This report reflects information collected from 165 cotton variety demonstrations conducted in West Central Texas from 1989 to 2000. The result demonstration tests were established by producers in cooperation with county Extension personnel. In the last twelve years, 214 varieties have been tested. The lint yield reported is an adjusted average to reduce the variation between plots and years. The fiber characteristics reported is the average across all plots with fiber quality being determined by HVI (high volume instrument) classing equipment.

This information should be helpful to producers in selecting a variety from the numerous ones available. Producers are strongly encouraged to plant no more than 5 to 10 acres of a variety that they have not grown before to make sure it works in their normal management practices for the crop. The varieties that are not reported in the recommended cotton variety planting lists, that have been tested, are printed on the last page with an explanation as to why they are not included.

Testing of varieties is an endless process with more varieties becoming available each year than are being eliminated by the testing program. Due to the rapid adoption of transgenic cottons and the need to keep producers informed, the following list was developed to reflect as much yield and fiber quality information as possible about each tested variety. To be included in this report a variety had to be in at least five tests.

Very Early Maturing Cotton Varieties
Variety	Lint Yield (pounds)	Staple (32nds)	Mic	Strength (gram/tex)	Determinacy	Number of Times in Tests
All-Tex Quickie	442	34	3.9	27.2	Determinate	29
Ranger TM-62	431	33	4.3	25.5	Determinate	10

NOTE: Varieties had to have a minimum strength average of 25.0 gram/tex to remain on this maturity group list.

Early Maturing Cotton Varieties
Variety	Lint Yield (pounds)	Staple (32nds)	Mic	Strength (gram/tex)	Determinacy	Number of Times in Tests
Paymaster HS 200	402	34	3.9	28.7	Determinate	36
Ranger BB53	512	32	4.6	26.9	Moderately-Determinate	15
Rosebud PR-80	497	33	4.4	25.5	Determinate	30

NOTE: Varieties had to have a minimum strength average of 25.5 gram/tex to remain on this maturity group list.

Medium-Early Maturing Cotton Varieties
Variety	Lint Yield (pounds)	Staple (32nds)	Mic	Strength (gram/tex)	Determinacy	Number of Times in Tests
AFD Explorer	469	33	4.3	29.4	Moderately-Determinate	16
All-Tex Atlas	453	34	4.1	29.0	Moderately-Determinate	42
All-Tex Excess	429	32	4.4	27.0	Moderately-Determinate	9
All-Tex Top-Pick	491	34	3.8	28.5	Moderately-Determinate	14
All-Tex Xpress	400	34	3.8	27.5	Moderately-Determinate	8
Concho 287	534	32	3.5	27.0	Moderately-Determinate	8
Concho 297	505	31	4.7	28.8	Moderately-Determinate	5
Deltapine 448 B	474	33	4.5	26.8	Moderately-Determinate	5
Deltapine 458 B/RR	512	33	4.5	27.4	Moderately-Determinate	10
Deltapine 2379	469	31	4.1	27.9	Moderately-Determinate	9
Deltapine 5409	429	33	3.9	28.5	Moderately-Determinate	13
FiberMax 819	483	33	3.9	28.2	Moderately-Indeterminate	11
FiberMax 832	459	36	4.6	29.7	Moderately-Indeterminate	8
GP 832	400	34	4.3	27.3	Moderately-Determinate	11
GP 1068	518	35	4.0	29.3	Moderately-Determinate	5
HyPerformer HY-007	446	35	4.1	29.2	Moderately-Determinate	6
HyPerformer HY-39	485	34	4.5	29.9	Moderately-Determinate	5
Paymaster 280	460	35	4.3	30.1	Moderately-Determinate	12
Paymaster HS26	477	33	4.0	30.0	Moderately-Determinate	74
Paymaster 2200 RR	537	33	4.0	28.0	Moderately-Determinate	17
Paymaster 2280 BG/RR	471	34	4.2	28.8	Moderately-Determinate	8
Paymaster 2326 BG/RR	434	33	4.0	27.6	Moderately-Determinate	11
Paymaster 2326 RR	452	32	4.2	27.6	Moderately-Determinate	17
Paymaster Tejas	539	33	4.5	29.6	Moderately-Determinate	8
Phytogen PSC-952	455	34	4.6	26.8	Moderately-Determinate	6
Ranger Whitegold	400	34	4.1	29.9	Moderately-Determinate	6
Stoneville ST132	435	34	4.1	28.7	Moderately-Determinate	20
SureGrow 125 B/RR	546	32	4.0	27.1	Moderately-Determinate	5
Tamcot Sphinx	503	34	4.8	29.5	Moderately-Determinate	10
Von Roeder VR-135	453	35	4.2	28.5	Moderately-Determinate	9

NOTE: Varieties had to have a minimum strength average of 26.5 gram/tex to remain on this maturity group list.

