Table 14. Performance of 17 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test on a
Sharkey clay soil at Elizabeth 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 831 87.8 4.59 1.15 85.8 29.6 7.4 40.2 5.36 11.0
OA 13 806 86.1 4.32 1.18 88.1 28.3 6.3 38.0 4.85 10.3
OA 8 801 87.4 4.45 1.15 86.6 28.0 8.0 38.3 5.03 10.9
Deltapine 50 749 86.8 4.60 1.14 86.0 26.2 7.7 35.8 4.80 10.8
Hartz HX 1560 707 83.7 4.86 1.16 86.7 31.0 7.5 39.4 5.30 11.3
Chembred 1233 685 82.9 4.40 1.13 84.8 28.5 6.7 37.2 5.15 10.7
Hyperformer HS 46 679 84.9 4.57 1.11 85.5 31.9 6.5 39.7 4.57 9.7
Hyperformer HY 39 663 83.6 4.57 1.13 84.8 32.2 6.0 37.5 4.42 10.3
Deltapine 5415 659 78.5 4.83 1.13 85.5 31.6 7.9 39.9 4.31 8.9
Germain's GC-9033 648 81.2 4.47 1.13 86.3 32.6 6.4 38.5 4.12 9.9
Mycogen 3076 646 82.8 4.65 1.13 86.3 32.7 6.8 38.3 4.46 9.8
Hyperformer HS 44 630 81.2 4.82 1.12 86.2 31.0 6.2 37.6 4.38 10.0
Mycogen 1185 629 86.2 4.26 1.16 86.5 32.5 6.2 36.5 4.76 11.4
Seed Source 9202 615 81.2 4.74 1.10 86.5 30.3 6.6 37.5 4.57 10.0
Mycogen 3077 600 80.5 4.67 1.12 87.1 32.2 6.5 37.0 4.87 11.2
Mycogen 2006 598 81.4 4.78 1.09 85.3 29.3 6.7 37.4 5.27 10.8
Mycogen 2009 565 87.5 4.33 1.14 86.3 32.5 6.4 36.2 5.28 12.5
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GRAND MEAN 677 83.7 4.58 1.13 86.1 30.6 6.8 37.9 4.79 10.6
LSD (0.05) 60 2.6 0.22 NS NS 2.9 0.5 0.9 0.46 0.6
CV (%) 9.2 3.2 3.5 2.7 2.0 6.9 5.2 1.6 6.9 4.0
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Planted on April 22.
Harvested on September 19 and October 3.
* 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.