Table 6.  Mid- and late-season agronomic characteristics of varieties at Cone, TX, 2002.
	Mid-season 7-17-02					Mid-season 7-24-02					NAWF					Days
	Plant	Mainstem	Height	First position		Plant	Mainstem	Height	First position		07/24/02	07/30/02	08/06/02	08/14/02		to cutout
	height	nodes	to node	fruit retention		height	nodes	to node	fruit retention
Variety	inches	total/plant	ratio	%		inches	total/plant	ratio	%		avg/plant	avg/plant	avg/plant	avg/plant		days
SG215BG/RR	19.2	14.7	1.33	90.5		21.8	15.8	1.40	81.5		6.2	5.8	4.4	3.2		88.0
NK 2165C	17.2	13.6	1.27	83.5		20.8	16.0	1.30	61.6		6.1	5.6	4.0	2.3		87.0
All-Tex Atlas RR	18.0	13.9	1.30	90.3		22.3	15.6	1.43	64.1		5.6	5.0	3.7	3.3		84.0
FM 958	16.3	14.7	1.13	84.7		20.7	16.7	1.23	65.6		6.5	6.2	4.3	2.8		88.0
FM 966	16.7	15.0	1.10	84.1		21.2	16.9	1.23	63.6		6.2	5.7	3.7	2.6		87.0
FM 989RR	18.2	15.3	1.17	89.8		20.8	17.4	1.17	64.9		6.2	5.3	3.8	2.6		86.0
PM 2266RR	17.3	15.1	1.17	89.5		19.8	14.7	1.37	65.9		5.5	4.4	3.6	2.5		81.0
PM 2280BG/RR	17.8	15.7	1.17	88.7		20.5	16.3	1.23	80.8		5.6	4.3	3.2	2.4		81.0
PM 2326RR	17.7	14.2	1.23	86.8		20.7	14.6	1.40	61.8		5.9	5.4	3.9	2.8		86.0
PM 2344BG/RR	17.7	15.0	1.17	93.6		20.3	15.3	1.33	78.2		5.6	5.1	3.7	3.2		84.0
PM HS26	16.5	14.3	1.17	89.7		20.8	15.4	1.37	55.9		6.0	6.1	4.3	3.1		88.0
Raider 271	20.0	15.8	1.27	86.1		24.2	16.9	1.43	56.0		6.2	6.0	4.2	2.8		88.0
ST 2454R	16.8	14.8	1.13	92.2		21.7	15.4	1.37	69.3		6.1	5.4	3.5	3.0		86.0
Average	17.6	14.8	1.2	88.4		21.2	15.9	1.3	66.9		6.0	5.4	3.9	2.8		85.7
CV, %	8.3	6.1	9.60	5.8		4.0	4.9	4.30	15.2		5.6	8.5	15.0	14.7		.
OSL	0.1751	0.1782	0.3502	0.3672		0.0003	0.0027	<0.0001	0.0631		0.0147	0.0003	0.4244	0.1188		.
LSD 0.05	NS	NS	NS	NS		1.42	1.3	0.10	17.2		0.6	0.8	NS	NS		.
CV - coefficient of variation, LSD - least significant difference.
OSL - observed significance level, or probability of a greater F value.
NS - non significant.