Table 29. Performance of 12 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test planted
in 30-inch rows at Brooksville, MS in 1994.*
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Lint Micron- Length Unif. Strength Elon- Lint Boll Seed
Variety name Yield aire (UHM) index (HVI) gation Faction wt. Index
lbs/A in. % g/tex % --g-- --g--
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Deltapine DP 5690 1366 4.01 1.11 82.6 29.0 5.9 42.3 5.29 7.8
Hyperformer HS 44 1346 4.21 1.11 83.0 27.9 6.4 41.9 5.09 7.9
Mycogen 2009 1307 4.19 1.13 84.3 30.5 5.6 39.6 5.80 10.3
Deltapine DP 5415 1260 4.30 1.13 83.3 27.6 7.1 42.8 4.37 7.7
Deltapine 50 1249 3.96 1.14 84.0 25.0 7.0 40.0 4.82 8.5
Chembred 1233 1219 3.78 1.14 83.9 28.2 6.5 40.9 5.20 8.5
Mycogen 2006 1202 3.96 1.16 83.3 27.6 6.0 41.0 5.22 8.6
Mycogen 3076 1193 4.27 1.12 84.0 30.9 6.4 41.4 5.09 8.3
Hyperformer HS 46 1189 3.87 1.14 84.7 30.6 6.1 42.2 5.56 8.4
Mycogen 1185 1178 4.11 1.15 84.8 30.4 5.9 40.4 5.17 9.6
Hyperformer HY 39 1111 3.89 1.15 84.6 30.3 6.1 40.2 4.50 8.0
Stoneville LA 887 1063 4.00 1.12 84.0 27.7 6.8 43.8 5.00 9.3
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GRAND MEAN 1224 4.05 1.13 83.9 28.8 6.3 41.4 5.09 8.6
LSD (0.05) 138 NS NS NS 2.2 0.4 0.9 NS 0.5
CV (%) 11.7 4.8 1.8 1.2 5.4 4.2 1.6 11.5 4.3
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Planted May 15; Harvested November 1.
* 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.