Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
COTTON
Bainbridge, Georgia:
Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2004, Irrigated
Storm
1
Micronaire Damage
units
%
Lint Yield
lb/acre
Lint
%
Uniformity
Index
%
Length
inches
Strength
g/tex
DP 393
ST 4892BR
GA2002212
DP432RR
SG215BG/RR
1689
1675
1656
1656
1640
43.4
42.8
44.0
41.8
41.9
85.9
85.1
85.5
84.6
84.7
1.20
1.17
1.23
1.16
1.11
33.5
30.6
34.1
32.0
29.2
4.9
5.1
5.1
4.7
4.9
23
16
26
15
15
GA2002211
DP434RR
OAX303
PHY410RR
GA2002167
1633
1606
1599
1574
1544
42.8
42.7
44.4
40.1
44.5
84.7
85.4
85.0
85.8
84.9
1.18
1.23
1.16
1.20
1.20
34.5
28.9
30.1
30.8
34.2
5.0
4.6
5.1
4.7
5.0
20
18
26
23
20
DP 445 BG/RR
FM960BR
GA200035
FM958LL
FM960R
1538
1536
1523
1522
1508
41.8
40.3
43.3
42.5
41.0
85.0
84.7
84.4
84.3
85.4
1.18
1.18
1.17
1.16
1.19
31.5
39.7
35.2
35.4
34.8
4.7
4.8
5.1
5.1
4.5
16
14
20
10
10
ST 5242BR
FM966LL
DP449BG/RR
GA200036
DP444BG/RR
1501
1500
1493
1492
1464
42.1
40.2
40.6
44.1
41.8
84.5
84.4
84.8
85.2
85.9
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.17
1.20
29.8
37.6
34.0
36.2
30.4
4.6
4.6
5.0
5.2
4.4
29
10
19
23
29
DP424BII/R
DP451B/RR
ST 4646B2R
DELTAPEARL
DP 455 BG/RR
1453
1446
1442
1435
1427
38.2
38.0
41.2
41.7
41.9
85.2
84.8
84.0
85.2
84.2
1.16
1.19
1.18
1.21
1.23
30.4
30.0
30.6
32.9
33.6
4.8
4.8
4.9
4.6
4.1
16
30
16
19
19
ST 4686R
ST 3636B2R
ST 4575BR
BCG28R
BCG295
1418
1406
1405
1372
1303
41.8
41.7
41.1
41.9
39.5
85.0
84.9
85.2
84.5
84.9
1.20
1.18
1.16
1.16
1.19
29.3
29.4
32.3
31.7
33.7
4.6
4.7
5.1
5.1
4.7
26
21
30
20
10
DP436RR
FM960B2R
1303
1286
37.5
39.4
85.2
86.2
1.19
1.24
28.3
34.3
4.7
4.7
16
19
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1501
114
6.5
41.5
0.7
1.4
85.0
N.S.2
0.8
1.18
0.03
1.57
32.4
2.5
4.5
4.8
0.3
3.9
19
5
22
Variety
1. Percentage of cotton lost to wind and rain.
2. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = 0.10 probability level; therefore, a LSD
value was not calculated.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:
May 7, 2004.
Harvested:
October 1, 2004.
Soil Type:
Bonnaeu Blanton loamy sand.
Fertilization:
177 lb N, 84 lb P2O5, and 174 lb K2O/acre.
Management: Temik 15G applied 3 lb/acre.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Rainfall (in):
1.45
6.80
2.90
2.25
8.15
Irrigation (in):
2.90
0.0
2.40
2.40
0.0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson and Don Day.
Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Midville, Georgia:
Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2004, Irrigated
Storm
1
Micronaire Damage
units
%
Lint Yield
lb/acre
Lint
%
Uniformity
Index
%
Length
inches
Strength
g/tex
FM960BR
DP 455 BG/RR
ST 4892BR
DELTAPEARL
FM966LL
1940
1895
1817
1773
1749
41.7
44.0
42.7
42.5
40.0
85.6
85.2
85.6
87.0
86.5
1.17
1.18
1.16
1.24
1.18
35.5
33.8
30.5
32.8
40.6
4.2
4.6
4.9
4.9
4.6
1
2
1
2
0
GA2002167
DP432RR
GA200035
GA2002212
OAX303
1744
1739
1706
1694
1694
44.4
42.1
43.1
44.4
44.3
85.4
85.8
86.6
85.9
86.1
1.17
1.17
1.20
1.19
1.17
34.5
31.6
35.5
36.1
29.4
4.8
5.1
4.9
5.0
5.0
2
1
1
2
1
ST 3636B2R
ST 4646B2R
GA2002211
FM960B2R
ST 4575BR
1687
1684
1670
1662
1659
42.3
41.7
43.0
40.2
42.8
85.1
85.0
86.4
85.6
85.7
1.17
1.15
1.22
1.22
1.16
29.5
30.9
35.3
36.5
31.1
5.0
4.5
4.7
4.4
4.8
3
2
2
1
3
FM958LL
DP393
FM960R
DP444BG/RR
PHY410RR
1654
1627
1623
1585
1580
40.9
41.7
40.6
43.5
40.1
85.9
86.8
86.2
85.6
85.7
1.18
1.21
1.20
1.16
1.16
35.8
32.7
35.4
31.5
32.8
4.7
4.6
4.1
4.7
4.6
2
3
1
2
2
DP449BG/RR
DP434RR
DP 445 BG/RR
ST 4686R
DP436RR
1573
1573
1569
1567
1555
41.3
43.7
42.7
41.3
38.8
84.8
86.7
85.7
85.7
86.2
1.16
1.22
1.18
1.19
1.18
31.2
27.4
31.8
31.4
28.9
4.4
4.6
4.6
4.6
5.0
2
3
3
3
2
BCG28R
DP451B/RR
DP424BII/R
ST 5242BR
SG215BG/RR
1490
1479
1474
1437
1436
41.2
38.0
39.5
42.3
41.6
86.2
86.6
86.8
84.7
85.0
1.20
1.19
1.19
1.13
1.12
31.7
29.3
27.9
30.1
28.5
5.1
4.8
4.6
4.8
5.1
2
4
3
3
0
GA200036
BCG295
1423
1138
43.3
38.3
85.3
86.6
1.19
1.23
34.4
34.3
5.1
4.7
1
1
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1622
226
11.9
41.8
1.2
2.4
85.8
1.1
0.7
1.18
0.02
1.17
32.4
2.4
4.4
4.7
N.S.2
6.7
2
1
57
Variety
1. Percentage of cotton lost to wind and rain.
2. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = 0.10 probability level; therefore, a LSD
value was not calculated.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:
May 11, 2004.
Harvested:
October 6, 2004.
Soil Type:
Tifton loamy sand.
Fertilization:
95 lb N, 50 lb P2O5, and 75 lb K2O/acre.
Management: Temik 15G applied 3 lb/acre and Telone II applied 3 gal/acre.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Rainfall (in):
2.34
7.33
2.68
8.11
9.05
Irrigation (in):
1.00
2.00
4.00
3.00
0.0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, T. Robinson, Rick Jackson, and Don Day.
Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Plains, Georgia:
Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2004, Irrigated
Storm
1
Micronaire Damage
units
%
Lint Yield
lb/acre
Lint
%
Uniformity
Index
%
Length
inches
Strength
g/tex
DP 455 BG/RR
DELTAPEARL
OAX303
DP432RR
GA200035
1525
1506
1487
1486
1484
45.3
40.7
44.8
40.9
41.7
84.5
86.1
84.5
84.9
84.6
1.16
1.21
1.11
1.16
1.15
34.2
33.7
28.7
31.5
32.3
4.2
4.7
5.1
4.9
4.5
16
9
9
9
7
FM960R
FM960B2R
GA2002211
ST 4892BR
DP 445 BG/RR
1466
1458
1456
1446
1442
42.2
40.1
42.4
42.3
40.7
85.2
84.4
85.2
85.0
85.2
1.15
1.16
1.16
1.12
1.16
34.7
33.2
34.5
28.0
28.8
4.5
4.8
5.0
4.9
4.4
3
6
8
13
14
FM960BR
DP449BG/RR
ST 4646B2R
GA2002212
DP434RR
1412
1407
1388
1384
1372
40.9
40.3
40.3
43.5
40.4
84.4
85.1
84.6
85.1
85.5
1.12
1.15
1.15
1.17
1.19
35.6
32.2
29.5
32.5
26.1
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.9
4.2
5
5
8
6
6
ST 3636B2R
ST 4686R
PHY410RR
DP451B/RR
SG215BG/RR
1362
1362
1350
1349
1340
41.2
41.8
40.0
37.7
40.2
84.5
84.4
85.8
84.8
84.2
1.13
1.17
1.15
1.17
1.10
29.6
29.2
33.2
29.3
27.1
4.9
4.4
4.7
4.5
4.9
9
24
14
13
6
BCG28R
ST 5242BR
GA200036
DP393
FM958LL
1334
1321
1283
1276
1265
40.9
41.5
44.3
40.4
39.4
85.7
85.1
85.0
86.3
85.3
1.18
1.12
1.15
1.20
1.18
31.9
27.2
34.1
31.8
32.5
4.6
4.6
5.0
4.5
4.4
10
28
6
11
5
ST 4575BR
DP424BII/R
DP436RR
FM966LL
GA2002167
1252
1246
1236
1231
1224
41.2
37.7
35.3
39.0
42.4
84.7
84.9
83.9
84.7
84.8
1.15
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.17
32.6
27.7
27.2
36.6
30.9
4.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
4.4
21
5
10
4
8
BCG295
DP444BG/RR
1188
1089
38.6
43.1
86.0
84.9
1.21
1.16
30.8
29.4
4.3
4.4
5
26
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1357
184
11.5
40.9
1.2
2.6
85.0
N.S.2
0.8
1.16
0.03
1.43
31.1
3.0
5.7
4.6
0.5
5.9
10
4
35
Variety
1. Percentage of cotton lost to wind and rain.
2. The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = 0.10 probability level; therefore, a LSD
value was not calculated.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:
May 5, 2004.
Harvested:
October 13, 2004.
Soil Type:
Greenville sandy loam.
Fertilization:
90 lb N, 80 lb P2O5, and 80 lb K2O/acre.
Management: Temik 15G applied 3 lb/acre.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Rainfall (in):
2.63
9.40
5.73
5.50
14.00
Irrigation (in):
1.90
0.0
0.70
1.50
0.0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson, Ronnie Pines, and Don Day.
Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Tifton, Georgia:
Earlier Maturity Cotton Variety Performance, 2004, Irrigated
Storm
1
Micronaire Damage
units
%
Lint Yield
lb/acre
Lint
%
Uniformity
Index
%
Length
inches
Strength
g/tex
SG215BG/RR
OAX303
DP 455 BG/RR
GA2002211
FM960BR
1688
1590
1568
1515
1514
42.6
46.0
44.4
43.4
41.2
84.2
84.4
83.5
83.7
84.0
1.10
1.13
1.15
1.17
1.13
27.7
30.6
32.6
34.7
37.2
5.1
4.9
4.3
4.7
4.6
11
23
10
13
9
ST 4892BR
DP434RR
ST 4686R
DP 393
DP449BG/RR
1512
1481
1475
1472
1420
43.4
43.0
42.3
38.7
40.6
84.9
84.9
84.3
85.0
84.1
1.12
1.18
1.16
1.19
1.13
31.4
29.1
28.2
32.8
32.1
5.0
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
10
11
21
13
10
GA200036
GA2002167
GA2002212
FM958LL
DP432RR
1414
1405
1402
1394
1386
44.0
45.1
43.9
41.1
41.4
84.5
84.3
85.3
84.6
84.9
1.15
1.16
1.18
1.17
1.13
35.1
34.1
35.3
35.9
30.2
4.9
4.7
4.9
