| Table 59. Results of the dryland spacing test at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Halfway, 2000. | ||||||||||
| Agronomic Properties | ||||||||||
| Spacing | % Turnout | % Lint | Boll | Seed | Lint | Seed Per | ||||
| Designation | Plts/ft | Yield | Lint | Seed | Picked | Pulled | Size | Index | Index | Boll |
| Bronco 73 | 4 | 148 | 24.0 | 40.6 | 36.8 | 26.6 | 4.1 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 29.4 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 6 | 147 | 22.3 | 37.8 | 38.1 | 27.2 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 28.5 |
| Bronco 73 | 6 | 140 | 24.4 | 40.5 | 36.4 | 25.0 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 24.3 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 6 | 136 | 21.9 | 38.4 | 35.7 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 24.8 |
| Bronco 73 | 2 | 135 | 23.7 | 40.2 | 36.7 | 26.1 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 30.6 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 4 | 134 | 26.4 | 44.3 | 34.5 | 24.4 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 25.3 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 4 | 129 | 23.2 | 40.0 | 34.5 | 23.7 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 27.0 |
| Paymaster 183 | 6 | 118 | 23.5 | 38.8 | 36.6 | 24.0 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 22.4 |
| Paymaster 183 | 4 | 113 | 23.0 | 38.5 | 36.8 | 23.4 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 24.4 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 2 | 113 | 24.8 | 40.7 | 36.4 | 25.4 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 27.6 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 2 | 112 | 24.4 | 40.6 | 34.7 | 23.9 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 29.8 |
| Paymaster 183 | 1 | 102 | 23.1 | 38.4 | 35.3 | 21.8 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 23.9 |
| Bronco 73 | 1 | 102 | 24.3 | 41.4 | 34.7 | 24.3 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 5.1 | 28.4 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 1 | 96 | 23.4 | 39.0 | 34.7 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 26.8 |
| Paymaster 183 | 2 | 86 | 22.7 | 37.9 | 34.6 | 21.2 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 25.3 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 1 | 80 | 22.2 | 39.8 | 33.9 | 22.5 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 28.6 |
| Mean | 118 | 23.6 | 39.8 | 35.6 | 24.2 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 26.7 | |
| C.V.(%) | 28.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 12.3 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 10.2 | |
| LSD 0.05 | 40 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 4.8 | |
| Table 59A. Results of the dryland spacing test at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Halfway, 2000. | |||||||||
| Spacing | Micro- | Uni- | Elon- | Color | |||||
| Designation | plts/ft | naire | Length | formity | Strength | gation | Rd | +b | Grade1/ |
| Bronco 73 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.90 | 79.3 | 22.9 | 5.6 | 70.8 | 10.3 | 32-2 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 6 | 4.2 | 0.95 | 80.5 | 24.7 | 5.5 | 69.9 | 9.7 | 42-1 |
| Bronco 73 | 6 | 3.8 | 0.95 | 79.7 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 71.3 | 10.0 | 32-2,42-1 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 6 | 3.9 | 1.01 | 80.3 | 27.9 | 6.1 | 70.1 | 9.6 | 42-1 |
| Bronco 73 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.96 | 79.8 | 24.6 | 5.6 | 71.2 | 10.2 | 32-2 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 4 | 3.8 | 0.92 | 80.2 | 23.8 | 5.7 | 70.2 | 9.9 | 42-1 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 4 | 4.2 | 1.00 | 81.3 | 29.1 | 5.8 | 70.1 | 9.4 | 41-4,42-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 6 | 4.6 | 0.85 | 79.6 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 69.1 | 10.9 | 33-2,43-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 4 | 4.4 | 0.86 | 80.5 | 23.1 | 5.2 | 69.4 | 11.1 | 33-2 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 2 | 4.1 | 0.94 | 81.2 | 24.7 | 6.0 | 70.3 | 9.9 | 42-1 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 2 | 4.0 | 0.97 | 80.6 | 26.4 | 5.7 | 70.2 | 9.4 | 41-4,42-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.94 | 81.6 | 22.6 | 4.7 | 69.7 | 10.7 | 33-2,43-1 |
| Bronco 73 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.97 | 79.8 | 23.9 | 5.2 | 71.0 | 10.3 | 32-2 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 1 | 4.1 | 0.97 | 81.3 | 24.7 | 5.5 | 70.5 | 10.1 | 42-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.87 | 80.1 | 22.7 | 5.1 | 69.1 | 11.2 | 33-2 |
| All-Tex Excess+ | 1 | 3.9 | 0.97 | 81.2 | 28.3 | 6.0 | 70.0 | 9.6 | 42-1 |
| Mean | 4.1 | 0.94 | 80.4 | 24.7 | 5.5 | 70.2 | 10.1 | ||
| C.V.(%) | 5.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | ||
| LSD 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.06 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 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. | |||||||||
