Dryland Spacing Tests – Performance Data – Halfway

Table 53. Results of the dryland spacing study at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Halfway, Texas, 1999.
Agronomic Properties % Open
Spacing % Turnout % Lint Boll Seed Lint Seed Per Bolls Storm
Designation Plts/ft Yield Lint Seed Picked Pulled Size Index Index Boll 9-22-99 Resistance
Paymaster 2326 RR 6 612 27.0 46.2 39.0 30.3 5.0 9.9 6.6 29.2 33 2.9
All-Tex Excess+ 6 591 24.1 44.6 34.9 26.4 5.6 12.1 7.0 28.0 30 2.8
All-Tex Excess+ 4 557 24.6 46.0 35.6 26.2 5.1 11.9 7.0 25.7 12 2.8
Paymaster 183 4 549 27.2 45.4 37.2 28.2 4.7 9.9 6.1 28.6 56 3.8
Bronco 73 6 538 26.3 47.5 37.2 28.7 5.4 11.1 6.9 29.6 31 3.1
All-Tex Excess+ 2 498 23.9 45.4 36.3 27.2 5.7 11.5 7.1 29.4 19 2.9
Paymaster 2326 RR 2 490 28.5 46.5 39.8 30.8 4.8 9.8 6.7 28.4 31 2.9
Bronco 73 2 481 25.0 47.2 39.4 30.8 5.9 10.2 6.9 33.8 26 3.2
All-Tex Excess+ 1 477 24.2 44.2 37.3 28.1 5.9 11.9 7.4 29.5 8 2.9
Paymaster 183 6 473 25.0 43.5 36.1 29.3 4.8 9.7 5.7 30.3 53 3.9
Bronco 73 1 454 27.5 46.5 37.4 28.2 6.2 10.5 6.5 35.8 17 3.1
Paymaster 2326 RR 4 443 25.8 44.5 39.5 30.2 4.8 9.7 6.7 28.2 20 3.0
Paymaster 183 2 441 26.3 44.7 37.6 28.8 4.8 9.3 5.8 31.3 67 3.9
Bronco 73 4 436 24.0 46.0 36.3 28.3 5.7 11.1 6.7 31.2 24 3.2
Paymaster 2326 RR 1 422 27.1 44.3 41.1 32.0 4.9 9.6 6.9 29.0 25 3.0
Paymaster 183 1 416 27.8 47.4 37.3 28.1 4.5 9.5 5.9 29.1 47 4.0
Mean 498 26.0 45.6 37.6 28.8 5.2 10.4 6.5 30.0 31 3.2
C.V.% 15.4 6.8 4.0 3.8 4.6 9.8 4.7 5.4 8.9 49.9 5.4
LSD 0.05 91 2.2 2.3 1.8 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.4 18 0.2
Table 53A. Results of the dryland spacing study test at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Halfway, Texas, 1999.
Spacing Micro- Uni- Elon- Leaf Color
Designation plts/ft naire Length formity Strength gation Index Rd +b Grade1/
Paymaster 2326 RR 6 4.3 1.05 82.6 27.4 6.1 1 78.6 9.2 21-3,21-4
All-Tex Excess+ 6 4.3 1.08 82.3 31.8 6.5 1 78.9 8.5 21-2,31-1
All-Tex Excess+ 4 4.5 1.08 83.1 30.7 6.4 1 78.8 8.5 21-1,31-1
Paymaster 183 4 4.5 0.97 80.9 24.8 5.3 1 78.2 9.4 21-3,21-4
Bronco 73 6 3.7 1.03 80.8 26.4 5.7 1 79.7 8.8 21-1,21-2
All-Tex Excess+ 2 4.3 1.10 82.8 30.6 6.5 1 79.0 8.4 21-2,31-1
Paymaster 2326 RR 2 4.6 1.04 81.5 27.1 5.7 1 79.4 9.0 21-1
Bronco 73 2 3.7 1.04 80.3 26.6 5.6 1 80.0 8.7 21-1,21-2
All-Tex Excess+ 1 4.6 1.06 83.0 30.9 6.5 1 78.5 8.6 21-2,31-1
Paymaster 183 6 4.3 0.95 80.7 25.2 5.3 1 77.3 9.5 21-3,21-4
Bronco 73 1 3.9 1.02 80.4 26.0 5.8 1 79.7 8.9 21-1
Paymaster 2326 RR 4 4.1 1.03 81.3 27.0 5.3 1 79.2 8.8 21-1,21-4
Paymaster 183 2 4.7 0.95 80.7 25.8 5.3 1 77.7 9.5 21-3,21-4
Bronco 73 4 3.5 1.08 81.7 27.2 6.5 1 79.1 8.7 21-1,21-2
Paymaster 2326 RR 1 4.5 1.02 82.3 27.9 5.9 1 79.2 9.0 11-2,21-4
Paymaster 183 1 5.0 0.94 81.6 24.1 4.8 1 77.8 9.4 21-3,21-4
Mean 4.3 1.02 81.6 27.5 5.8 1 78.8 8.9
C.V.% 7.7 1.3 0.7 2.6 7.1 0 0.7 1.8
LSD 0.05 0.6 0.02 1.1 1.2 0.7 0 0.9 0.3

1/ Fiber quality determinations were made on samples from two reps. If the color grade from these two samples were identical, only one color grade is reported. If they were different, both are reported.

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