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:
Two- and Three-Year Averages of
Official Flue-Cured Tobacco Variety Test -
Comparison of Released Varieties
for Certain Characteristics, 1999-2001
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 % %
---------------------------------------- Three-Year Average 1999-2001 ----------------------------------------
K 394 2467 4207 171 63 18 30 77 2.5 19.2   7.7
RG 17 2450 4168 169 60 19 31 74 2.7 15.8   5.8
NC 71 2429 4000 166 58 19 31 77 2.7 18.6   7.1
K 358 2381 4044 171 60 18 32 76 2.9 14.7   5.6
K 326 2377 4026 170 61 20 32 76 2.5 16.8   6.7
RGH 51 2319 3919 169 59 18 31 74 2.9 16.1   5.9
NC 95 2258 3638 160 44 17 33 79 3.4 16.2   4.0
Speight H20 2248 3829 170 59 17 33 77 3.3 18.6   6.1
Speight 168 2221 3735 169 60 19 32 76 2.7 16.4   6.2
OX 207 2173 3709 171 60 19 32 78 3.0 17.6   6.1
GL 939 2171 3742 172 61 20 32 77 2.7 17.3   6.3
K 346 2162 3639 169 59 19 32 76 2.6 15.9   6.4
NC 2326 2161 3417 158 40 17 31 68 3.0 16.0   5.3
Speight 190 2126 3626 170 62 19 32 80 3.0 15.4   5.8
Speight 179 2121 3526 166 52 19 32 78 3.0 14.5   5.2
C 371 Gold 2013 3362 167 60 18 32 76 3.4 13.1   3.9
CU 430 1956 3267 167 58 19 34 78 2.6 18.5   8.6
NC 55 1908 3233 170 60 19 30 77 2.9 17.1   5.9
----------------------------------------- Two-Year Average 2000-2001 -----------------------------------------
NC 297 2660 4498 170 59 18 32 79 2.4 21.5   9.3
NC 71 2658 4300 164 55 19 32 76 2.6 20.7   6.3
K 394 2530 4317 171 65 19 31 77 2.4 20.1   8.4
K 358 2483 4172 169 57 19 33 74 2.4 16.5   6.9
RG 17 2448 4134 168 58 19 31 74 2.8 15.2   5.4
NC 72 2435 2527 166 53 19 32 76 2.4 19.6   9.4
K 346 2427 4068 169 59 18 32 75 2.3 17.2  7.6
RGH 51 2390 3990 167 56 18 32 73 2.5 18.3   7.2
GL 939 2385 4117 172 60 19 31 79 2.7 18.7   7.1
Speight H20 2385 4064 171 60 17 34 76 3.0 18.6   6.2
K 326 2329 3892 168 60 20 32 75 2.2 18.4   8.5
OX 207 2303 3926 171 59 19 31 80 2.6 18.7   7.0
Speight 179 2288 3759 164 51 19 32 78 2.4 17.6 10.0
PVH03 2217 3741 171 62 18 30 72 2.6 17.5   5.1
C 371 Gold 2181 3639 168 58 18 33 75 3.3 14.5   4.4
Speight 190 2181 3712 170 61 19 32 82 2.8 18.0   6.9
NC 606 2164 3626 169 58 19 32 80 2.3 17.7   7.5
NC 2326 2162 3395 157 39 17 32 70 2.9 15.9   5.3
Speight 168 2149 3599 168 59 20 32 18 2.5 17.4   6.8
CU 430 2117 3550 169 59 18 33 78 2.3 18.5   6.2
NC 95 2071 3270 157 40 17 34 82 3.2 17.3   5.6
RGH4 2062 3388 165 53 18 32 77 3.6 17.6   5.1
PVH09 2055 3264 161 48 18 31 73 3.4 16.3   4.8
GL 737 1931 3173 166 57 18 33 73 2.9 18.7   7.1
NC 55 1845 3110 169 58 19 30 81 2.8 18.2   6.4
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 (2000-2001) 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 included because of poor stand in 1999.
Research conducted 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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