| Table 10. Mid- and late-season agronomic characteristics of varieties at Tokio, TX, 2002. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Season 7-9-02 | Mid-Season 7-16-02 | NAWF | Days | |||||||||||||
| Plant height |
Mainstem nodes |
Height to node |
First position fruit retention |
Plant height |
Mainstem nodes |
Height to node |
First position fruit retention |
07/22/02 | 07/30/02 | 08/06/02 | 08/12/02 | to cutout | ||||
| Variety | inches | total/plant | ratio | % | inches | total/plant | ratio | % | avg/plant | avg/plant | avg/plant | avg/plant | days | |||
| SG 215BG/RR | 17.0 | 11.2 | 1.51 | 95.1 | 20.7 | 14.4 | 1.44 | 94.9 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 86.0 | |||
| AFD 2050 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 1.38 | 89.9 | 20.5 | 13.8 | 1.49 | 93.3 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 86.0 | |||
| All-Tex AtlasRR | 16.5 | 10.1 | 1.65 | 94.9 | 19.8 | 13.1 | 1.52 | 89.8 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 81.0 | |||
| DP 555B/RR | 16.0 | 11.5 | 1.38 | 93.5 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 1.33 | 89.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 88.0 | |||
| FM 958 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 1.38 | 87.9 | 17.3 | 13.5 | 1.29 | 87.7 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 86.0 | |||
| FM 989 | 16.2 | 11.4 | 1.42 | 89.1 | 18.2 | 13.4 | 1.36 | 85.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 85.0 | |||
| FM 989BR | 14.0 | 11.9 | 1.18 | 95.2 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 1.28 | 96.4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 84.0 | |||
| PM 2266RR | 13.5 | 10.0 | 1.35 | 92.4 | 17.0 | 13.7 | 1.24 | 91.8 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 84.0 | |||
| PM 2280BG/RR | 15.7 | 11.0 | 1.44 | 93.9 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 1.23 | 94.4 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 85.0 | |||
| PM 2326RR | 15.0 | 9.6 | 1.56 | 88.8 | 17.7 | 13.2 | 1.33 | 89.5 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 83.0 | |||
| PM 2344BG/RR | 16.5 | 10.2 | 1.61 | 96.9 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 1.24 | 93.1 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 84.0 | |||
| PM HS26 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 1.48 | 88.0 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 1.26 | 90.1 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 83.0 | |||
| AFD Raider 271 | 16.2 | 11.2 | 1.46 | 90.3 | 21.8 | 14.0 | 1.56 | 91.8 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 84.0 | |||
| ST 2454R | 15.5 | 10.6 | 1.48 | 90.8 | 19.0 | 13.9 | 1.37 | 96.4 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 83.0 | |||
| ST 3539BR | 17.7 | 11.1 | 1.59 | 91.4 | 19.5 | 14.4 | 1.35 | 96.2 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 85.0 | |||
| Average | 15.7 | 10.8 | 1.5 | 91.9 | 18.7 | 13.8 | 1.4 | 92.0 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 84.5 | |||
| CV, % | 10.1 | 5.4 | 11.30 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 10.80 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 13.0 | 15.9 | . | |||
| OSL | 0.1672 | 0.0009 | 0.1412 | 0.0274 | 0.0567 | 0.1960 | 0.1666 | 0.1905 | 0.1651 | 0.0035 | 0.1080 | 0.0117 | . | |||
| LSD 0.05 | NS | 1.0 | NS | 5.5 | 3.24 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.8 | NS | 0.8 | . | |||
| 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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