4.7
4.8
14
20
15
9
10
DELTAPEARL
FM960R
ST 3636B2R
DP424BII/R
FM960B2R
1359
1350
1348
1343
1343
41.7
40.8
41.7
38.0
41.5
85.5
85.0
83.6
85.1
84.2
1.19
1.18
1.15
1.16
1.20
33.4
34.2
29.9
27.6
34.7
4.6
4.1
4.9
4.7
4.9
14
8
16
10
11
PHY410RR
BCG295
DP 445 BG/RR
BCG28R
GA200035
1319
1297
1293
1270
1246
38.4
38.8
41.3
42.8
42.3
84.8
86.0
84.2
84.3
84.6
1.14
1.20
1.15
1.14
1.16
32.1
30.3
30.5
30.6
33.6
4.6
4.6
4.6
5.0
4.8
19
8
10
16
14
FM966LL
ST 5242BR
DP444BG/RR
ST 4575BR
DP436RR
1246
1239
1232
1227
1222
38.3
42.5
42.2
40.9
35.4
84.3
84.4
84.4
84.4
84.7
1.19
1.13
1.14
1.13
1.17
37.5
28.4
30.0
30.6
27.6
4.2
4.6
4.2
4.8
4.5
6
24
23
20
24
DP451B/RR
ST 4646B2R
1170
1156
38.7
40.1
85.4
83.4
1.17
1.11
30.1
30.4
4.6
4.6
16
11
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1372
225
14.0
41.4
1.2
2.5
84.5
1.0
0.7
1.15
0.03
1.52
31.8
2.6
4.8
4.7
0.3
3.4
14
5
29
Variety
1. Percentage of cotton lost to wind and rain.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
Planted:
April 28, 2004.
Harvested:
September 20, 2004.
Soil Type:
Tifton loamy sand.
Fertilization:
98 lb N, 54 lb P2O5, and 188 lb K2O/acre.
Management: Temik 15G applied 4 lb/acre and Telone II applied 3 gal/acre.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Rainfall (in):
2.21
6.16
3.09
3.98
14.43
Irrigation (in):
0.75
0.0
2.25
1.50
0.0
Trials conducted by Larry Thompson and Don Day.
Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Yield Summary for Earlier Maturity Cotton Varieties, 2004, Irrigated
Lint Yielda
Entry
4-Loc.
Bainbridge Midville Plains
Tifton
Average
---------------------------- lb/acre ----------------------------
ST 4892BR
DP 455 BG/RR
FM960BR
OAX303
GA2002211
1675
1427
1536
1599
1633
2
DP432RR
GA2002212
SG215BG/RR
DELTAPEARL
DP 393
1656
1656
1640
1435
1689
3T
DP434RR
GA200035
FM960R
GA2002167
DP449BG/RR
1606
1523
1508
1544
1493
6
DP 445 BG/RR
FM958LL
PHY410RR
ST 4686R
ST 3636B2R
1538
1522
1574
1418
1406
10
FM960B2R
FM966LL
ST 4646B2R
GA200036
ST 4575BR
1286
1500
1442
1492
1405
31
DP424BII/R
ST 5242BR
BCG28R
DP451B/RR
DP444BG/RR
1453
1501
1372
1446
1464
20
DP436RR
BCG295
1303
1303
30
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1501
114
6.5
a
24
11
7
5
3T
4
23
1
12
14
9
17
13
8
25
26
16
22
18
27
15
28
21
19
29
1817
1895
1940
1694
1670
3
1739
1694
1436
1773
1627
7
1573
1706
1623
1744
1573
20T
1569
1654
1580
1567
1687
21
1662
1749
1684
1423
1659
13
1474
1437
1490
1479
1585
26
1555
1138
23
1622
226
11.9
2
1
9T
12
9T
28
4
16
8
17
6
20T
15
19
22
10
5
11
29
14
27
24
25
18
30
1446
1525
1412
1487
1456
9
1486
1384
1340
1506
1276
4
1372
1484
1466
1224
1407
15
1442
1265
1350
1362
1362
10
1458
1231
1388
1283
1252
7
1246
1321
1334
1349
1089
26
1236
1188
27
1357
184
11.5
1
11
3
8
14
19
2
23
5
6
29
12
24
17
16T
16T
28
13
22
25
21
20
18
31
30
1512
1568
1514
1590
1515
6
1386
1402
1688
1359
1472
15
1481
1246
1350
1405
1420
7
1293
1394
1319
1475
1348
22
1343
1246
1156
1414
1227
19T
1343
1239
1270
1170
1232
19T
1222
1297
28
1372
225
14.0
3
5
2
4
13
1
16
9
24T
17
12
10
14
20
8
18
24T
30
11
27
25
23
29
26
21
1613
1604
1601
1593
1568
1
1567
1534
1526
1518
1516
6
1508
1490
1487
1479
1473
11
1460
1458
1456
1455
1451
16
1437
1432
1417
1403
1386
21
1379
1375
1366
1361
1342
26
1329
1232
31
1463
119
11.2
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
25
27
28
29
30
32
Lint
%
Unif.
