Table 31. Performance of 12 varieties in the Mid-Season Cotton Variety Test planted
on a Grenana silt loam soil at Holly Springs, MS in 1994.*
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Lint Micron- Length Unif. Strength Elon- Lint Seed
Variety name Yield aire (UHM) index (HVI) gation Faction Index
lbs/A in. % g/tex % --g--
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Hyperformer HS 46 1256 4.53 1.16 84.2 33.1 6.8 40.3 10.0
Deltapine DP 5690 1241 4.39 1.16 85.3 32.6 6.4 40.2 9.8
Stoneville LA 887 1185 4.74 1.17 86.9 30.9 7.5 41.5 11.5
Hyperformer HS 44 1162 4.94 1.20 86.3 32.2 6.8 40.3 10.0
Mycogen 2006 1114 4.72 1.20 86.5 30.0 6.4 38.4 10.7
Deltapine 50 1114 4.71 1.15 86.0 27.2 7.7 37.9 10.3
Chembred 1233 1102 4.82 1.13 83.2 30.2 6.9 39.2 10.7
Hyperformer HY 39 1101 4.42 1.19 85.7 32.4 6.9 38.5 9.7
Deltapine DP 5415 1058 4.75 1.16 85.4 31.4 7.7 40.0 9.2
Mycogen 3076 1045 4.57 1.20 85.4 33.6 6.5 37.7 10.0
Mycogen 2009 971 4.70 1.17 87.0 31.3 6.0 38.0 12.6
Mycogen 1185 899 4.40 1.19 86.7 31.3 6.5 37.2 10.9
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GRAND MEAN 1104 4.64 1.17 85.7 31.3 6.8 39.1 10.4
LSD (0.05) 129 0.23 NS NS 1.7 0.4 NS 0.8
CV (%) 12.1 2.8 2.2 1.7 3.0 3.4 3.0 4.4
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Planted May 5; Harvested November 2.
* 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.