Table 19. Performance of 24 varieties in the Narrow-Row Cotton Variety Test, planted in 30-inch rows on a Bosket very fine sandy loam soil at Stoneville, MS in 1994.*
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Lint First Lint Boll Micro- Length Unif. Strength Elong- USDA Loan Basis***
Variety name yield pick fraction wt naire (UHM) index (HVI) ation
lbs/A --%-- --%-- --g-- -in.- --%-- g/tex
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Suregrow 125 1278 93 39.8 5.61 5.14 1.14 83.8 28.1 7.6
Suregrow 404 1276 89 37.6 5.23 5.40 1.13 85.6 31.8 7.0
Hartz H1215 1221 96 38.3 5.22 4.86 1.21 85.5 30.0 7.3
Suregrow 501 1182 91 39.9 5.24 5.06 1.14 86.4 31.6 7.3
Hartz H1220 1163 94 37.3 5.19 4.45 1.16 84.3 30.8 7.7
Hartz H1244 1140 94 38.6 5.36 4.62 1.18 84.2 29.7 7.4
Hartz H1380 1136 95 38.7 5.56 4.62 1.15 84.3 26.0 7.0
Deltapine DP 5409 1131 91 37.5 4.48 4.48 1.10 83.3 28.8 6.9
Hartz H1330 1122 93 36.9 4.79 4.65 1.15 85.2 29.8 6.8
Chembred CB 830 1104 92 34.0 6.45 4.69 1.13 85.1 28.0 6.8
DP/SG DES119 1101 90 37.4 4.88 5.12 1.15 84.5 30.3 7.5
Chembred CB 232 1099 94 35.7 5.18 4.88 1.12 83.8 26.6 6.7
Chembred CB 1233 1089 91 36.7 5.59 4.63 1.13 84.9 26.4 7.3
Hartz Hx 1560 1073 90 38.6 5.48 4.92 1.16 84.9 31.4 7.3
Deltapine 20 1058 91 36.5 5.21 4.88 1.08 85.3 25.6 7.7
Deltapine 50 1057 90 34.5 5.22 4.94 1.12 83.3 27.2 7.1
Deltapine 51 1042 92 37.3 4.76 4.90 1.11 83.9 26.4 7.0
Deltapine DP 5415 1009 86 39.4 4.25 4.82 1.09 82.2 28.6 7.2
Hyperformer HY 39 1003 91 35.9 5.05 4.58 1.16 83.8 31.7 6.1
Hyperformer HS 46 992 88 38.8 5.44 4.55 1.13 84.6 32.4 6.6
Hyperformer HS 44 984 88 37.2 4.96 4.84 1.14 84.1 31.2 6.3
Hartz Hx 91-17 975 91 36.5 5.98 4.48 1.12 83.9 33.5 6.0
Chembred CB 333 945 92 35.9 5.36 4.29 1.08 82.9 26.2 7.0
Germain's GC 9229 927 90 36.0 4.45 3.99 1.12 84.4 29.9 6.7
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GRAND MEAN 1088 91 37.3 5.21 4.74 1.13 84.3 29.2 7.0
LSD (0.05) 120 2 1.4 0.50 0.41 0.04 NS 2.1 0.7
CV (%) 11.5 2.7 2.1 5.6 5.0 2.2 1.1 4.2 5.5
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Planted on May 10. Harvested on October 6 and October 31.
* Lint yield and first pick data from 6 replications; fiber, boll and seed data from hand-harvested
100-boll samples taken from 2 replications; values in bold type are not statistically different
from the highest yielding variety