| Table 5. Lint Yield, Gin Turnout, and Fiber Quality of Early-Maturing Cotton Varieties | ||||||||
| Grown in Dillon Co. at Minturn, 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 | ||||
| DPL 0924B2RF | 1669 | 40.1 | 1.16 | 84.0 | 28.5 | 13.1 | 4.6 | |
| ST 4554BWRF | 1612 | 39.1 | 1.16 | 83.6 | 29.0 | 13.9 | 4.6 | |
| PHY 370WR | 1599 | 39.9 | 1.12 | 83.5 | 28.4 | 12.8 | 4.4 | |
| CG 3220B2RF | 1589 | 39.0 | 1.17 | 83.4 | 27.4 | 13.1 | 4.4 | |
| CG 3520B2RF | 1573 | 38.3 | 1.17 | 82.9 | 26.4 | 14.5 | 4.3 | |
| BCSX 0704B2F | 1566 | 37.5 | 1.19 | 83.7 | 28.9 | 11.7 | 4.6 | |
| DPL 143B2RF | 1565 | 37.2 | 1.24 | 83.5 | 27.8 | 12.0 | 3.9 | |
| ST 4427B2RF | 1540 | 38.1 | 1.16 | 83.6 | 27.8 | 12.1 | 4.2 | |
| PHY 375WRF | 1538 | 39.7 | 1.16 | 83.5 | 27.4 | 12.5 | 4.2 | |
| AM 1550B2RF | 1536 | 39.8 | 1.15 | 83.1 | 26.2 | 13.7 | 4.3 | |
| CG 4020B2RF | 1521 | 38.4 | 1.19 | 83.3 | 26.2 | 13.0 | 4.0 | |
| DPL 141B2RF | 1508 | 36.3 | 1.22 | 83.1 | 28.7 | 12.2 | 3.9 | |
| FM 1740B2F | 1504 | 39.3 | 1.16 | 83.3 | 27.9 | 11.6 | 4.5 | |
| DPL 555BR | 1503 | 41.8 | 1.13 | 82.1 | 26.6 | 11.5 | 4.3 | |
| PHY 315RF | 1457 | 39.4 | 1.15 | 83.4 | 27.1 | 12.4 | 4.2 | |
| ST 4498B2RF | 1445 | 38.6 | 1.15 | 83.5 | 29.9 | 13.9 | 4.0 | |
| DPL 454BR | 1434 | 40.1 | 1.13 | 83.1 | 27.4 | 12.2 | 3.9 | |
| PHY 485WRF | 1433 | 38.1 | 1.15 | 83.4 | 29.0 | 13.6 | 4.7 | |
| ST 5327B2RF | 1409 | 39.0 | 1.17 | 83.6 | 29.7 | 12.4 | 4.3 | |
| CG 3020B2RF | 1380 | 36.8 | 1.14 | 83.4 | 25.9 | 14.2 | 4.1 | |
| CG 3035RF | 1362 | 40.9 | 1.16 | 83.8 | 28.4 | 13.6 | 4.4 | |
| DPL 121RF | 1346 | 39.9 | 1.15 | 83.7 | 28.4 | 13.1 | 4.7 | |
| PHY 425RF | 1333 | 37.2 | 1.17 | 84.4 | 29.0 | 13.7 | 4.7 | |
| DPL 444BR | 1271 | 39.9 | 1.13 | 83.2 | 27.1 | 12.8 | 4.1 | |
| LSD (0.05) | 181 | 1.2 | 0.02 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |
| C.V. (%) | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.40 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | |
| Trial Mean | 1487 | 38.9 | 1.16 | 83.4 | 27.9 | 12.9 | 4.3 | |
| Bold numbers are not statistically different at the 0.05 level of probability. | ||||||||