Table 13. Performance of 17 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test on a Dubbs sandy loam soil at Sumner 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 1375 100.0 4.61 1.14 82.4 30.2 7.7 40.2 4.96 11.3
OA 13 1265 100.0 4.26 1.12 82.2 28.2 6.5 37.5 4.14 9.7
Chembred 1233 1264 100.0 4.49 1.13 83.3 26.5 7.0 37.3 4.87 10.1
OA 8 1262 100.0 4.21 1.15 84.0 29.0 7.3 36.5 5.59 10.9
Hartz HX 1560 1250 100.0 4.45 1.15 84.6 28.6 7.2 38.1 5.39 10.7
Germain's GC-9033 1218 100.0 4.55 1.13 82.4 31.2 6.5 37.0 4.55 9.1
Seed Source 9202 1218 100.0 4.63 1.07 82.0 30.9 7.2 38.2 4.21 9.2
Hyperformer HS 44 1205 100.0 4.63 1.12 82.8 31.8 7.3 37.5 4.86 9.4
Mycogen 2006 1197 100.0 4.29 1.16 83.5 29.1 6.7 37.4 4.69 10.2
Hyperformer HS 46 1192 100.0 3.97 1.11 81.4 30.3 7.0 37.6 4.60 8.9
Hyperformer HY 39 1191 100.0 4.41 1.15 84.7 29.2 7.0 37.0 4.32 9.1
Mycogen 2009 1187 100.0 4.44 1.13 83.7 30.0 6.7 35.8 5.36 11.0
Deltapine 5415 1180 100.0 4.59 1.10 82.0 30.4 8.0 39.4 4.05 7.8
Deltapine 50 1151 100.0 4.13 1.14 81.8 25.5 7.6 34.0 4.97 10.7
Mycogen 1185 1142 100.0 4.24 1.13 82.3 31.0 6.5 35.9 4.33 11.9
Mycogen 3077 1131 100.0 4.43 1.15 83.4 28.6 7.0 34.5 4.93 11.6
Mycogen 3076 1111 100.0 4.22 1.15 83.5 34.0 6.7 35.6 4.56 10.6
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GRAND MEAN 1208 100.0 4.38 1.13 82.9 29.6 7.0 37.0 4.73 10.1
LSD (0.05) 79 -- NS NS 1.5 2.6 0.5 1.5 NS 1.1
CV (%) 6.8 -- 5.7 2.7 1.0 5.1 4.1 2.3 9.8 6.0
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Planted on April 19.
Harvested on October 27.
* 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.