
SG821 1251 38.2 84.9 1.11 29.9 4.8
STX7G101 1243 37.8 84.5 1.11 30.9 5.1
DP565 1210 39.5 85.3 1.18 31.8 4.9
PHY72ACALA 1209 38.1 85.0 1.16 34.5 4.6
DP5415 1188 39.3 85.6 1.17 30.5 4.8
DP51 1183 37.7 84.6 1.14 29.3 4.8
GA97-8 1175 37.3 84.4 1.13 33.8 5.1
PSCHS12 1137 35.6 84.3 1.17 33.4 4.8
DP90 1134 37.1 84.8 1.15 34.2 4.7
DP458BR 1130 36.5 85.6 1.16 32.2 4.9
PM1560BR 1111 38.1 84.3 1.15 30.8 4.5
Average 1325 38.3 84.9 1.15 32.0 4.8
LSD 0.10 NS 2.1 NS 0.06 1.7 0.3
CV %   23.3 3.3 1.2 2.8 3.1 3.7
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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