Medium-Late Maturing Cotton Varieties
Variety	Lint Yield (pounds)	Staple (32nds)	Mic	Strength (gram/tex)	Determinacy	Number of Times in Tests
All-Tex Max-9	531	35	4.5	28.9	Moderately-Determinate	21
Deltapine Acala 90	437	33	4.0	29.1	Indeterminate	67
Deltapine 655 B/RR	466	32	4.1	27.5	Moderately-Determinate	5
Deltapine 5415	447	34	4.4	29.6	Intermediate	17
Deltapine 5690	447	34	4.0	29.8	Indeterminate	30
Deltapine NuCOTN 32B	526	34	4.7	27.3	Indeterminate	7
Deltapine NuCOTN 33B	500	34	4.3	27.7	Indeterminate	13
Deltapine 90B	528	34	4.4	29.4	Indeterminate	7
FiberMax 989	486	35	4.2	29.6	Moderately-Indeterminate	6
Georgia 161	457	36	4.3	29.6	Indeterminate	6
Paymaster 330	573	34	4.4	30.6	Moderately-Indeterminate	5
Paymaster 1560 BG/RR	547	35	4.5	27.5	Indeterminate	8
SeedCo MD 51 ne	466	35	4.3	32.6	Moderately-Indeterminate	12
Southland M-1	446	33	4.2	27.9	Moderately-Determinate	16
Stoneville KC-311	460	34	4.1	29.6	Indeterminate	7
Stoneville KC-380	461	35	4.6	27.1	Indeterminate	7
Stoneville LA887	493	35	4.8	29.0	Indeterminate	11
SureGrow 1001	500	34	4.2	28.8	Indeterminate	14
Tamcot 2111	437	34	4.5	30.2	Moderately-Determinate	15

NOTE: Varieties had to have a minimum strength average of 27.0 gram/tex to remain on this maturity group list.

Definitions

 

Adjusted Average – To determine how varieties will perform from year to year across counties a method of averaging yields was developed. A variety was selected that was planted in a number of tests and the average yield was determined. The difference from that average was then subtracted or added to all varieties in the test. This adjusted yield was then used to determine the performance of each variety.

This method of adjusting yields became difficult to use as varieties have changed. This document serves more as a historical reference for varieties that were planted in the 1989 to 2000 time frame. New varieties are being tested and that data is going into a data base that can be referenced by producers that have an internet connection.

Staple– fiber length of the cotton lint, usually marketed by 32nds of an inch.

Mic – is a term used to refer to micronaire which is the weight of fiber in micrograms per inch.

Strength – is a measure of force needed to rupture and break a fiber bundle.

Determinacy – is related to regrowth ability and is closely related to earliness.

Determinate – refers to cotton varieties that generally set fruit early and then “cut-out” (basically limit plant growth and flowering).

Moderately – in regards to determinacy, is used to express a level between that of determinate and indeterminate.

Indeterminate – refers to cotton varieties that continue to grow and flower throughout the summer, these varieties handle moisture stress better for a longer period of time than determinate varieties.

Varieties are not listed or removed from the list for three reasons.

These include:
1) sale of the variety was discontinued by the seed company;
2) the variety has not been tested sufficiently to be reported in this particular summary, but promising varieties will be studied further and reported in future information sheets; and
3) the variety did not meet at least one of the yield or quality standards.

The following varieties are listed because they are no longer sold by the company:

Brownfield BXC-297, Cascot C-13, Cascot L-7, Cascot 2910, Cascot 5910, Chembred CB-333 Chembred CB-219, Chembred CB-232, Chembred CB-407, Chembred CB-830, Chembred CB-1135, Chembred CB-1210, Chembred CB- 1233, Coker 130, Coker 139, Coker 304, Coker 310, Coker 312, Coker 315, Coker 320, Delcot 344, GSC 25, GSC 27, GSC 71+, GSC 1059, GSC 1093, Holland HX-172, Holland 186, Holland 850, Holland 1919, Holland 1379, Holland 4002, Lankart 142, Lankart 611, Mycogen 3055-X, Paymaster 147, Paymaster 505, Tifton 56, Western 44, Western 86, and Western 130.

