Table 9. Lint Yield, Gin Turnout, and Fiber Quality of Early-Maturing Cotton Varieties

Grown in Calhoun Co. at Cameron, SC, in 2005. Early-Maturity Dryland OVT. M. Jones.

Lint

Gin

Variety

Yield

Turnout

Micronaire

Length

Strength

Uniformity

(lb/acre)

(%)

(in.)

(g/tex)

(%)

DPL 434 RR

1584

42.7

4.1

1.18

26.3

84.1

DPLX 04Y170BR

1548

38.1

4.4

1.14

28.6

83.4

DPL 432 RR

1443

36.2

4.0

1.13

28.3

84.1

PHY 370 WR

1424

39.2

4.5

1.11

28.8

84.3

DPL 455 BR

1385

40.1

4.1

1.14

29.2

82.8

DPL 454 BR

1384

39.8

4.1

1.10

28.4

84.2

DPL 424 BII/RR

1331

35.5

4.2

1.12

26.8

84.5

PHY 310 RR

1311

39.6

4.3

1.11

28.8

84.3

PHY 470 WR

1308

36.2

4.2

1.12

28.6

84.0

DPLX 03X179 RR

1293

40.0

4.6

1.17

31.1

84.3

DPL 445 BR

1265

38.9

4.4

1.15

28.2

84.2

PHY 440 W

1260

37.7

4.4

1.15

28.8

84.3

ST 5242 BR

1248

37.5

4.3

1.14

27.3

84.3

DPL 555 BR

1244

41.3

4.5

1.11

27.0

82.4

FM 960 B2R

1210

37.8

4.5

1.17

32.0

83.7

PHY 410 RR

1171

36.2

4.5

1.13

29.5

84.9

ST 4575 BR

1160

37.5

4.3

1.11

27.5

84.1

ST 4686 RR

1143

38.2

4.2

1.12

28.3

83.4

DPL 444 BR

1093

38.6

4.0

1.13

28.6

84.4

FMX 0222 B2LL

1070

35.4

4.2

1.18

30.9

83.9

FM 960 BR

1065

36.9

4.2

1.12

32.9

83.4

PSC 355

1057

36.6

4.4

1.13

28.4

82.5

FM 960 RR

1056

37.9

3.8

1.16

31.3

83.5

PHY 480 WR

1055

36.1

4.5

1.16

29.8

84.2

FM 966 LL

1023

35.5

4.0

1.14

32.7

83.7

LSD (0.05)

229

3.2

0.3

0.03

1.9

1.0

C.V. (%)

5.9

4.7

1.59

4.7

0.8

Trial Mean

1245

4.3

1.14

29.1

83.9

Bold numbers are not statistically different at the 0.05 level of probability.