Table 11. Performance of 18 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test
on a Bosket very fine sandy loam soil at Stoneville MS in 1994.*
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Lint First Micro- Length Unif. Strength Elon- Lint Boll Seed
Variety name Yield Pick naire (UHM) index (HVI) gation % wt. Index
lbs/A % in. % g/tex
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Stoneville LA887 1217 88.4 4.97 1.12 85.2 27.4 7.2 38.5 5.47 10.7
Hartz HX 1560 1212 86.1 5.03 1.12 85.5 26.5 7.5 37.8 5.11 10.4
OA 8 1176 89.5 4.87 1.10 85.7 25.0 7.7 36.8 4.89 10.5
Chembred 1233 1171 88.4 4.93 1.11 85.7 25.5 7.3 37.2 5.06 9.8
Mycogen 3076 1159 87.0 4.87 1.14 87.2 30.9 6.7 37.9 4.69 8.9
Deltapine 5415 1129 82.4 5.31 1.08 85.5 25.3 8.0 39.9 4.75 8.4
OA 13 1124 89.4 4.81 1.14 85.7 24.5 6.3 37.1 4.82 9.9
Hyperformer HY 39 1113 85.9 5.06 1.12 85.4 26.0 6.8 37.1 4.75 9.0
Mycogen 2006 1111 86.6 5.00 1.15 85.5 27.6 6.3 37.2 4.94 10.1
Hyperformer HS 46 1109 86.0 4.83 1.11 86.0 26.7 6.9 38.8 4.89 9.0
Mycogen 3077 1102 88.2 4.99 1.13 87.5 27.7 6.4 35.4 5.06 10.4
Hyperformer HS 44 1099 83.4 4.93 1.11 86.3 26.9 6.7 37.6 4.47 8.9
Deltapine 50 1093 88.2 4.90 1.12 84.9 23.0 7.7 35.2 5.39 10.0
MD 51ne 1080 85.2 5.04 1.10 85.3 31.4 7.4 37.4 5.28 9.3
Germain's GC-9033 1071 84.5 4.86 1.07 84.6 25.9 6.5 37.0 4.65 9.0
Seed Source 9202 1055 80.8 4.90 1.10 86.4 27.8 6.9 37.6 4.92 8.9
Mycogen 1185 1046 89.5 4.64 1.16 86.6 27.3 6.5 36.2 5.21 10.8
Mycogen 2009 1031 89.4 4.84 1.10 86.3 28.5 6.6 35.7 5.49 11.5
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GRAND MEAN 1117 86.6 4.93 1.12 85.8 26.9 7.0 37.2 4.99 9.7
LSD (0.05) 52 1.7 0.24 0.04 NS 1.8 0.5 1.1 NS 0.5
CV (%) 5.6 2.4 3.5 2.5 1.4 4.8 5.5 2.0 3.5 3.6
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Planted on April 22.
Harvested September 21 and October 18.
* Lint yield and first pick data from 8 replications; fiber, boll and seed data
from hand-harvested 100-boll samples taken from 3 replications;
Deltapine 50 included in this test as an early maturing check variety.