The following varieties are listed because they have not been tested sufficiently:

Acala 1517-88, AFD-2050, AFD-2051, AgriPro 1500RR, AgriPro 4103, AgriPro 4600RR, AgriPro 4103, AgriPro 6100, AgriPro 7115, Brownfield Ute, Coker 312 -513, Coker 500, Coker 5110, Concho 3217 Hybrid, Dawson Co. DC-310, Dawson Co. DC-827, Deltapine 20B, Deltapine 90RR, Deltapine 237 B, Deltapine 2379 B/RR, Deltapine 388, Deltapine 409, Deltapine 410 B, Deltapine 422 B/RR, Deltapine 428B, Deltapine 450 B/RR, Deltapine 451, Deltapine 458 B/RR, Deltapine 50B, Deltapine 5111 B/RR, Deltapine 5415 RR, Deltapine 5461, Deltapine 5557, Deltapine 5562 B/RR, Deltapine 5690RR, Deltapine 6100 B, Deltapine 675, Deltapine 688 BG, Deltapine 9c72 B/RR, Deltapine NuCotn 35 B, Deltapine X-5562-09 B/RR, Deltapine X-8334 B/RR, Deltapine X-9c90 B, Duke Presto, Dunn 325, Dunn 851, Dunn 1047, Dynagrow 201, Dynagrow 206, Dynagrow 209, GP 1005, GP 1005A, Gringo B/RR, Holland 154, Hy-Cot 301, HyPerformer HS44, HyPerformer HY-44, Jerez, Lankart PR75, Lankart 175, Lankart 311, McDonald 3, Mega-Boll, NuPearl, Paymaster 1215, Paymaster 1244 BG, Paymaster 1560, Paymaster 1560 BG, Paymaster 1560 B/RR, Paymaster 2156 RR, Paymaster 2183 B/RR, Paymaster 2200 RR, Paymaster 2280, Paymaster 2326 BG, Paymaster 2330 B/RR, Paymaster 26B, Paymaster 280, Paymaster X-133X B/RR, Phytogen 355, Phytogen 569, Pytogen HS-12, Ranger BTO-52, Rocket, SeedCo 9148, Southwest 222, Stoneville 239, Stoneville ST-2454R, Stoneville 4691B, Stoneville 4691 B/R, Stoneville 4740, Stoneville 4892 B/RR, Stoneville 9902, Stoneville BG 4740, Stoneville H-338, Stoneville ST-474, Stroman 254, SureGrow 125, SureGrow 125RR, SureGrow 150RR, SureGrow 501B/R, SureGrow 521RR, SureGrow 747, Tamcot Luxor, Terra 207, Tropical 205, Tropical 225 and TSP 333HS.

The following varieties were dropped because they did not meet the yield and fiber quality standards.

Yield and fiber quality standards used were:

1. adjusted average lint yield had to be more than 400 pounds per acre
2. average fiber length (staple) of one inch or more (32/32nds)
3. Micronaire average in the premium range of 3.5 to 4.9; and
4. strength lower than indicated for maturity group.

Reason Variety is not included on previous lists
Variety	Average lint yield less than 400 pounds per acre	Average fiber length (staple) less than one inch (32/32nds)	Micronaire above 4.9	Strength less than maturity group standard
Acala 1517 SR2	X
All-Tex Vantage	X
Bronco 360	X			X
Bronco 414				X
Bronco 625	X			X
Bronco 693				X
Dawson County DC-886	X
Deltapine 20	X			X
Deltapine 51				X
Deltapine SR383	X
Deltapine 451 B/RR				X
GP 74+				X
GP 785	X
GP 3774				X
HyPerformer HS-23				X
HyPerformer HS-46	X
Paymaster 1218 BR/RR				X
Paymaster 1220 BG/RR				X
Pima S-6	X
Ranger 64-2				X
Sisco 772	X
Southland 400		X		X
Stoneville BR-110				X
Stoneville BR-115	X
Stoneville BXN-47				X
Stoneville 453				X
Stoneville 506				X
SureGrow 404	X		X
Tamcot CAB-CS				X
Tamcot Camd-E				X
Tamcot CD3H				X
Tamcot HQ95	X
Tamcot SP21				X
Tamcot SP37H				X
Terra C-30				X
Terra C-40				X
Western 1072		X

All varieties reported are listed in alphabetical order. The mention of a trademark or a proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee of warranty of the product by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. If you have any questions regarding information reported contact Dr. David Drake, 7887 U.S. Hwy. 87 North, San Angelo, Texas, 76901.