Table 30. Performance of 12 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test planted
on Leeper fine sandy loan soil at Raymond, 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 50 618 4.29 1.14 8.4 26.7 7.7 34.5 5.31 10.4
Stoneville LA 887 587 4.66 1.17 8.6 30.4 6.7 39.1 6.32 11.3
Mycogen 2009 495 4.35 1.16 8.5 30.7 5.7 35.8 6.17 11.7
Chembred 1233 483 4.35 1.14 8.5 27.3 6.8 37.3 5.66 10.3
Hyperformer HS 46 478 4.04 1.21 8.6 30.3 6.3 37.9 5.55 10.0
Deltapine DP 5690 468 4.24 1.13 8.4 31.3 6.2 36.5 5.20 9.5
Mycogen 3076 446 4.46 1.14 8.6 31.5 6.4 37.0 5.05 9.3
Hyperformer HY 39 436 4.29 1.17 8.5 31.3 6.1 35.4 4.92 9.6
Deltapine DP 5415 413 4.45 1.16 8.5 30.2 7.1 38.2 4.76 8.7
Hyperformer HS 44 408 4.37 1.12 8.4 32.4 6.2 36.0 5.17 9.4
Mycogen 1185 407 4.26 1.18 8.5 31.7 5.8 35.9 5.48 11.0
Mycogen 2006 403 4.42 1.18 8.5 29.9 6.3 35.2 5.61 10.4
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GRAND MEAN 470 4.35 1.16 8.5 30.3 6.4 36.6 5.43 10.1
LSD (0.05) 72 NS 0.03 NS 2.0 0.5 1.9 NS 0.9
CV (%) 15.8 5.6 1.6 1.2 3.6 4.3 2.9 7.3 4.7
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Planted May 12; Harvested October 25.
* 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.