Index Length Strength
%
in
g/tex
42.8
43.9
41.0
44.9
42.9
85.1
84.4
84.7
85.0
85.0
1.14
1.18
1.15
1.14
1.18
30.1
33.5
37.0
29.7
34.7
5.0
4.3
4.5
5.0
4.8
41.5
43.9
41.6
41.6
41.0
85.0
85.4
84.5
85.9
86.0
1.15
1.19
1.11
1.21
1.20
31.3
34.5
28.1
33.2
32.7
4.9
5.0
5.0
4.7
4.7
42.4
42.6
41.1
44.1
40.7
85.6
85.0
85.4
84.8
84.7
1.20
1.17
1.18
1.17
1.15
27.9
34.1
34.7
33.4
32.4
4.4
4.8
4.3
4.7
4.6
41.6
40.9
39.6
41.8
41.7
85.0
85.0
85.5
84.8
84.5
1.17
1.17
1.16
1.18
1.15
30.6
34.9
32.2
29.5
29.6
4.6
4.7
4.6
4.5
4.9
40.3
39.4
40.8
43.9
41.5
85.1
85.0
84.2
85.0
85.0
1.20
1.17
1.14
1.16
1.15
34.7
38.1
30.3
34.9
31.6
4.7
4.4
4.6
5.0
4.8
38.3
42.1
41.7
38.1
42.6
85.5
84.6
85.2
85.4
85.2
1.16
1.13
1.17
1.18
1.16
28.4
28.9
31.5
29.6
30.3
4.6
4.6
4.9
4.7
4.4
36.7
38.8
85.0
85.8
1.17
1.21
28.0
32.3
4.6
4.6
41.4
1.0
2.3
85.1
0.5
0.8
1.17
0.02
1.43
32.0
1.2
4.9
4.7
0.2
5.2
Mic.
units
Superscripts indicate ranking at that location.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's protected LSD
(P = 0.10).
Research Report Number 698
January 2005
The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Two-Year Summary for Earlier Maturity Cotton Varieties
at Four Locationsa, 2003-2004, Irrigated
Variety
Lint Yieldb
lb/acre
FM960BR
OAX303
ST 4892BR
GA200035
GA200036
1452
1436
1400
1368
1332
1
FM958LL
DELTAPEARL
DP449BG/RR
DP444BG/RR
DP451B/RR
1317
1311
1279
1271
1267
6
PHY410RR
FM966LL
DP436RR
1242
1229
1179
11
Average
LSD 0.10
CV %
1314
59
10.8
a
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
12
13
Lint
%
Uniformity
Index
%
Length
inches
Strength
g/tex
Micronaire
units
40.7
44.5
42.2
42.8
43.3
84.2
84.6
84.5
84.6
84.8
1.13
1.14
1.13
1.16
1.16
35.2
28.6
29.8
33.2
34.1
4.4
4.9
4.7
4.7
4.8
40.9
40.7
40.1
42.8
37.6
84.8
85.1
84.3
84.9
84.9
1.16
1.20
1.15
1.16
1.17
34.2
32.0
32.0
29.5
28.5
4.7
4.6
4.5
4.2
4.5
39.8
39.8
36.6
84.9
84.5
84.7
1.15
1.16
1.16
31.1
36.3
27.8
4.6
4.4
4.5
40.9
0.3
1.9
84.7
0.3
0.7
1.16
0.01
1.24
31.7
0.7
4.4
4.6
0.1
4.2
Bainbridge, Midville, Plains, and Tifton.
Superscripts indicate ranking.
Bolding indicates entries not significantly different from highest yielding entry based on Fisher's
protected LSD (P = 0.10).
b