Table 9

Table 9.  Early and mid-season agronomic characteristics of varieties at Tokio, TX, 2002.
Early Season 6-26-02 Early-Mid Season 7-1-02
Stand
count		 Stand
count		 Plant
height		 Node of 1st
sympodium		 Mainstem
nodes		 Height
to node		 First position
fruit retention		 Plant
height		 Mainstem
nodes		 Height
to node		 First position
fruit retention
Variety plants/row-ft plants/acre inches average total/plant ratio % inches total/plant ratio %
SG 215BG/RR 4.4 57151 7.2 6.0 8.0 0.90 84.1 9.7 9.9 0.97 80.6
AFD 2050 3.8 49223 6.3 4.8 7.7 0.82 92.3 9.2 9.1 1.01 86.5
All-Tex AtlasRR 4.3 55757 6.2 4.6 6.8 0.90 80.3 9.2 9.2 0.99 82.9
DP 555B/RR 4.6 59590 6.2 6.2 7.8 0.79 92.1 9.2 9.5 0.97 88.7
FM 958 3.5 46522 6.0 6.2 7.4 0.80 97.7 9.5 9.7 0.99 80.8
FM 989 4.6 59939 5.3 6.3 6.8 0.79 100.0 8.8 8.9 0.99 81.8
FM 989BR 4.0 51488 7.2 6.6 7.9 0.90 90.4 8.5 10.1 0.83 89.1
PM 2266RR 4.2 55408 5.7 4.4 6.9 0.82 88.1 8.3 9.1 0.92 86.5
PM 2280BG/RR 4.4 57760 7.2 4.8 7.6 0.94 86.3 8.2 9.7 0.84 84.6
PM 2326RR 4.5 59067 5.5 4.4 6.8 0.81 92.7 9.5 8.2 1.15 82.6
PM 2344BG/RR 4.4 57935 6.0 4.5 7.0 0.86 84.8 8.7 8.5 1.01 85.7
PM HS26 4.4 58457 6.0 4.7 7.4 0.81 81.6 8.7 8.5 1.02 79.6
AFD Raider 271 4.0 52882 7.3 5.2 7.8 0.95 87.0 9.3 9.3 1.00 84.1
ST 2454R 3.6 46261 6.5 4.7 7.9 0.83 86.0 9.8 9.2 1.07 89.9
ST 3539BR 3.8 49833 6.7 5.1 8.1 0.82 88.3 9.8 9.5 1.03 82.6
Average 4.2 54485 6.3 5.3 7.5 0.85 88.8 9.1 9.2 1.0 84.4
CV, % 7.7 7.9 7.9 6.3 7.4 8.40 5.2 11.0 6.2 11.90 8.8
OSL 0.0013 0.0017 0.0002 <0.0001 0.0324 0.1114 0.0006 0.5990 0.0155 0.2340 0.8646
LSD 0.05 0.5 7197 0.8 0.6 0.9 NS 7.8 NS 1.0 NS NS
CV – coefficient of variation, LSD – least significant difference.
OSL – observed significance level, or probability of a greater F value.
NS – non significant.

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