Table 16. Performance of 17 varieties in the Mid-season Cotton Variety Test grown on a Sharkey
clay soil in Elizabeth, MS in 1994 and ginned on the micro-gin* at the USDA-ARS
Ginning Laboratory.**
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USDA Loan Basis***
Lint Gin Micro- Length Unif. Strength Leaf Color Premium Gross
Variety name Yield Turnout naire (UHM) index Grade Grade cents/lb Returns
lbs/A % in. % g/tex
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OA 13 696 34.0 4.00 1.10 82.0 28.8 3.0 31.0 2.25 363.80
OA 8 695 34.4 4.10 1.08 81.5 28.2 2.5 31.0 1.83 360.08
Deltapine 50 676 33.4 4.25 1.06 81.5 26.6 2.0 31.5 0.75 343.85
Stoneville LA887 674 33.9 4.20 1.09 81.0 28.9 2.5 32.0 1.00 346.36
Hartz HX 1560 616 35.8 4.05 1.08 83.0 28.9 2.0 31.5 1.53 316.66
Chembred 1233 597 33.8 4.15 1.08 81.0 28.3 2.0 36.5 0.78 303.38
Hyperformer HS 46 577 35.1 3.95 1.09 82.0 29.8 2.0 31.5 1.90 299.90
Hyperformer HY 39 565 33.1 4.00 1.10 82.0 29.6 2.5 31.0 2.43 296.16
Germain's GC-9033 554 34.1 4.00 1.06 82.0 30.1 2.0 31.0 2.20 289.18
Deltapine 5415 553 34.8 4.25 1.05 81.0 27.8 1.5 31.0 0.68 279.81
Hyperformer HS 44 550 34.1 4.25 1.06 80.5 28.8 2.0 31.0 1.80 284.62
Mycogen 3076 542 33.4 3.90 1.08 82.0 30.8 2.0 31.5 1.85 281.08
Mycogen 1185 533 32.3 4.00 1.11 82.0 31.3 3.0 31.0 2.70 280.99
Seed Source 9202 528 33.5 4.00 1.05 82.0 29.5 2.0 31.5 1.38 271.50
Mycogen 2006 517 33.9 4.15 1.10 81.5 28.7 2.0 31.0 2.20 269.91
Mycogen 3077 505 32.6 4.15 1.09 82.5 29.2 2.0 32.0 1.18 258.19
Mycogen 2009 496 32.7 4.15 1.09 82.0 30.3 2.0 31.5 1.73 256.88
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Mean 581 33.8 4.09 1.08 81.7 29.1 2.2 31.6 1.66 300.14
LSD (0.05) 88 3.1 0.50 0.04 2.2 1.5 0.9 NS 1.50 64.22
CV (%) 6.8 3.1 3.7 1.5 0.5 2.4 15.8 5.1 1.1 8.9
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* Gin sequence included tower dryer, cylinder and incline seed cotton cleaner,
gin stand, and two lint cleaners.
** Data in this table reflect results from ginning all seed cotton from plots
through a commercial gin sequesce. Data in Table 6, which came from the same
test, reflect results from 100-boll samples ginned on a cotton lab.
*** Base price of &0.50/lb; premiums based on fiber data shown; does not reflect
actual price differences in cash market.