| Table 7. Lint Yield, Gin Turnout, and Fiber Quality of Early-Maturing Cotton Varieties | ||||||||
| Grown in Calhoun Co. at Fort Motte, SC, in 2008. Early-Maturity Dryland OVT. M. Jones. | ||||||||
| Lint | Gin | Fiber | Fiber | Fiber | ||||
| Variety | Yield | Turnout | Length | Uniformity | Strength | Elongation | Micronaire | |
| lb/acre | % | in. | % | g/tex | ||||
| BCSX 0704B2F | 1459 | 34.5 | 1.22 | 83.4 | 28.0 | 11.5 | 4.8 | |
| ST 4498B2RF | 1458 | 37.1 | 1.19 | 83.5 | 29.5 | 12.9 | 4.6 | |
| ST 4427B2RF | 1394 | 36.6 | 1.18 | 83.7 | 27.3 | 11.1 | 4.5 | |
| DPL 555BR | 1352 | 38.4 | 1.15 | 82.7 | 26.3 | 10.9 | 4.4 | |
| ST 5327B2RF | 1347 | 38.2 | 1.18 | 83.6 | 28.9 | 12.1 | 4.7 | |
| DPL 0924B2RF | 1306 | 37.8 | 1.15 | 83.3 | 27.7 | 12.0 | 5.0 | |
| DPL 444BR | 1274 | 39.5 | 1.15 | 82.7 | 26.9 | 12.1 | 4.3 | |
| CG 3020B2RF | 1256 | 35.5 | 1.18 | 83.7 | 26.0 | 12.7 | 4.5 | |
| CG 3220B2RF | 1246 | 37.5 | 1.18 | 83.6 | 26.5 | 12.6 | 4.6 | |
| PHY 485WRF | 1238 | 37.7 | 1.19 | 83.8 | 29.4 | 12.9 | 4.9 | |
| FM 1740B2F | 1229 | 38.4 | 1.16 | 84.1 | 28.5 | 11.0 | 4.7 | |
| CG 3035RF | 1206 | 38.5 | 1.17 | 82.9 | 27.6 | 12.8 | 4.7 | |
| AM 1550B2RF | 1188 | 37.9 | 1.15 | 82.2 | 26.4 | 12.4 | 4.7 | |
| ST 4554BWRF | 1178 | 37.3 | 1.17 | 83.1 | 28.8 | 13.1 | 4.7 | |
| DPL 141B2RF | 1163 | 34.9 | 1.23 | 83.2 | 27.5 | 11.7 | 4.5 | |
| PHY 370WR | 1094 | 38.6 | 1.14 | 82.8 | 28.2 | 12.2 | 4.7 | |
| PHY 375WRF | 1080 | 37.0 | 1.17 | 83.4 | 26.8 | 12.4 | 4.5 | |
| PHY 425RF | 1064 | 36.3 | 1.18 | 83.5 | 28.5 | 12.7 | 5.1 | |
| DPL 454BR | 1064 | 38.7 | 1.12 | 82.6 | 26.7 | 12.4 | 4.2 | |
| CG 3520B2RF | 1060 | 35.9 | 1.18 | 83.6 | 26.4 | 12.9 | 4.9 | |
| CG 4020B2RF | 1049 | 36.7 | 1.20 | 83.5 | 26.2 | 12.3 | 4.4 | |
| PHY 315RF | 1042 | 37.6 | 1.17 | 83.1 | 26.3 | 12.0 | 4.4 | |
| DPL 121RF | 1028 | 37.7 | 1.16 | 83.9 | 28.9 | 12.2 | 5.0 | |
| DPL 143B2RF | 846 | 36.7 | 1.26 | 83.6 | 27.0 | 11.2 | 4.3 | |
| LSD (0.05) | 293 | 1.6 | 0.03 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
| C.V. (%) | 17.4 | 3.1 | 1.49 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | |
| Trial Mean | 1193 | 37.3 | 1.18 | 83.3 | 27.5 | 12.2 | 4.6 | |
| Bold numbers are not statistically different at the 0.05 level of probability. | ||||||||