Table 12. Performance of 17 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test
on a Dundee sandy loam soil at Tunica 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 856 100.0 4.32 1.14 83.0 31.0 7.5 40.5 5.76 10.7
Seed Source 9202 836 100.0 4.37 1.13 83.5 32.0 6.5 39.5 4.73 10.2
Deltapine 5415 833 100.0 4.42 1.15 83.0 30.8 7.6 39.7 5.24 9.3
Chembred 1233 827 100.0 4.14 1.15 84.0 30.3 6.5 38.7 5.03 11.5
Mycogen 2009 815 100.0 4.42 1.18 84.4 32.3 5.8 37.2 5.84 11.8
Hyperformer HS 46 810 100.0 4.11 1.18 84.3 30.8 6.9 39.6 5.61 9.9
Mycogen 1185 803 100.0 4.14 1.16 83.5 31.3 6.0 38.1 5.49 10.8
OA 8 797 100.0 4.05 1.14 83.5 28.1 7.3 37.8 4.62 10.6
Mycogen 3076 796 100.0 4.29 1.16 85.2 33.2 6.8 38.3 5.75 9.3
Hyperformer HS 44 790 100.0 4.45 1.14 83.5 29.8 6.6 37.9 4.91 9.9
Mycogen 2006 790 100.0 4.34 1.17 85.5 28.8 6.7 39.0 5.58 10.5
Hartz HX 1560 790 100.0 4.39 1.15 83.7 30.3 7.6 38.9 5.12 11.2
Deltapine 50 788 100.0 4.26 1.14 82.5 27.5 7.5 37.0 5.91 10.5
OA 13 784 100.0 4.09 1.14 84.3 26.8 6.7 37.8 4.59 10.2
Hyperformer HY 39 781 100.0 4.38 1.16 84.8 31.0 6.2 38.1 5.02 9.9
Germain's GC-9033 770 100.0 4.23 1.15 82.7 33.0 6.1 38.0 5.05 10.3
Mycogen 3077 762 100.0 4.47 1.15 83.4 31.7 6.8 37.1 5.06 10.3
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GRAND MEAN 802 100.0 4.28 1.15 83.3 30.5 6.7 38.2 5.25 10.4
LSD (0.05) NS -- NS NS NS 2.3 0.5 1.0 NS 0.9
CV (%) 9.8 -- 4.10 2.2 1.6 4.3 4.6 1.5 10.4 5.2
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Planted on May 12.
Harvested on October 10.
* Lint yield and first pick data from 6 replications; fiber, boll and seed data
from hand-harvested 100-boll samples taken from 2 replications;
Deltapine 50 included in this test as an early maturing check variety.
NOTE: No statistical difference in lint yield.