Short Staple Cotton Advanced Strains Trial, Safford Agricultural Center, 1995

Sixteen short staple advanced strains/varieties were grown in a replicated field on the Safford Agricultural Center in 1995. These included entries from ChemBred, Delta Pine, Sure-Grow, Olvey and Associates, McDaniels, NMSU and Australia. The Australian materials produced quite well with three of the entries placing in the top four with respect to lint yield. The highest yielding cultivar being an Australian entry, A83203-183, with a yield of 1508.5 pounds of lint per acre. In addition to yield data, this report includes many agronomic parameters including seedling vigor index, height to node ratio, and boll size. HVI analyses are also included in the report